Colombia
COL HERO
53.7 million
country population
8.2 million people
in need of food and nutrition assistance
7.3 million people
internally displaced
to assist 167 500 people in Colombia FAO requires USD 24.2 million for 2026
Highlights
News
FAO receives USD 8 million to support rural families affected by conflict and climate-related shocks in Colombia
06/07/2026
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), with funding from the Regional Humanitarian Fund for Latin America and the Caribbean...
News
Bracing for El Niño: FAO and WFP launch joint appeal to protect 8.8 million people from extreme weather events
18/06/2026
Scaling up early action in 22 high-risk countries will help safeguard lives, livelihoods and food security
News
Acute food insecurity and malnutrition rise for sixth consecutive year in world’s most fragile regions – new report
16/05/2025
In 2024, over 295 million people across 53 countries and territories faced acute hunger—an increase of almost 14 million people compared to 2023, while...
Key documents
FAO good practices of climate action in food crisis and fragile contexts
17/10/2025
Communities in food crisis and fragile contexts are on the frontline of the climate crisis. FAO helps countries prevent, anticipate, absorb, adapt and transform in the face of intensifying climate shocks and stresses.
Guatemala, Colombia, Honduras and Nicaragua: Local Technical Agroclimatic Committees (MTAS)
17/04/2024
Local stakeholders and agricultural producers in Latin America have limited access to agroclimatic information and, when they do gain access to it, they have difficulty translating it into understandable and actionable knowledge.
Colombia: DIEM – Data in Emergencies Monitoring brief, round 6
18/08/2025
This Data in Emergencies Monitoring (DIEM-Monitoring) brief shares the results of the sixth-round assessment conducted in January and February 2025 in Colombia.
Multimedia
Video
Transforming Agrifood Systems to Consolidate Peace in Colombia
19/09/2024
In the aftermath of conflict, two remarkable women in Colombia are finding strength and empowerment through an innovative project: Territorial Transformation,...
Video
Sowing seeds of hope in Colombia – SCALA programme supports climate resilience and agrobiodiversity
10/10/2024
The video tells the story of the Wayuu people in Guajira, Colombia, in the face of increasingly harsh climate impacts.
Video
FAO Impact - Colombia
17/08/2021
Among the millions of Venezuelans who have migrated to Colombia, many have settled in La Guajira, an arid region already struggling with food insecurity...