Colombia Crop Calendar

The Colombian Amazon borders on the west with the elevation of 1,000 above sea level, and to the south and east the limit is the international one, to the north the limit is the forest line, with respect to the Orinoquía region. Su altitud mínima es de 200 mestros sobtre el nivel del mar. The traditional Amazon departments are Amazonas, Putumayo, Caquetá, Guainía, Guaviare and Vaupés. It has a Tropical climate (equatorial and monsonic) Source: Wikipedia.

Practices: Most of grounds is not apt for the cattle ranch nor agriculture, and only in fertile valleys of the rivers there is certain agricultural production of subsistence of migratory type.

It is located in the center of the country, bordering the Caribbean region to the north, Venezuela to the northeast, Orinoquía to the east, Amazonia to the southeast, Ecuador to the south, and the Pacific region to the west. It occupies 24% of the territory of Colombia, with altitudinal ranges from 5,410 meters above sea level to 100 meters above sea level and an average altitude of 2,000 meters above sea level. The departments that are in this Region are Antioquia, Bocayá, Caldas, Cundinamarca, Huila, Norte De Santander, Qundío, Risaralda, Santander and Tolima. Climate is temperate mountain (mainly), tropical and polar (in some areas). Source: Wikipedia.

Practices: Due to the variety of climates it presents great diversity of crops: coffee in the average and low zone, sugarcane, banana, cassava, fruit trees and vegetables and in the high zones potato, flowers, vegetables and grass.

It is the northernmost continental and maritime natural region in the country. It is located in the northern part of Colombia. It limits to the north with the Caribbean Sea, to which it owes its name, to the East with Venezuela, to the south with the Andean region and to the West with the Pacific region. The departments that make up this Region are Atántico, Bolívar, César, Córdoba, La Guajira, Magdalena and Sucre. It has an average altitude of 300 meters above sea level, with a maximum of 5,775 aslm a a minimum of 0 aslm. It has tropical (savannah and monsoonal), dry (arid and semi-arid, only in Guajira and Cesar) and temperate mountain (only on the summits of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta) climates. Source: Wikipedia.

Practices: The agriculture of the Caribbean region of Colombia is characterized by the cultivation of products such as bananas, cotton, corn and rice. The cultivation of other agricultural items such as bananas, sorghum, coffee, cocoa, cassava, African palm and fruits is also very important in its economy. Source: Lifeder (https://www.lifeder.com/agricultura-region-caribe/)

The Orinoquía, also known as Llanos Orientales, is located in the east of the country, bordering Venezuela to the north and east, Amazonia to the south, and the Andean region to the west. The departments that are located in this Region are Cauca, Chocó, Nariño and Valle Del Cauca. Its maximum, minimum and average altitudes are 1600 a.s.l.m. (Sierra de la Macarena), 50 a.s.l.m. and 300 a.s.l.m., respectively. It has a Tropicale climate (Tropical savannah climate). Sourde: Wikipedia.

Practices: This region is considered apt for the extensive cattle ranch. Agricultural activities like maize seedtime, soybean have begun and rice and in the alluvial zones cultivates rice, cotton, fruit trees, cacao, rubber, oil palm and crops of survival.

It covers almost the entire department of Chocó, and the coastal areas of the departments of Valle del Cauca, Cauca and Nariño. It has a maximum, minimum and average altitude of 1,845 a.s.l.m., 0 a.s.l.m. and 340 a.s.l.m respectively; and a Tropical climate (equatorial and monsoonal). Source: Wikipedia.

Practices: The dominant ecosystems are extremely fragile and the agricultural production is little and solely of subsistence.