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Brasilia, Brazil, April 3, 2024 - It is estimated that around 10.5 million people live in the Central American Dry Corridor, with approximately 50% of this population living in poverty.

Brasília, Brazil, March 26, 2024 - More than 100 professionals linked to school feeding programmes (SFP) from 17 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean participated on March 21 in an online exchange of experiences on mechanisms to strengthen public procurement in school feeding.

FAO and the international NGO Rikolto seal a new strategic partnership to advance sustainable and resilient urban agrifood systems  Through a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), FAO and Rikolto officialise a partnership to expand collaboration towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Such collaboration is in line with FAO's vision to develop sustainable urban agrifood systems, and it will contribute to FAO's Strategic Framework particularly focusing...

On the 20th Anniversary of the adoption of the Right to Food Guidelines, FAO releases a publication detailing its work supporting the UNDROP In a significant stride towards promoting the rights of peasants and rural workers, the UN Human Rights Council hosted the launch of the FAO publication FAO’s work on the themes of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP)at a strategic side event...

On 14 March 2024, FAO presented a proposal for a Model Law on Agroecology to the Latin American and Caribbean Parliament’s (PARLATINO) Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Committee. The proposal was formally requested by PARLATINO in 2022, following a four-year process that started in 2020 with the FAO publication "Legislating to promote agroecology in the Latin America and Caribbean region: Guidelines for a PARLATINO model law on agroecology". There have been significant advancements in agroecology that can help drive more sustainable agroecological practices and forge progress for family farming and agroecology. Underlining the important role of collaborations...