Highlights
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Learn about the FAO Strategic Framework 2022-2031
School Feeding: How Can Public Policies Change Lives?
By Najla Veloso, Senior Specialist in School Feeding at FAO for Latin America and the Caribbean
Stories
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Events
25/ 3
2025
28/3
2025
Latin American and the Caribbean Commission for Agricultural Statistics (LACCAS), 32nd Session
25/03/2025 - 28/03/2025
The Latin American and the Caribbean Commission for Agricultural Statistics (LACCAS) is a statutory body of FAO since the 1950s and meets every two years. Comprising 32 Member Nations, LACCAS provides a space for discussing critical issues related to national agricultural statistical systems.
18/ 3
2025
Series: Promoting the blue economy for sustainable fisheries and aquaculture in Latin America and the Caribbean
Virtual Event, 18/03/2025
This webinar, organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Bank, highlights the critical role of the blue economy in driving sustainable development across the region.
18/ 3
2025
19/3
2025
Strengthening rural livelihoods and environmental conservation through social protection
18/03/2025 - 19/03/2025
The Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty launched by the Brazilian G20 presidency in November 2024, aims to support and accelerate efforts to eradicate hunger and poverty (SDGs 1 and 2), reduce inequalities (SDG 10), reinvigorate global partnerships for sustainable development (SDG 17), and achieve other interlinked goals of the 2030 Agenda to promote inclusive and sustainable transitions.
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
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
International Day of Forests 2025
13/03/2025
Forests and foods - nurture the forest to nourish the people
FAO Brief - 9 December 2024
04/12/2024
In this episode: FAO calls for urgent agricultural aid to the Democratic Republic of the Congo amid the severe food insecurity in the country; a new FAO report offers guidance on integrating nutrition goals into international food trade policies; and, in Riyad, Saudi Arabia, FAO joins global call...