Economy of Herveo

This is where the vulnerability Herveo originates, the high dependence on coffee growing that after the quota agreement, was subject to the vagaries of international market prices which vary freely according to the economic laws of economics internacionalizaicón has led to the impoverishment of the whole of the economy bottoming Peebles in the coffee business. The rural area is framed in spaces that correspond to the optimal coffee with corresponding marginal sectors fluctuates within that territory altitudinal ranges varying from 80 m in the lower part of the River Azufrado to perpetual snows of the volcano Nevado Ruíz .

Production systems: there are basically the following Herveo Production Systems:

Agricultural Production Systems: coffee, potatoes, corn, beans, tree tomato, parsnips, passion fruit, cassava

Livestock Production Systems: cattle, milk, pigs and poultry

Of Forest Production: Limited to small protective natural forests and establishing hedges highlighting SP planting eucalyptus, willow, alder and urapanes