He President Gustavo Petro asked this Wednesday to Department of agriculture Buy surplus food and deliver them “In hunger areas“, After knowing the latest data on the country’s food situation, where millions of people continue in a situation of subalimentation.
“I have requested that minegriculture seek to buy surplus foods in the country and deliver them in hunger areas“Petro wrote in his X account.
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The president added: “Although this government has decreased by 1.9 million people who are in food insecurity, that only 200,000 people are lowered by sub -healing ashamed to this government“
The permanence of two million people in hunger embarrass Colombia, and although this government has decreased by 1, 9 million people who are in food insecurity, who only lower 200,000 people, those who are in sub -healing, embarrass this government.
– Gustavo Petro (@Petrogustavo) July 30, 2025
In the last three years, 200,000 million people in Colombia ceased to be subalimentation, lacking sufficient calories to meet their basic energy needsaccording to the latest report of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE).
During this period, according to the same report, 1.9 million people left the situation of moderate or serious food insecuritywhich means not having regular access “to sufficient, safe and nutritious foods for a healthy life“
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Despite this improvement, two million Colombians continue to subalimentated, while more than 14 million are in a state of serious or moderate food insecurity.
Gustavo Petro
Example of the riceros
Petro also stated in his publication that “It makes no sense that rice trees come out for the low price of their products, when the State can buy the surpluses of offers and take them to where there is hunger in the country or in the world“
Recently, the Government of Colombia and Los Rroceros achieved an agreement consisting of seven points and includes the regulation of the price of the green paddy riceafter eleven days of a national rice strike that caused blockages on roads of eleven of the 32 departments that make up the country.
According to guild data, on which more than 500,000 families depend, cereal production was not profitable before this pact due to low prices per haigrada.
EFE
