Within the framework of the efforts geared to guarantee the fundamental right to food, the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, announced the launch of the «Venezuela Alimenta» (Venezuela Feeds) Plan—a strategic initiative designed to coordinate all of the country’s productive sectors in order to eradicate hunger and strengthen food security at the local level.
The plan contemplates the integral coordination of communes, local entrepreneurs, and the national agro-industrial sector:
«We have just returned from Rome, of our participation in the World Food Summit, and I must tell the Venezuelan people—with full sense of responsibility—that we are once again very close to the ‘Zero Hunger’ goal,» she reiterated.
At the same time, she explained that this alliance seeks to consolidate an efficient model that ensures access to food in every corner of the national territory.
«From there I announced the ‘Venezuela Alimenta’ Plan, through which we will coordinate all productive spheres—from communes and local ventures to the agro-industry—to achieve this deeply humane and vital objective: the right to food and the realization of ‘Zero Hunger,'» Rodríguez stated.
Legal Framework for a localized economy:
As part of this food sovereignty strategy, the Head of State announced the upcoming introduction of a new piece of legislation: the Local Economy Law, an instrument that will incorporate existing regulations concerning the «Communal Economy» to boost community-based production from the grassroots level.
«(…) We are going to present a new law, which is the Local Economy Law, where are encompassed the Communal Economy Law, all the community, local, and territorialized efforts, in this supreme objective that is Zero Hunger for Venezuela (…). We are going to achieve it very soon. Before 2030 we will be meeting this goal,» affirmed the national dignitary.
It is important to highlight that this new legal and institutional framework aims to consolidate a productive system articulated from the local level that prioritizes self-sufficiency and the social well-being of Venezuelan families.