Highlights
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Director-General QU Dongyu
Let us be better together Building Four Betters – Agrifood Systems.
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.
Stories
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Events
World Food Safety Day in Latin America and the Caribbean
Hybrid Event, 01/06/2021 - 03/06/2021
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Live broadcast World Food Safety Day in Latin America and the Caribbean - June 1st and 3th, 09:00 hrs. Ecuador Time
The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution in December 2018 proclai3ming a World Food Safety Day. Starting in 2019, every 7 June will be a time to celebrate the benefits and highlight the importance of safe food. World Food Safety Day is an important way of:
- Making people aware of food safety issues
- Demonstrating how to prevent illness through food safety
- Discussing collaborative approaches to improved food safety across sectors
- Promoting solutions and ways of being more food safe
We are in the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Though the virus is not transmitted by food, the pandemic has highlighted many food-related issues, such as hygiene, antimicrobial resistance, zoonotic diseases, climate change and food fraud and has pinpointed vulnerabilities in food production and control systems, where the dynamics of the global, regional, and local food supply chains are of utmost relevance to preserve livelihoods.
Live broadcast World Food Safety Day in Latin America and the Caribbean - June 1st and 3th, 09:00 hrs. Ecuador Time
This year, the international and regional organizations FAO, PAHO, IICA, OIRSA, and the CCLAC have joined forces to celebrate WFSD during a 2-day webinar with the goal to bring together the different stakeholders involved in the food chain continuum to share their expertise and experiences.
Topics to be addressed are good practices in primary production, contaminants in food, experience with traceability systems and food handling and foodborne illness, with speakers from countries in the region.
Participants: Open to all countries in the LAC region.
World Food Safety Day 2021 Campaign
Documents
Related sites
- Pan American Health Organization
- Inter-american institute for cooperation on agriculture
- Organismo Internacional Regional de Sanidad Agropecuaria
- Agrocalidad
Videos
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Contact
Contact
Maria Gatica
Consultora gestión de riesgos de Inocuidad Alimentos y Resistencia a los Antimicrobianos
FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean
FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean
Featured video
Key Documents
Publications
How to use antibiotics effectively and responsibly in poultry production - for the sake of human and animal health
2024
The use of antibiotics and thus the threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) can be reduced by adopting the right husbandry practices. This publication provides practical tips to the livestock producer aiming at improving animal health and hence the reduced use of antibiotics
FAO's four priorities in Latin America and the Caribbean
In depth
80th Anniversary of the FAO
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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Brazil-FAO International Cooperation Program
Alliance for the promotion of sustainable development and food security in the region
Mesoamérica Hunger-Free AMEXCID-FAO
Promoting public policies and innovative solutions for food security and sustainable rural development.
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.
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.
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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
Free access to data from more than 245 countries.
Multimedia
FAO Brief - 14 April 2025
14/04/2025
In this episode, an IPC analysis reveals the highest number ever recorded of acutely food insecure populations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo due to conflict, economic instability and surging food prices; sustainable water management is essential to feed Europe and Central Asia and build...