Analysis of Financial Flow for Small Producers of Colombian Coffee

Abstract

The Colombian coffee that grows in the mountainous coffee zone, due to its qualities such as its clean rate, acidity, aroma, softness, and body, continues to have a representative share in the market. In this way, the intervention of the state has been necessary so that the sector can have sufficient income both to satisfy its basic survival needs and to guarantee the continuity of production. In this chapter, the impact of the own investment and economic support policies formulated by the Colombian government on the financial flow of the coffee farmers was evaluated through a systems dynamics model. To achieve this objective, the current conditions of the Colombian coffee sector were studied, the supply chain was modeled with systems dynamics, and scenarios were simulated alluding to the policies evaluated.