Colombia Projects Increase of Sheep and Goats to 6.6 Million Units

With active participation from over 150 producers, guilds, institutions, and experts led by the Ministry of Agriculture and the Rural Agricultural Planning Unit (UPRA), the virtual socialization of the Productive Ordering Plan (POP) for the sheep-goat chain was developed, projecting an increase in the sector's inventory from 2.9 to 6.6 million units in 20 years. The goal, according to the POP socialization, is to increase the national inventory of sheep and goats: from 1.8 to 4.4 million sheep, and from 1.1 to 2.3 million goats. The emphasis of the meeting revolved around the socialization of the Action Plan, a programmatic phase that allows instrumentalizing the defined policy guidelines and in which the need to develop seven programs, 22 strategic initiatives, and 122 activities addressing normative, institutional, environmental, social, productive, and market issues has been identified. It is also projected to increase per capita consumption of sheep and goat meat, with an ...