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Learn about the FAO Strategic Framework 2022-2031
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38 FAO Regional Conference for Latin America and Caribbean
18 to 21 march, 2024, Georgetown, Guyana
Stories
The awakening for Cuban farms
FAO-Green Climate Fund project eradicates invasive weed to restore farms and landscapes, building climate resilience and transforming lives
Traditional agrifood systems conserve biodiversity and support nutrition in Mexico
Reviving and marketing ancestral agricultural food production practices
Potato’s travel through ages and continents
Celebrating potatoes as part of global diets and agricultural heritage
Sacred plant helps forge a climate-friendly future in Paraguay
Using ancestral knowledge and growing yerba mate trees to accelerate climate action
Safe water saves water
How new Codex Alimentarius guidelines can boost water conservation
The hands behind a cup of coffee in Panama
Sustainable coffee production techniques build on Indigenous Peoples’ traditional knowledge
Events
20/ 6
2024
15 Years of the School Feeding Law in Brazil
Virtual Event, 20/06/2024
The event is organised by the National Fund for Educational Development (FNDE), with the support of the South-South Cooperation Programme developed between the Brazilian Cooperation Agency (ABC) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The event will also include the participation of the World Food Programme (WFP) Cent...
5/ 6
2024
World Food Safety Day 2024
Virtual Event, 05/06/2024
Foodborne diseases have great impacts on the health of the population. It is estimated that, worldwide, 600 million people (1 in 10 people) fall ill from consuming contaminated food, and that 420.000 people die each year from this same cause. These diseases are generally caused by bacteria, viruses, parasites or chemicals present in contaminated food or water.
22/ 5
2024
Agrovisiones : Webinar series on innovation for agrifood transformation - Chapter 2
Virtual Event, 22/05/2024
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.
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
2030 Food, agriculture and rural development in Latin America and the Caribbean
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.
Forest governance by indigenous and tribal peoples. An opportunity for climate action in Latin America and the Caribbean
2023
The document summarizes the report that, based on a review of more than 250 studies, demonstrates the importance and urgency of climate action to protect the forests of the indigenous and tribal territories of Latin America as well as the indigenous and tribal peoples who protect them.
Regional Initiatives
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.
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 SDGs
24/11/2022
No matter where you live , a world of peace,prosperity and a healthy planet for all people are aspirations that you would relate to. But how are they...
FAO Brief - 6 May 2024
In this episode, over 282 million people in 59 countries suffered acute food insecurity in 2023, according to the Global Report on Food Crises; FAO warns about the food insecurity threat in Southern Africa posed by a foreseen shortfall in maize production; and the Food Price Index increases marginally in April, driven by higher meat prices.
06/05/2024