Highlights
2026 International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists
Aims to foster inclusive policy dialogue and collaborative engagement to improve pastoralist livelihoods and sustainable rangeland management. Rangelands and pastoralists have great potential to contribute and deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals.
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2026 the International Year of the Woman Farmer
The Year will spotlight the essential roles women play across agrifood systems, from production to trade, while often going unrecognized. Women farmers are central to food security, nutrition and economic resilience.
Stories
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Events
#FAOTransforms 1st fair of inspiring experiences
Virtual Event, 14/06/2022
Live broadcast Plenary Hall - Tuesday, June 14, 10:00 a.m. (Chile)
Inspiring experiences (parallel sessions) - Tuesday June 14 11:00 hrs. (Chile)
This 1st Regional Fair is a space that seeks to make visible and stimulate the knowledge management and innovation in FAO. Learning, sharing and innovating enhance the dynamics of collaboration, which is key for the transformation towards more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agri-food systems in the region. The event is organized in 3 moments:
- LEARN: evidence and illustrate how behavioral science can be a powerful tool for transformation and contribute to creating robust development solutions. Discuss the potential use of this science to increase the effectiveness of FAO actions.
- SHARE: value and generate exchanges and reflections around outstanding and inspiring experiences of FAO teams in the region.
- INNOVATE: learn about and dicurss the Partners’ view of areas in which FAO is innovating, and what is the key knowledge associated to those innovarions
Participants: All FAO teams in the LAC region and their partners are invited. FAO colleagues from headquarters and from other regions of the world will also participate.
Modality: The event will be held virtually through the Zoom Platform and will have simultaneous translation into Spanish, English and French.
Program
10:00-11:00
Welcome remarks
- Julio Berdegué. Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative, of FAO for Latin America and the Caribbean.
- Ismahane Elouafi (to be confirmed). FAO Chief Scientist.
LEARN: Keynote address on the opportunities for innovation derived from advances in behavioral sciences.
- Steve Wendel, Member of Busara Center for Behavioral Economics
11:00-12.15
SHARE: 5 parallel sessions in which FAO teams from around the region will share best practices and lessons learned (20 experiences in 5 sessions: "Better Production", "Better Nutrition", "Better Environment"; "Better Life"; "Better Support" ).
12:30-13:30
INNOVATE: Presentation of a study: Presentation of a report of a study commissioned by RLC on "Partners’ view of areas in which FAO is innovating, and what is the key knowledge associated to those innovarions".
- Javier Martínez, Member of Knowledgeworks Consulting
Words of thanks and closing words
- Julio Berdegué, Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative, of FAO for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Inspiring experiences of the 5 simultaneous sessions
Session 1: Better Production
- PARAGUAY, ARGENTINA, BOLIVIA, ECUADOR, COLOMBIA, HAITI, PERU: +Cotton - Lazos Initiative #ConectateRural (Fernanda Scherer)
- EL SALVADOR: Reclima - Innovative digital extension model in the dry corridor (Diego Recalde and Mónica Rivas Beltran).
- REGIONAL: GeoKit - Geospatial Knowledge (Marygrace Balinos and Michael Rahija)
- COLOMBIA: FAO INNOVA - Innovation in Beekeeping (Laura Vásquez)
- Commentators: Eduardo Ramírez and Gusland McCook
Session 2: Better Nutrition
- BRASIL: Prohort - Brazilian Horticultural Market Modernization Program (Marisson de Melo Marinho)
- GUYANA: Sustainable Schools: Nutrition sensitive agriculture, the case of Guyana (Oleta Williams y Jorge González).
- ARGENTINA: Municipalities without Waste (Ornella Calvete)
- Commentators: Jairo Flores and Joao Intini
Session 3: Better Enviroment
- ECUADOR: Conservation and sustainable use for good living in Napo (Kelvin Cueva)
- CHILE: Training in biodiversity, from the program to the territory (Karina Crespo y Marcel Gonnet)
- VENEZUELA: Tukupu - Kariña women guardians of the forests (Cecilia Rivas)
- Commentators: Pieter VanLierop and George Jaksch
Session 4: Better Life
- GUATEMALA: ChispaRural.gt - Digital platform (Berta Abrego y Christian López)
- URUGUAY: National Gender Plan, a transformative public policy (Paula Florit)
- HAITI: Empowerment of rural women (Marie Francois)
- MEXICO: Closing Gaps - Social protection for women (Isaías Gómez)
- Commentators: Adoniram Sanches and Miriam Bruno
- Session 5: Better Support
- COLOMBIA: Office business intelligence system (Alfredo Bruges)
- ECUADOR: Registration of payments and information for post-purchase VAT refund (Vanessa Cáceres)
- GUYANA: Innovations in the FAO Office (Floyd Dalton y Seema Greene)
- EL SALVADOR: Office welcome kit (Marcela Reyes y Erick Rosales)
- Commentator: Martha Martínez
Appointment
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.
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Mesoamérica Hunger-Free AMEXCID-FAO
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Parliamentary front against hunger
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World Food Day
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Gender Equality
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Global School Feeding Platform
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Data on food and agriculture
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Multimedia
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