Bogotá Without Hunger: Strengths and Challenges

Abstract

Written by the General Coordinator of the Bogotá sin Hambre program, this article presents the food and nutrition security policy implemented in Bogotá, a city where 52% of the population lived below the poverty line and average food consumption was far below desirable levels. The author describes the policy's three pillars: Social, Urban-Regional, and Reconciliation, detailing food-solidarity strategies, breastfeeding, and nutritional supplements. Under the Urban-Regional pillar, the city's food-supply system is analyzed, characterized by high inefficiency, and the Master Supply Plan is presented, proposing organizing networks of producers and consumers to reduce costs.