Highlights
Why are women who feed Latin America and the Caribbean still invisible?
One in three agrifood workers in Latin America and the Caribbean is a woman. Yet, nearly half of them work without pay and hold little decision-making power. What lies behind this paradox?
2026 International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists
Aims to foster inclusive policy dialogue and collaborative engagement to improve pastoralist livelihoods and sustainable rangeland management. Rangelands and pastoralists have great potential to contribute and deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals.
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Events
Seminar "Agrifood systems in Latin America and the Caribbean: new scenarios and opportunities post COVID-19"
Hybrid Event, 04/11/2020 - 06/11/2020
World Food Day and FAO 75th Anniversary in Latin America and the Caribbean
On November 4, 5, and 6, FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean will celebrate World Food Day and FAO's 75th anniversary.
Under the WFD theme, "Grow, nourish, sistain. Together", the virtual seminar "Agrifood systems in Latin America and the Caribbean: new scenarios and opportunities post COVID-19" will be held. Our strategic partners will be the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB); the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and the World Bank (WB).
Nine countries of the region will hold parallel events, addressing local issues. In addition, a gender issues event will de hold, and the award ceremony for the World Food Day 2020 journalism contest.
Seminar "Agrifood systems in Latin America and the Caribbean: new scenarios and opportunities post COVID-19"
Given the complexity of managing the pandemic and its significant adverse effects on the region's economies, FAO has decided to convene a meeting of relevant stakeholders who impact agri-food systems' operation after a thorough process of gathering information from the countries.
The objective is to provide an institutional response by facilitating and promoting dialogue, making available the technical capabilities, experiences, good practices, and synergies that will make it possible to tackle the post-pandemic process more effectively.
We aim to review and propose new and better public policies focused on recovery.
We will also identify sectoral policy measures to generate a space for inter-institutional dialogue and contribute in a coordinated manner to create actions in favor of recovery and transformation of agri-food systems within a new public policy framework.
At the end of the seminar, we will systematize the experiences and present a document that synthesizes a critical path and a follow-up plan of the agreements to project a permanent dialogue.
- Date: November 4th to 6th, 2020
- The event will be held online through the ZOOM platform for the exhibitors and transmission via Youtube, Facebook, and Twitter for the general public.
- There will be simultaneous translation into English/Spanish and online surveys for feedback from attendees.
- The event considers a structure of simultaneous multi-rooms, with predefined thematic modules segmented according to the target audience, with an approximate duration of 2 hours each. Check the program here.
Live Streaming - november 4th - 1st. Day
Gender: Agrifood System and gender: Recovery with transformation in Latin America and the Caribbean
Map of events and press on World Food Day and the 75th Anniversary of FAO in Latin America and the Caribbean
Live Streaming - november 5th - Day 2
Live Streaming - november 6th - Day 3
Closing Plenary: Projecting a new post-COVID-19 policy agenda.Conclusions of the dialogue.
Documents
Documents
Food Heroes
En medio de la pandemia millones de trabajadoras y trabajadores rurales no paran de trabajar para proveer alimentos saludables y que lleguen a nuestras mesas.
Productoras y productores familiares de Uruguay trabajan para continuar produciendo a pesar de las limitaciones que impone la crisis por COVID-19.
La agricultura familiar en El Salvador ha adaptado sus medios de vida, viendo una oportunidad en la producción y comercialización de hortalizas.
En Bolivia, el trabajo de hombres y mujeres rurales es un valioso aporte para que los alimentos frescos y nutritivos no falten en la mesa, aún en tiempos de COVID-19.
Los agricultores familiares de Panamá no paran. No permiten que la pandemia del COVID-19 aplace sus planes de revitalizar su emergente producción de café.
Contact
Contact
María Elena Álvarez I.
Santiago, Chile
phone: (+56 9) 78625443
e-mail: [email protected]
Regional Representative
Mr. Rene Orellana Halkyer was appointed by the FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, as Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean, effective 1 November 2025.
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Publications
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FAO's four priorities in Latin America and the Caribbean
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FAO celebrates 80 years of working for a more prosperous, sustainable, and equitable future for all, leaving no one behind.
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38 FAO Regional Conference for Latin America and Caribbean
18 to 21 March, 2024, Georgetown, Guyana
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Spain - FAO Program for Latin America and the Caribbean
Ibero-American and Caribbean Cooperation for #FoodFirst and Sustainable Development
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FAO Campus
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Central American Dry Corridor
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Parliamentary front against hunger
More than 400 legislators work with FAO, the Spanish Cooperation and AMEXCID
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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.
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Gender Equality
Empowering women in food and agriculture.
Global School Feeding Platform
Technical resources for experts and practitioners.
Data on food and agriculture
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Multimedia
FAO Brief – 7 July 2025
01/07/2025
In this episode of the FAO Brief: FAO scales up emergency seed distribution in Sudan; a new FAO report on the status of youth in agrifood systems; and FAO’s Conference held in Rome.