Shared Responsibility

Alternative Development

Forester Families Program (FFP)

• Supports peasant, indigenous and afro- Colombian families directly affected by illicit crops, or threatened by them.
• Through the Forester Families Program nearly 4 million hectares have been kept free of illicit crops since 2002.
• We have been able to protect the environment and water sources, to facilitate the conservation of 300 thousand hectares.
• 107 thousand families have already been helped.
• Investment of 415 million USD by Colombian government.

• Developed to support the design and development of medium and long term agricultural and agro forestry projects.
• Since 2002, over 600 thousand families have been benefited with this program.
• 186 projects in execution during 2007-2008.
• More than 320 thousand hectares of legal crops planted
• Colombia has invested 64 million USD in this program alone.
• 612 million USD in international cooperation received.

• In 2006 mobile eradication groups eradicated 43 thousand hectares, breaking the world record for manual eradication.
• In 2007, the record was broken again, with 66 thousand hectares eradicated.
• Last year, 7,000 eradicators cleared 95 thousand hectares of coca in Colombia.
• Those 95 thousand hectares of coca would have produced over 809 million USD worth of cocaine.
• 26 manual eradicators have lost their lives due to the landmines that illegal armed groups place to protect their crops.

For more information on Colombia's alternative development programs, please contact:

• Programa contra Cultivos Ilícitos (Program against Illicit Crops)
• Clara Tellez
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• 57-311-2621342