It's my understanding that only about 5% of the land in Colombia is actually arable land. I think Colombian farmers will always be doing some local production for local consumption.
Their main exports are coffee and bananas, for example. Those are two of their major exports, and it's stuff we don't grow here, so there's a comparative advantage for them to export crops like that while importing wheat from Canada, for example. Canadian farmers can produce wheat and produce it cost-effectively. We're just simply blessed with so many acres of land and a climate that is well suited for wheat production.
I think each of us in some way would gravitate to what we produce best and what our climates are best suited for.