Highlights
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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.
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.
Stories
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Events
Strengthening Social Protection Systems in the Caribbean to Adapt to Climate Change: Opportunities and Challenges
Bridgetown (Barbados), 15/05/2024 - 16/05/2024
Background
The Regional Workshop "Strengthening Social Protection Systems in the Caribbean to Adapt to Climate Change: Opportunities and Challenges," co-organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), will take place on May 15 and 16, 2024, in Bridgetown, Barbados.
This event will bring together representatives from ministries of Social Development and Agriculture across the Caribbean region, as well as national and sub-regional experts from both organizations, to discuss how social protection can contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation and strengthen resilience against natural disasters.
Focusing on strengthening social protection systems to adapt to climate change, the event will pay special attention to key territories such as Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, the British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Jamaica (with funding from the World Bank), Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Kitts and Nevis, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
The workshop aims to integrate social protection as an essential component in the updating of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), share experiences, best practices, and explore opportunities for integrating the agendas of social protection, mitigation, adaptation, and climate change management.
Strategies to enhance coherence between social protection and climate change policies with government counterparts will be discussed, facilitating the exchange of experiences and the formulation of recommendations.
Documents
Contact
Communication Specialist of the Regional Program of the Hand in Hand Initiative for prosperous and inclusive rural societies
Technical Assistant for Implementation and Awareness Raising
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
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
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.
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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
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 Brief – 7 July 2025
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.