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Presidents and the Prime Minister of six nations in the region presented the progress in their countries and urged the implementation of policies focused on equitable access to nutritious food

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The new agreements with the Association of Universities of the Montevideo Group (AUGM) and the Union of Universities of Latin America and the Caribbean (UDUALC) will lead to collaboration with more than 270 universities in the region through the FAO Campus program

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Hundreds of farmer families in Barbados, Jamaica, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines could benefit from strengthening their capacities to manage irrigation systems and equipment effectively

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The progress of the Hand-in-Hand Initiative was presented at the 2024 Investment Forum held at FAO Headquarters in Rome, in the framework of World Food Day

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The program will directly benefit the eight countries of the Amazon region through three investment lines focused on strengthening information management systems, developing digital ecosystems, and improving fisheries management in the Amazon

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With over five million followers on his social media platforms, the renowned chef joins FAO as a regional digital collaborator to promote healthy and sustainable diets

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The three winners of the regional contest will receive an incentive of USD $1,000 to boost their sustainable technological initiatives in the livestock sector

Highlights
4 Betters

Learn about the FAO Strategic Framework 2022-2031

38 FAO Regional Conference for Latin America and Caribbean

18 to 21 march, 2024, Georgetown, Guyana

Stories
Drought or flooding are no match for this climate-adapted bean

Agrobiodiversity meets traditional knowledge to fight climate change in Colombia

Cocoa’s revival on the tropical island of Saint Lucia

Support for farmers helps revitalize the cocoa industry and incomes

Preventing global plant health threats with help from across the ocean

Supporting countries’ preparedness in halting destructive Banana Fusarium fungus

The place of agriculture in peace

Lasting results in rural development empower conflict survivors in Colombia

Thinking outside the fish tank

Five innovative tools and techniques that the FISH4ACP project set afloat to boost global aquatic food systems

Alternative Livestock Feed Project to prioritize locally sourced ingredients

Alternative feed solutions are being sourced to drive sustainability in the livestock sector

Healing Chile’s Huapi island

How Indigenous Peoples are restoring native forests for climate resilience

The awakening for Cuban farms

FAO-Green Climate Fund project eradicates invasive weed to restore farms and landscapes, building climate resilience and transforming lives

Traditional agrifood systems conserve biodiversity and support nutrition in Mexico

Reviving and marketing ancestral agricultural food production practices

Potato’s travel through ages and continents

Celebrating potatoes as part of global diets and agricultural heritage

Sacred plant helps forge a climate-friendly future in Paraguay

Using ancestral knowledge and growing yerba mate trees to accelerate climate action

Safe water saves water

How new Codex Alimentarius guidelines can boost water conservation

The hands behind a cup of coffee in Panama

Sustainable coffee production techniques build on Indigenous Peoples’ traditional knowledge

Events

16/ 10

2024

Virtual Event, 16/10/2024

Agrovisiones is a webinar program organized by FAO with the purpose of exposing voices and awakening visions that expand and transcend the Zero Hunger development goal.

15/ 10

2024

18/10

2024

Hybrid Event, 15/10/2024 - 18/10/2024

During its 33rd session in June 2023, the Latin American and Caribbean Forestry Commission (LACFC) "recommended that FAO support the development of methodologies for analysing forest-related public and private domestic resource flows".

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2024

Virtual Event, 08/10/2024

In 2019, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the United Nations Decade of Family Farming (UNDFF) 2019-2028, recognizing the crucial importance of family farming in eradicating hunger, reducing poverty, and promoting sustainable food systems. Five years after this proclamation, it is time to reflect on the progress made, the challenges that persist, and the future opportunities to str...

Regional Representative
Regional Representative

Mr. Mario Lubetkin has been Assistant Director General and FAO Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean since 1 August, 2022.

Key Documents
Publications
2023

Within the context of the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), undertook a process of reflection on the future of agriculture, food systems and rural areas of Latin America and the Caribbean. It was a dialogue that involved a hundred experts from a score of nationalities, from academia, research centers, international organizations, other UN agencies, and the FAO itself.

FAO's four priorities in Latin America and the Caribbean
In depth
We are all connected

how our health is linked to that of animals, plants and the environment.

FAO Campus

Courses of self-study, semi face-to-face and virtual with tutor.


African Swine Fever

Recommendations to prevent spread.

 

Central American Dry Corridor

Stories and facts about this "land of opportunities" in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.

Parliamentary front against hunger

More than 400 legislators work with FAO, the Spanish Cooperation and AMEXCID

1000 Digital Villages in Latin America and the Caribbean Initiative

Rural tourism experiences and digitization in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Global
Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS)

Discover the systems in Latin America globally recognized as agricultural heritage.

One Country One Priority Product

Global action on green development.

World Food Day

Water is life, water is food. October 16, 2023. Leave no one behind.

Gender Equality

Empowering women in food and agriculture.

Global School Feeding Platform

Technical resources for experts and practitioners.

Data on food and agriculture

Free access to data from more than 245 countries.

Multimedia
20/05/2024

In this episode, 1.8 million people in Honduras experience high levels of acute food insecurity, according to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification or IPC; FAO’s Director-General urges peace and digitalization to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in the Regional Conference for...

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