FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean

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The project improved rural livelihoods in 12 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, ensured connectivity and technological equipment, and strengthened youth leadership and empowerment in rural associations

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The recommendations include promoting efforts to combat climate change and its effects as a state policy, strengthening financing for this purpose, placing small producers at the center, and fostering global partnerships

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The Sustainable School Feeding Network (RAES), created by the Brazilian government in collaboration with FAO, aims to support countries in implementing and consolidating their school feeding and nutrition programs

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The FAO provides five key recommendations to prevent antimicrobial resistance (AMR), including resistance to antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals, and antiparasitics, under the integrated "One Health" approach. Increasing funding and improving surveillance are among the Organization's key recommendations

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The Organization has implemented Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) protocols to ensure safe and equitable environments in its teams and projects

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Learn about the FAO Strategic Framework 2022-2031

38 FAO Regional Conference for Latin America and Caribbean

18 to 21 March, 2024, Georgetown, Guyana

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Academic and Scientific Sector Consultation Session prior to FAO’s 38 Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean (LARC38)

Hybrid Event, 20/02/2024

Background

Within the framework of its 38 regional conference, FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean will conduct consultations (one online consultation and three sectorial consultations (of a hybrid nature) with non-state actors (NSAs): the Civil Society, Private Sector, and Scientific and Academic sector. These instances are expected to gather relevant information for the regional conference.

The FAO Regional Conference is an official forum where ministers of Agriculture and senior officials from the Member States of the region come together to discuss

challenges and priority issues related to food and agriculture, aiming to promote regional coherence in global policy matters.

The Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean will take place in two phases:

  • Senior Officers Meeting (virtual) 11-13 March 2024
  • Ministerial Session (Hybrid) 18-21 March 2024

The role of non-state actors (NSAs) in the regional conference is to transparently contribute to the dialogue of countries with information, experiences, data, and knowledge from each of their sectors. These actors are represented by individuals and institutions from civil society, the private sector, and individuals from the academic and scientific community who are part of academic institutions in the region.

The FAO will organize a consultation session with the scientific and academic sector on February 20, 2024, in Santiago, Chile. This space aims to foster an exchange of ideas to promote the sector’s perspectives and potential contributions in FAO's areas of work. In addition, it will serve to prepare a formal declaration with the positioning of the sector to be presented and delivered to the member countries during 38 FAO Regional Conference, and also to elect spokespersons that will be representing the sector at 38 FAO Regional Conference.

To participate, please register in the following link.

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Dulclair Sternadt

Partnerships Officer

FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean

Regional Representative
Regional Representative

Mr. Mario Lubetkin has been Assistant Director General and FAO Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean since 1 August, 2022.

Key Documents
Publications
2023

Within the context of the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), undertook a process of reflection on the future of agriculture, food systems and rural areas of Latin America and the Caribbean. It was a dialogue that involved a hundred experts from a score of nationalities, from academia, research centers, international organizations, other UN agencies, and the FAO itself.

FAO's four priorities in Latin America and the Caribbean
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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.


African Swine Fever

Recommendations to prevent spread.

 

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.

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
20/05/2024

In this episode, 1.8 million people in Honduras experience high levels of acute food insecurity, according to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification or IPC; FAO’s Director-General urges peace and digitalization to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in the Regional Conference for...

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