Discouraging coca cultivation in Columbia

A waste of time and effort?

	Helpful to achieve the objective	Harmful to achieve the objective
Internal	Strengths	Weakness
External	Opportunities	Threats

Strengths -War on drugs (destroy the plantations of coca plants) -in 2000 – 1000 tonnes of cocaine annually -in 2010 – less than 300 tonnes of cocaine annually -in 2000 – 170000 hectares of coca bushes -in 2010 – 75000 hectares of coca bushes

Weakness -Columbian government has no authority: *left wing guerrillas (FARC) *right wing paramilitary  groups -environmental pollution (spraying & toxic materials). -Farmers cannot make a living from legal agricultural activities, coca cultivation creates jobs and income for all the coca farmers in remote rural areas. - +- 1.2 % of Columbia’s GDP is spent every year on the war on drugs (1 billion dollars).

Opportunities -American support (also European support). -US provides 1.3 billion dollars mainly in military aid, to help fight the drug barons. -US provides military helicopters. -US organised a training program for  3 special army battalions. The special army battalion try to clear the area of drug traffickers.

Threats -the demand for cocaine in the US is extremely high. For example most Columbian heroin is destined for the US Market. -the international crisis in the coffee world is tempting small coffee farmers to turn to growing the coca plant. -Farmers in Columbia go bankrupt because they can’t compete with subsidised agricultural products imported from Europe and the US.

Africa - SWOT analysis

	Helpful	Harmful
Internal	Strengths ·     Africa is a continent filled with possibilities for tourism  ·     Focus on environmental issues: Wildlife conservation (example: protecting Madagascar’s biodiversity)   ·     Developing financial industry and shipping industry (example: South Africa)   ·     Crude oil resources (example: Nigeria) ·     Africa ranks first in the world in the concentration of the world's largest accumulated reserves of gold, antimony, bauxite, chromium, cobalt, diamonds, fluorspar, hafnium, manganese, phosphate rock, platinum metals, titanium, vanadium, vermiculite and zirconium. ·     Growing domestic market ·     Low cost of production ·     Availability of manpower	Weaknesses ·     Poverty / employment structure ·     HIV / AIDS ·     Corruption (example: Nigeria) ·     Favouritism ·     Internal conflicts (civil war) and refugees ·     High Unemployment ·     Urbanisation ·     Access to clean water ·     Education and literacy ·     Discriminatory Problems ·     Gender inequality ·     High Unemployment Rate ·     Absence of important skills ·     Poor infrastructure hindering competitiveness ·     Desertification (example: Sahel) ·     Deforestation (example: rainforests in Congo Democratic Republic) ·     Only forty-six percent of people in Africa have safe drinking water ·     The weakness of the African states ·     The biggest risk to African wildlife today is the habitat destruction
External	Opportunities ·     Continuous pressure on multinationals to reduce cost and the multinationals move different stages of the production process to countries with lower costs ·     China and India, Asia's two emerging powerhouses, have made no secret of their desire to engage with resource-rich Africa as they seek new economic partnerships to fuel their booming economies. ·     Potentials for innovation and entrepreneurship ·     Fifa world cup (example: South Africa in 2010)	Threats ·     Protectionism ·     Cholera Outbreak ·     Interstate conflicts, refugees and terrorism ·     Competition from other low cost countries ·     Africa suffers from global warming ·     The African population is more at risk from rising food and energy prices ·     Africans are severely affected by the inequities of the current international trading system ·     Increased trade barriers

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