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Isolation and Violence
Coffee has been one of, if not the most important small-
holder cash crop in Colombia in the post-colonial era. Base
quality has been relatively high for several decades thanks to
processing methods and controls put in place by the National
Coffee Growers’ Federation (FNC), efficient markets in areas
with access to FNC guaranteed purchase at base commodity
price (at relatively high percentage of FOB value), and therefore
many coffee-heavy, accessible areas have maintained a relative-
Except for being famous for coffee, Colombia has substantial oil ly high level of prosperity compared with more isolated areas,
reserves and is a major producer of gold, silver, emeralds, as well as those not apt for arabica coffee cultivation. High
platinum and coal. quality arabica in Colombia can only prosper between about
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