Rural
Colombia's rural sector recorded 4.8 million occupied people in 2025, the highest figure since 2021, according to DANE. The rural unemployment rate dropped to 6.7%, the lowest in seven years, driven by 103,000 new jobs in agriculture. Agriculture Minister Martha Carvajalino credited these advances to policies under President Gustavo Petro's government.
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In Hiroshima Prefecture, 81-year-old farmer Takeyuki Satokawa and his wife Masako, 77, ceased rice farming on their family paddies in 2024 due to advancing age and escalating costs. This past autumn marked their first time purchasing rice from another grower. A member of an agricultural cooperative noted that while training successors is crucial, many farmers have been too preoccupied with mere survival to do so.