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EVA 2024

EVA

EVA 2024

The Municipal Agricultural Evaluations (EVA) are a key statistical tool for agricultural planning and management of the agricultural sector in Colombia. They provide information on agricultural activity in all municipalities nationwide by integrating information on productive supply, production costs, and first-market prices. EVA offers a comprehensive approach for monitoring and decision-making in agricultural activities. This involves collecting, processing, analyzing, and disseminating information on the area, production, and yield of temporary and permanent crops in the 1,104 municipalities of the country that report agricultural activity. Similarly, figures generated by statistical processes or administrative records from production associations are incorporated. The EVA productive supply module collects semi-annual and annual data in the municipalities, providing detailed information on crops, their cultivated areas, obtained production, and livestock species inventory. This information is made available to users and is essential for monitoring the agricultural sector, as it allows evaluating the agricultural and livestock production situation at the local level, identifying trends, and supporting planning and decision-making.

Additionally to EVA information, two investigations are articulated to increase knowledge of agricultural activity. On one hand, First Market Prices aim to provide information on the social and economic dimension of prices, periodic data on the purchase prices of agricultural production in local markets near production areas. It allows evaluating price evolution and its impact on the rural economy, providing a crucial tool for planning and adjusting public policies and commercial strategies.

As for the production cost module, it provides information on the costs associated with sowing, managing, and harvesting crops, as well as maintaining livestock inventories. It is oriented towards constructing, updating, and analyzing production cost information of prioritized agricultural production systems.

Statistical Research Name:

Municipal Agricultural Evaluations (EVA)​

Responsible Entity:

Rural Agricultural Planning Unit (UPRA)

Type of Statistical Operation:

It corresponds to a statistical operation based on administrative records
General Objective Make available to users information collected, processed, analyzed, and validated that is provided by the municipalities, semi-annually and annually, regarding their agricultural activity.
Specific Objectives
  • Collect municipal figures on the area, production, and yield of temporary crops, twice a year. For permanent crops and areas designated for animal feed, the figures are annual.
  • Incorporate figures generated by statistical processes, produced by administrative records or production associations.
Thematic Scope Identification and quantification of the agricultural productive activity of the municipalities of the country. For agricultural activity, this pertains to cultivated areas and their production in the two semesters of the year. Livestock activity focuses on quantifying species inventories.
Study Universe 1,100 municipalities in the country with agricultural activity in the year.
Statistical Units

Observation unit: municipality – agricultural activity

Analysis unit: municipality
Statistical Framework Comprised of historical municipal information on agricultural activities carried out in each municipality
Thematic Coverage

I) Temporary crops planted and/or harvested in the two semesters of 2024. 
II) Permanent crops cultivated in the year 2024.
III) Areas cultivated with forage, cut grass, and silvopastoral systems in the year 2024.

IV) Livestock species inventory
Person Providing the Data Responsible for the planning and monitoring of the agricultural sector in the sample municipalities.
Collection Method Local information records from municipal management and reports from associations, technical assistants, and producers.
Indicators to Measure

I) Temporary crops planted area in the reference period.
II) Harvested area, production, and yield in the reference period for temporary crops.
III) Planted, harvested, production, and yield areas for permanent crops.
IV) Areas occupied with forage, cut grass, and silvopastoral systems.

V) Livestock species inventory
Reference Period Semesters A and B of the year 2024.
Collection Period

For semester A: June and July 2024.

For semester B: September to December 2023 and until March 2024
Sample of Municipalities For semester A, a sample is taken in 200 municipalities (19%), covering approximately 60% of the area planted with temporary crops cultivated in this semester.
Result Disaggregation

Geographic: at the municipal level

Thematic: for agricultural activity, the crops and species cultivated, and for livestock activity, the species inventories.
Frequency of Results Delivery One annual publication for final results and two preliminary ones at the end of each semester of 2024
Dissemination and Access Means Result documents published on the website and disaggregated files available in magnetic media on the same page and in information systems such as AGRONET, SIPRA

Information resulting from the data reported at the municipal level, corresponding to the planted areas, harvests, production, and semi-annual yield of temporary and permanent crops.

Preliminary Agricultural Evaluations Results - First Semester 2024

Results Analysis Survey on Planting Intentions for Temporary Crops Second Semester 2024

Preliminary Agricultural Evaluations Results - December 2024

Information resulting from the data reported at the municipal level, corresponding to livestock inventories and the slaughter of cattle and pigs.

Information on sowing and harvest calendars, consolidated from crop information inquiries at the municipal level.

Information on cost structures in prioritized products and regions.

Granadilla Bulletin First Semester 2024

Pea Bulletin First Semester 2024

Blackberry Bulletin First Semester 2024

Specialized Bovine Dairy Bulletin 2024

Cocoa Bulletin First Semester 2024

Production Cost Sheet for Specialized Dairy Cattle in Valle del Cauca

Production Cost Sheet for Dual-Purpose Cattle Farming in Valle del Cauca

First market prices are the initial price at which an agricultural product is sold in the nearest market to its place of production, at marketplaces, collection centers, farms, or temporary and permanent infrastructure, among others. This price is generated for a product that meets the market’s established conditions of presentation, variety, and commercial unit, which reduces the heterogeneity presented in negotiations conducted at the farms.

First Market Prices is a strategic initiative of UPRA within the framework of Municipal Agricultural Evaluations (EVA). Its purpose is to improve understanding of the economic dynamics in the agricultural sector at the municipal level. By collecting detailed data on sales prices in markets close to production areas, it is expected to significantly contribute to public policy formulation, agricultural activity sustainability, and the economic well-being of farmers and their families.

With this statistical exercise, it will be possible to:

  • Monitor the price dynamics perceived by farmers when selling their crops.
  • The time relationship these prices have with those observed in transactions carried out in the following links of the commercial chain.
  • The percentage share of first market prices with those paid by urban consumers when acquiring the products.
  • Obtain information on the productive context and the logistical costs necessary to bring products to consumption centers.

Regarding the methodology, UPRA developed an instrument to record real-time price information and formed a team of professionals to support data collection. The agricultural sector products selected for this project were based on criteria such as their production (EVAs 2023) and relevance in the target municipalities, importance in the household basket, and geographical coverage.

Coverage of the First Market Prices Project Cluster Mariquita, Villeta, and Pacho

Coverage of the First Market Prices Project Cluster La Mesa and Fusagasuga

Coverage of the First Market Prices Project Cluster Barbosa, Chiquinquira, Ubate, and Villapinzon

Coverage of the First Market Prices Project Cluster Soata and Sogamoso

Coverage of the First Market Prices Project Cluster Granada

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