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This technology enables rapid, cost-effective and high-throughput analysis of soil properties, providing access to accurate, timely and affordable soil data for efficient and sustainable fertilizer use and land management practices.

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During a high-level roundtable, FAO, IFAD, and WFP underscored the need to prepare for extreme climate events.

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Port-au-Prince: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has received over USD 16 million in funding from the Regional Humanitarian Fund for Latin America and the Caribbean (RHPF LAC) to provide emergency food assistance to the most vulnerable households in Artibonite, Centre and Ouest Departments.

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The Regional Technical Platform for Family Farming began the third Cycle of Technical Exchanges to discuss the strategic role of rural youth in the transformation of agrifood systems.

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Within the framework of the International Year of the Woman Farmer and the XIX COPPESAALC, FAO convened a regional webinar to highlight women’s contributions to fisheries and aquaculture and to advance toward a Blue Transformation through the empowerment of rural women.

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FISH4ACP strengthens fisheries cooperatives to improve the livelihoods of artisanal fishers.

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The meeting provided an opportunity to analyse the virus’s spread across various countries in the region, examine the control and response measures implemented, and review progress made in laboratory diagnostics across the region.

Highlights
Why are women who feed Latin America and the Caribbean still invisible?

One in three agrifood workers in Latin America and the Caribbean is a woman. Yet, nearly half of them work without pay and hold little decision-making power. What lies behind this paradox?

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.

Events

FAO Transforms Fair 2024 - Knowledge and Collaboration for a Better Future

Virtual Event, 03/09/2024 - 04/09/2024

 
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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Key Documents
Publications
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
80th Anniversary of the FAO

FAO celebrates 80 years of working for a more prosperous, sustainable, and equitable future for all, leaving no one behind.

38 FAO Regional Conference for Latin America and Caribbean

18 to 21 March, 2024, Georgetown, Guyana

Spain - FAO Program for Latin America and the Caribbean

Ibero-American and Caribbean Cooperation for #FoodFirst and Sustainable Development

Brazil-FAO International Cooperation Program

Alliance for the promotion of sustainable development and food security in the region

Mesoamérica Hunger-Free AMEXCID-FAO

Promoting public policies and innovative solutions for food security and sustainable rural development.

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

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
01/07/2025

In this episode of the FAO Brief: FAO scales up emergency seed distribution in Sudan; a new FAO report on the status of youth in agrifood systems; and FAO’s Conference held in Rome.

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