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Colombia

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13 millionpeople are food insecure1 millionpeople assisted by WFP over the past year 51.6 millionpopulation

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Although Colombia is classified as an upper-middle income country, it ranks second in Latin America and the Caribbean and seventh in the world in terms of income inequality.

Food security improved between 2022 and 2023. However, one out of four Colombians are food insecure.

One of the main catalysts for food insecurity is armed conflict. There will unlikely be peace with high levels of food insecurity, and food-insecure people may become victims of conflict and illicit businesses.

A peace agreement between the Government and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in 2016 signaled an end to almost six decades of conflict, though other armed groups still operate in the country.

The conflict left hundreds of thousands of people dead, displaced 8.4 million people and was characterized by widespread human rights violations.

While it is a generational task to mitigate the consequences of decades of conflict, the fact conflict continues in many parts of the country represents a serious hurdle to achieving food security.

The World Food Programme (WFP) supports the Government's efforts to achieve zero hunger through approaches including cash-based transfers, local purchases through farmers' associations and the promotion of sustainable enterprises. These tools also work to prevent malnutrition, including micronutrient deficiencies and obesity, especially in school-aged children.

Ensuring that the most vulnerable populations have permanent access to a nutritious, balanced and diversified diet is the focus of WFP's actions in Colombia.

Children, breastfeeding and pregnant women, ethnic groups, victims of violence, confined and displaced communities, smallholder farmers, migrants and host communities are the population groups identified as priorities to ensure their food and nutrition security.

What the World Food Programme is doing in Colombia

Capacity strengthening

WFP provides local public and private institutions with technical support for the development of policies and the design, delivery and evaluation of programmes to address malnutrition and food insecurity, with a special focus on former conflict areas. It aims to improve capacities in disaster risk reduction and in strengthening the country’s social protection system, hoping to make it more shock responsive. Building on WFP’s experience implementing school meals in La Guajira and in many countries in the world, WFP aims to help many departments in Colombia to improve their school meal programmes with a focus on local procurement.

Food security

WFP works with victims of violence – including internally displaced people and returnees – and vulnerable populations to ensure they have adequate access to nutritious, varied food. Children at risk of forced recruitment – especially in remote rural boarding schools – or affected by displacement, are supported through a school meals programme in La Guajira, Colombia’s most food-insecure department. The programme is designed to build local ownership and linked to local production.

Nutrition

WFP promotes nutrition-related training and communication campaigns adapted to the context of vulnerable populations, tailored to address the gender and age of recipients. Local governments receive support to prevent malnutrition, with special attention on the first 1,000 days of life and a focus on pregnant and nursing women, adolescent girls and children under 5.

Support for smallholder farmers

To enhance the production and marketing capacities of smallholder farmers, WFP is providing training to ensure they meet demand requirements (including quality standards, reliability of supply, adding value to raw products, use of native species and environmentally sound agricultural practices) and promoting efficient procurement models that link smallholder production to public and private markets. The approach emphasizes the work of women's associations in rural areas of the country, and also promote social cohesion. WFP is aiming to involve private sector partners a lot more proactively in this space.

Resilience and livelihoods

Integrated actions support community-based, inclusive and sustainable natural resource management and adaptation to climate change, building on the analysis of climate trends and forecasts. Activities build resilience, using incentives such as food transfers or cash-based transfers, to recover ancestral practices and traditional knowledge, and improve dietary diversity and rebuild livelihoods in areas vulnerable to climate change.

Publications

Annual Country Reports - Colombia
27 March 2025

Migrants as agents of change: Long-term integration of migrants in Colombia
30 April 2026

Scaling up Anticipatory Action in Latin America and the Caribbean
9 February 2026

From displacement to dignity: WFP’s approach to refugee self-reliance and food security
8 January 2026

Fill the Nutrient Gap - Latin America and the Caribbean
7 July 2025

Colombia-Ecuador, Binational Adaptation Project (2016-2024): Decentralized evaluation
25 March 2025

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In focus

Pathways to food security in the Amazon

Story | 12 November 2025

WFP school meals nourish futures in Latin America and the Caribbean

Story | 16 July 2025

Women’s day: Cashing in chips against hunger and food insecurity in Colombia

Story | 7 March 2025

Tackling hunger in 2024: Stories you may have missed

Story | 19 December 2024

How much do you know about Indigenous Peoples?

Story | 1 August 2024

As El Niño intensifies floods and droughts, early action pays off

Story | 22 May 2024

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Achieving Zero Hunger is the work of many. Our work in the Democratic Republic of Colombia is made possible by the support and collaboration of our partners and donors, including:

Archers-Daniels-Midland Company – ADMCanadaCIATEuropean CommissionFrance

Fundación AlpinaFundación ÉxitoGermanyGovernment of ColombiaHerbalifeHoward G Buffet FoundationLuxembourgRepublic of KoreaSodexo Benefits and rewards ColombiaSwitzerlandTetrapak AndinaUnited Nations AgenciesUniversidad de los AndesUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaUnited StatesWorld Bank
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Find out more about the state of food security in Colombia
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Operations in Colombia

Colombia country strategic plan (2021–2024)

CO02 - Country Strategic Plan (CSP)

Colombia country strategic plan (2025 - 2028)

CO03 - Country Strategic Plan (CSP)

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