Economy of Policarpa

less area for activities, a phenomenon that is mainly due to two factors:

The increase of illicit crops.

Poor or no technical assistance, the difficulty and costs of accessing credit resources, high costs of inputs and poor marketing infrastructure.

The participation of the Municipality, the Department and the Nation in economic activity is low, its action is limited to the generation of employment in the offices of the municipal government, the resources deriving from the tax, payment of teachers and health and resources of the General System of Participation (SGP), the nation transfers to the municipality and whose behavior is not predictable in time and in real terms has been greatly reduced.

There is therefore an economic downturn caused by the low competitiveness of the agricultural sector, emerging technology, increased insecurity and violence and the presence of armed groups outside the law.