Venezuela’s acting Delcy Rodríguez, announced the Plan Venezuela Alimenta and the draft of a Communal Economy Law, an initiative to coordinate the productive sectors, including communes, entrepreneurs and agribusiness, to eradicate hunger and strengthen territorial food security.
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“We have just arrived from Rome, from our participation in the World Food Summit, and I have to tell the Venezuelan people, very responsibly, we are very close again to the Zero Hunger goal,” she reiterated.
At the same time, she explained that this alliance seeks to consolidate an efficient model that guarantees access to food in every corner of the national territory.
“From there I announced the Venezuela Feeds Plan, where we are going to coordinate all productive spaces, from the commune, businesses, agribusiness, to achieve this goal that is so human, so extraordinarily vital, such as the right to food and Zero Hunger,” Rodríguez highlighted.
La tierra es fuente de vida y esperanza. 🇻🇪🌱
En el Día Mundial de la Alimentación, reconocemos el esfuerzo de nuestros campesinos, agricultores, ganaderos, pescadores y trabajadores de la agroindustria, quienes hacen posible que los alimentos lleguen a las mesas de nuestro… pic.twitter.com/MYe6P2oOby
— Miraflores Al Momento (@MirafloresAM) October 16, 2026
On her return from the FAO summit in Rome, President Rodríguez announced in Caracas that she had requested technical cooperation to strengthen the Plan Venezuela Alimenta.
The Head of State announced the upcoming presentation of a new legislative project: the Local Economy Law, an instrument that will integrate the current Communal Economy regulations to boost community production from the grassroots.
“(…) We are going to present a new Law, which is the Local Economy Law, which includes the Communal Economy Law, all community, local, territorialized efforts, in this supreme objective which is Zero Hunger for Venezuela (…), we will achieve it very soon. Before 2030 we will be meeting this goal,” affirmed the National President.
Rodriguez also urged participation in the popular consultation on 18 October, where more than 37,000 projects will be voted. In addition, he reported that the Communal Economy Law will be expanded to include other productive actors.
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