Colombia to buy 3M hectares of arable land for rural reform

AgricultureMinister Cecilia Lopez (L), President Gustavo Petro (C) and Fedegan president Jose Felix Lafaurie

The vast majority of the 9 million victims of Colombia’s armed conflict were forcibly displaced by illegal armed groups.

Tens of thousands of these victims aren’t able to return to their lands as they ended up in the hands of others through all kinds of rackets.

The acquisition of arable land and the seizure of illegally obtained lands should allow many of these victims to either go home or resume their way of life as farmers.

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