FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean

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On World Soil Day, FAO warns that economic losses from soil degradation are estimated at USD 60 billion annually and underscores that sustainable management is key to addressing the challenge and ensuring food security

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Parliamentarians' commitment to building more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems was reinforced during the “Parliaments for Food” meeting, organized by the National Congress of Honduras, FAO and Spanish Cooperation

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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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4 Betters

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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Events

28/ 11

2024

Hybrid Event, 28/11/2024

The project "South-South Cooperation: Digital Transformation and Innovation in Agriculture," driven by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the People's Republic of China, began its implementation in 2022 with the goal of supporting the recovery of rural livelihoods affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and contributing to the digital transformation process in countries that are part of ...

21/ 11

2024

Virtual Event, 21/11/2024

Agrovisiones is a webinar program organized by FAO with the purpose of exposing voices and awakening visions that expand and transcend the Zero Hunger development goal.

21/ 11

2024

Virtual Event, 21/11/2024

FAO promotes the application of the One Health approach as part of the transformation of the agri-food system for the benefit of human, animal, plant and environmental health. This involves a wide range of actors and work related to sustainable agriculture, animal, plant, forest and aquaculture health, food safety, antimicrobial resistance (AMR), nutrition and livelihoods.

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
In depth
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
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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