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Panama Renews FAO Action Plan to Fight Hunger Through Agricultural Development
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Panama Renews FAO Action Plan to Fight Hunger Through Agricultural Development

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Panama and the Food and Agriculture Organization signed a 2026-2030 plan focused on agricultural productivity, family farming, sustainable fisheries and responsible resource management.
  • The plan also covers digital innovation, food-waste reduction, healthy diets, climate adaptation and rural economies.
  • Panama reduced the prevalence of undernourishment from 23.3% in 2000-2002 to 4.7% in 2023-2025, though the FAO said challenges remain in ensuring access to healthy diets.

Panama has moved close to leaving the global hunger map after reducing undernourishment from 23.3 percent in 2000-2002 to 4.7 percent in 2023-2025. The figures come from the 2026 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report.

The progress is now being followed by a renewed five-year partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization. Panama’s government and the FAO signed the 2026-2030 Country Programming Framework, which aims to strengthen agricultural productivity and family farming, sustainable fishing and aquaculture, responsible natural-resource management, and agricultural health.

The plan also includes innovation and digitalization, reducing food losses and waste, and improving access to healthy diets. It calls for joint work on climate adaptation and mitigation, productive restoration, territorial governance and stronger rural economies, with the well-being and opportunities of Panamanian communities as a central focus.

Panama is increasingly close to leaving the global hunger map. It is an extraordinary achievement that we must recognize and celebrate

— Rene Orellana HalkyerThe FAO regional representative praised Panama’s long-term reduction in undernourishment.

FAO Assistant Director-General and regional representative for Latin America and the Caribbean Rene Orellana Halkyer described Panama as increasingly close to leaving the world hunger map and called the achievement extraordinary. But the organization said the decline in undernourishment does not mark the end of the challenge. Panama must still ensure permanent access to healthy diets while addressing other forms of malnutrition, including overweight and obesity.

Panama’s Foreign Minister Javier Martínez-Acha said the agreement represented more than a cooperation document. He described it as a renewal of a relationship that has supported the country for decades with technical knowledge and practical solutions for development challenges.

For Panama, the signing of this Country Programming Framework 2026-2030 represents much more than the adoption of a cooperation document

— Javier Martínez-AchaPanama’s foreign minister emphasized the broader significance of renewing cooperation with the FAO.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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