Highlights
4 Betters
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
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.
10/ 2
2025
World Pulses Day 2025
Hybrid Event, 10/02/2025
Pulses bring diversity to our agrifood systems in multiple ways: on the farm, in our diets and through value-added products. They boost biodiversity on farms by enriching cropping systems with more species. With more than 100 types of pulses available, farmers have many options for crop rotations and/or intercropping. Consumers can enjoy pulses as part of healthy diets.
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
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38 FAO Regional Conference for Latin America and Caribbean
18 to 21 March, 2024, Georgetown, Guyana
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Spain - FAO Program for Latin America and the Caribbean
Ibero-American and Caribbean Cooperation for #FoodFirst and Sustainable Development
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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.
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
International Day of Forests 2025
13/03/2025
Forests and foods - nurture the forest to nourish the people
FAO's 80th anniversary - 365 days of action
01/01/2025
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...