It is mainly to promote the diversification of the energy basket through the use of biofuels, with the following criteria (Mesa, 2006):

• Environmental sustainability.

• Favor lignocellulosic crops replacement.

• Agricultural employee maintenance and development.

• Energy self-sufficiency.

• Agro-industrial development.

• Improving the quality of country’s fuels, as a result of a blending between biofuels and fossil fuels.

To achieve these goals, Colombia faces the challenge of moving into strategic areas, among them are: a) consolidation of an institutional framework for the formulation of actions related to the handling of biofuels; b) reduction in the production of biofuels in the most critical points of the production chain, c) increasing the productivity of biofuels throughout all the production chain, d) research and development looking towards increasing biomass crop yields, develop new varieties adapted to different growing conditions and resistant to plagues, and develop changing processes of first and second generation e) price regulation in order to encourage the efficient production of biofuels, and f) differentiation of the Colombian product in order make easier the access to international markets by adding strategic environmental and social variables, besides food safety protection measures (Consejo Nacional de Politica Economica y Social (CONPES, 2008).

As stated by the Consejo Nacional de Politica Economica y Social (CONPES) (in English: National Council of Economic and Social Policy) of the Colombian government: This will enable the ability to take advantage, in a competitive and sustainable way, of economic and social development opportunities offered by biofuels emerging markets. At the same time it will allow: increasing competitive sustainable biofuels production by contributing to employment generation, rural development and population welfare; promoting an alternative productive development to the reliable rural land occupation; contributing to the formal employment generation within the rural sector; diversifying the country’s energy basket throughout biofuels efficient production, by using current and future technologies; ensuring an environmentally sustainable performance throughout the addition of environmental variables when making decisions in the chain of biofuel production.