European Review of Agricultural Economics Vol 00 (00) (2021) pp. 1–24 doi:10.1093/erae/jbab020 Distributional and economy-wide effects of post-confict agricultural policy in Colombia Dora Elena Jiménez † , Adri ´ an Saldarriaga-Isaza †, * and Martín Cicowiez ‡ † Department of Economics, Universidad Nacional de Colombia—Sede Medellín, Colombia; ‡ Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina Received October 2020; fnal version accepted April 2021 Abstract We assessed the economic effects of the agricultural policy that is proposed as part of the 2016 peace accord in Colombia. We used a newly built social accounting matrix for Colombia to calibrate a computable general equilibrium model. We found that the value added, demand for labour and factor incomes increased in the areas most affected by the confict, while the opposite occurred in the other areas. In general, distributional effects between urban and rural areas are strongly conditional on the fnancing mechanism adopted by the government. Keywords: post-confict, agricultural policy, CGE modelling, distributional effects JEL classifcation: Q18, C68, D58, R12 1. Introduction During armed conficts, many civilians are displaced and agricultural liveli- hoods are disrupted, affecting agricultural activity in confict-affected regions (Thibbotuwawa, 2019). By the same token, agricultural activity plays a key role to support food security and peacebuilding in post-confict settings (Özerdem and Roberts, 2012; Adam-Bradford et al., 2020). Particularly, smallholder farmers may contribute towards poverty reduction in post-confict zones and sustain rural livelihoods, through policies that include productiv- ity intensifcation, post-harvest infrastructure and marketing (Muscat, 2005; Siddik et al., 2015) as well as land restitution mechanisms (Arraiza and Moratti, 2009; Grajales, 2020). Nevertheless, other foreign and national poli- cies such as new norms, standards and trade barriers may hinder agriculture- based rural development (Giordano, 2011). In general, agricultural policies for post-confict environments prioritise improvements in productivity and competitiveness, with the expectation of positively impacting rural farm incomes and food security (Thibbotuwawa, *Corresponding author: E-mail: casaldarriagai@unal.edu.co © The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Foundation for the European Review of Agricultural Economics. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/erae/advance-article/doi/10.1093/erae/jbab020/6232350 by Universidad Nacional de Colombia user on 24 March 2022