Agriculture created 33,700 jobs in Cordoba

The news article reports that Córdoba’s agricultural sector led job creation in the department between 2023 and 2025, with 33,700 new jobs, according to data released by Governor Erasmo Elías Zuleta Bechara. This figure far exceeded other productive sectors: accommodation generated 8,900 jobs, while transport and construction each added 7,300 jobs. The article also notes that this performance coincided with a reduction of 4,100 public-sector jobs, a decline in the unemployment rate from 10.9% in 2024 to 10.5% in 2025, and the entry of 106,000 people into the labor market. It also links this progress to a reduction in food insecurity, indicating that 121,000 people in Córdoba moved out of moderate or severe food insecurity during the same period, according to FAO’s FIES measurement.