Financing for food security and nutrition in Latin America and the Caribbean

29/04/2024

There are different proposals for policies and interventions to address these problems jointly as a region and for each country. However, the proposals for policies and interventions do not include how to finance the actions needed to eliminate hunger and combat malnutrition. This document presents a first approach to the issue of the financing needed for the eradication of hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition in all its forms in the region.

Stepping up resilient and sustainable small-scale fisheries and aquaculture

19/03/2024

The theme for the IYAFA celebration in WECAFC was ‘Resilience and Recovery,’ with a specific focus on gender and youth. The selection of Resilience and Recovery was significant for this region as it took place during the world’s recovery from the global COVID-19 pandemic. Small-scale fishers and fish farmers across the region were severely affected by the pandemic, impacting their social and economic well-being.

FAO Cuba cooperation 2022

22/12/2023

This report summarizes the main results of FAO Cuba in 2022. At a time when Latin America and the Caribbean are determined to face and overcome the most complex humanitarian, economic and social crisis in recent decades, FAO in Cuba continues to take steps towards the consolidation of its essential goals, with more than USD 57 million mobilized between 2019 and 2022, in support of the priority areas signed with the government in the Country Program Framework 2020-2024.

Antimicrobial resistance policy benchmarks in medicated feed

07/12/2023

The Policy Benchmarks are based on the recommendations established in international reference policies, complemented by other policy instruments that set scientifically based objectives. The Policy Benchmarks are part of the methodology "National self-assessment of existing capacities to contain AMR through medicated feed policies and their governance", designed by FAO in a joint effort with 7 South American countries.

Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition in Latin America and the Caribbean 2023

09/11/2023

Legislating to prevent and reduce food loss and waste

08/09/2023

Legislating to prevent and reduce food loss and waste. Legal brief for parliamentarians in Latin America and the Caribbean, no. 10

Legal frameworks for sustainable school feeding A dialogue based on the Latin American and Caribbean scenario

11/08/2023

The publication, developed within the framework of the school feeding project of the Brazil-FAO International Cooperation Program, aims to share some experiences and the development of the process of elaboration and implementation of legal and regulatory frameworks on school feeding, and to identify some fundamental elements for its development.