Cooperation opportunities from the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization’s Amazonian networks for forests and integrated fire management

Hybrid Event, 02/10/2026

The side event will showcase opportunities for regional cooperation through the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization’s Amazonian Forest Authorities Network (RAFO) and Am...

Virtual Business Roundtable for Agrifood Chains in Latin America and the Caribbean (14th edition)

Virtual Event, 05/10/2026 - 09/10/2026

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in partnership with the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), the Secretariat for Central American Economic Integration (SIECA), and the Executive Secretariat of the Agricultural Council (SE-CAC), have developed an agenda to promote regional and international trade in the agri-food sector, aiming to con...

Session 2: Access to natural resources and land for rural women: Porperty rights, secure tenure, and resource management

Hybrid Event, 07/10/2026

The FAO Regional Technical Platform for Family Farming continues with the fourth edition of the Cycle of Technical Exchanges. Following three editions dedicated to family farming registries (2023), public procurement (2024), and rural youth (2026), this fourth edition focuses on rural women and their fundamental role in agrifood systems.

Second Session: Let's talk about safe production in cocoa-growing soils: heavy metal contamination

Virtual Event, 17/11/2026

The presence of heavy metals in agricultural systems represents one of the main challenges to agricultural sustainability and market access, particularly for crops that are strategic to the region. 

Third Session: Let’s Talk About Bio-Inputs

Virtual Event, 24/11/2026

Bio-inputs have established themselves as a strategic alternative for advancing toward more sustainable, resilient, and inclusive agrifood systems by helping to reduce dependence on conventional inputs and promoting biological processes in agricultural production.

Fourth Session: Let’s Talk About Plastics in Agriculture

Virtual Event, 01/12/2026

Plastics serve various functions in agriculture and have helped improve the efficiency of production systems. 

Forest cooperation networks: public goods for Latin America and the Caribbean

Hybrid Event, 01/10/2026

This side event will showcase how regional forest cooperation networks are helping countries across Latin America and the Caribbean address shared challenges such as climate change, wildfires, forest degradation, biodiversity loss and invasive species.

Produce and conserve: The contributions of family farmers and Indigenous Peoples in the Amazon

Virtual Event, 30/09/2026

The Amazon is home to the world's largest tropical forest and plays a fundamental role as a climate regulator, carbon store, and source of freshwater. It is also home to more than 50 million people and a key region for the food security, nutrition, and livelihoods of Indigenous Peoples, traditional communities, and rural populations.

Produce and conserve study

Virtual Event, 30/09/2026

The Amazon occupies a crucial place in the present and future of Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as of the planet. Its importance is not limited to its extraordinary biological, hydrological, and climatic wealth. 

I am Agriculture: Youth in Agriculture – High School Video Competition

Virtual Event, 11/09/2026

The I am Agriculture: Youth in Agriculture – High School Video Competition invites high school students to use their creativity and voices to show why agriculture matters and what it means to them, their communities and the Caribbean.

Regional Meeting: The Transformative Potential of Innovation and Technologies to Reduce Food Loss and Waste

Hybrid Event, 09/09/2026 - 10/09/2026

The FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean promotes the transformation towards more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems.

Session 1: Access to Finance for Rural Women: Instruments, barriers, and innovative experiences in financial inclusion

Virtual Event, 26/08/2026

Following three editions focused on family farming registries (2023), public procurement (2024), and rural youth (2026), this fourth edition places rural women and their fundamental role in agrifood systems at the center of the discussion.

Investing in Agrifood Systems in Latin America and the Caribbean

Hybrid Event, 18/08/2026 - 19/08/2026

Latin America and the Caribbean faces a structural financing gap in transforming their agrifood systems towards more inclusive, resilient, and sustainable models.

Investing in Agrifood systems in Latin America and the Caribbean

Hybrid Event, 18/08/2026 - 19/08/2026

Background

Current Status and Future Outlook of the Principal Commercially Cultivated Fish Species in the Amazon Basin

10/08/2026 - 13/08/2026

Aquaculture of native Amazonian species offers a strategic pathway to enhance food and nutrition security, diversify rural livelihoods, and foster sustainable economic development across the Amazon Basin. Amid growing pressure on capture fisheries, accelerating climate change impacts, and persistent technological and market constraints affecting small-scale producers, there is an urgent need...

Managing the impacts of El Niño

Hybrid Event, 29/07/2026

Agri-food resilience and measures to support the functioning of markets and food supply in LAC

Regional Workshop on Analysis and Uses of the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES) in Latin America and the Caribbean

Hybrid Event, 21/07/2026 - 23/07/2026

Moderate or severe food insecurity affected 1 in 4 people in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2024. And, although this figure has been steadily decreasing since 2020, its prevalence means that 167 million people face moderate or severe difficulties accessing food.

Session 3 Investment and Financing for Rural Youth in Family Farming

Virtual Event, 02/07/2026

The Technical Regional Platform for Family Farming, lead by Food and Agriculture Organization for the United Nations (FAO), has promoted, since 2023, the Cycle of Technical Exchanges as a space for dialogue, cooperation and learning between countries in Latin America and the Caribbean and other regions.

One Health as a Strategic Approach to the Sustainability of Aquaculture and Fisheries in Latin America and the Caribbean

Virtual Event, 02/07/2026

Aquatic food systems, which include marine and inland fisheries, artisanal and small-scale fisheries, as well as aquaculture, constitute an essential source of nutritious food, employment and income for millions of people in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Experiences that transform

Hybrid Event, 29/06/2026 - 11/09/2026

Call for applications on bioinputs and agricultural plastics in Latin America and the Caribbean

Webinar series on Priorities in Food Safety: Food Safety in Bivalve Molluscs

Virtual Event, 25/06/2026

Within the framework of the 2026-2027 Regional Food Safety Programmatic Agenda, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), through its Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, invites countries in the region to participate in the upcoming webinar, to be held on June 25, 2026, focusing on “Food Safety in Bivalve Molluscs.” 

First session of the 2026 Interregional Dialogues on Family Farming

Brasília (Brazil), Hybrid Event, 22/06/2026 - 24/06/2026

Despite its fundamental role in food production, family farming faces significant challenges that limit the development of this sector, which represents 81.4% of agricultural holdings in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Participation of communities in national forest inventories: good practices from experiences in Latin America and the Caribbean

Virtual Event, 11/06/2026

The National Forest Inventory Network of Latin America and the Caribbean (NFI-LAC Network) is a technical cooperation space aimed at strengthening National Forest Inventories (NFIs) through the exchange of knowledge, experiences and good practices among countries in the region.

World Food Safety Day. From burden to solutions: safe food for all

Virtual Event, 08/06/2026

Foodborne diseases (FBDs) continue to represent one of the major challenges to public health and food systems worldwide. These illnesses result from the consumption of food or beverages contaminated with pathogens, chemicals, or toxins, disproportionately affecting the most vulnerable populations, who face a greater risk of illness. 

Session 2 - Digital Gaps in Rural Territories: Diagnosis and Institutional Responses

04/06/2026

Background

The Technical Regional Platform for Family Farming, lead by Food and Agriculture Organization for the United Nations (FAO), has promoted, since 2023, the Cycle of Technical Exchanges...

Launch of the report "The Outlook for Agriculture and Rural Development in the Americas: A Perspective on Latin America and the Caribbean 2025–2026"

Virtual Event, 02/06/2026

The report Outlook for Agriculture and Rural Development in the Americas 2025–2026: A Perspective on Latin America and the Caribbean is the result of a joint effort by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), CAF—Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF), and the Inter-American Inst...