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About Us

CRECE helps create a more efficient, sustainable, profitable and resilient economy for Colombia's agricultural sector.
We do this by generating knowledge that can help guide the decisions, design and implementation of the long-term objectives of national and regional development actors.

WE ARE INDEPENDENT, RIGOROUS AND OBJECTIVE IN OUR THOUGHTS AND ACTIONS

Our History

1985

Crater Arenas Eruption

Following the eruption of the Arenas crater, regional leaders began to recognize the weakness of the region in responding to its main economic and social development problems.

1986

CRECE

Thus, in 1986, it was decided to create an institution that would serve as a constant support in the formulation of economic and social policies and programs, based on ongoing research into regional problems.

We have become a diagnostic center, generating policies and offering a space for constant reflection on regional development.

OBJECTIVE

Generate and transfer useful knowledge with a regional and rural perspective that contributes to a more sustainable and equitable human development.

VISION

To be recognized as a Center for the quality of research, for the generation and transfer of useful knowledge with a regional and rural perspective, which contributes to a more human, sustainable and equitable development.

Our Values

Empathy

Strictness

Independence

Collaboration

Trust