Colombia: The importance of avocados to ensure food security levels

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is an agency that leads international efforts to combat hunger and improve nutrition and food security. Agustín Zimmermann is the FAO representative in Colombia, and during the Avocado Territory 2024 he presented the characteristics of avocados based on their nutritional value and growth potential as a possible resource to regularize food security indices, not only in Colombia but globally. Zimmermann explained that at FAO, through the transformation of agri-food systems, they seek to generate better production and nutrition, as well as a better life globally. The organization is funded by contributions from its member states and with extra voluntary support from other global funds. "Global food insecurity rates remain very high; around 713-757 million people could have suffered from hunger by 2023, that's one in 11 people, and almost 30% of the world's population suffered from food insecurity, either moderate or ...