Resilient School Feeding Programme Celebrates Nationwide Impact in Handover Ceremony
22/06/2023
The Resilient School Feeding Programme has increased access to healthy schools meals for students across Belize, while cultivating a learning environment that places sustainability, food security and nutrition at its core.
Strategic transformation of the Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC) tabled for urgent discussion
09/07/2019
The WECAFC Commission established in 1973 serves primarily to promote effective conservation, management and development of living marine resources throughout the Western Central Atlantic region.
Getting ripe for the picking! - Guyana works to boost its cherry production
14/02/2023
Consumers and producers may see an increase in cherries on the local market, thanks to an intervention by the FAO, in collaboration with the Government of Guyana.
Grenada advances soursop cultivation to boost export
27/11/2023
November 27, 2023 - Bridgetown, Barbados – Grenada remains the only Caribbean country with approval to export fresh soursop to the United States market. Despite this position, low production is among the issues preventing the consistent export of high-quality soursop in the volumes neede...
FAO team of experts and partners is set and ready to present on several matters facing the region at the upcoming Caribbean Week of Agriculture
02/10/2023
High-level delegates and attendees can expect numerous engaging and informative sessions from the FAO team.
FAO builds a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) system for Caribbean food security
26/10/2023
FAO in collaboration with the Free University Amsterdam (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) has developed a Monitoring and Evaluation framework to analyse the impact of the water-energy-food nexus interventions on food security and resource efficiency in agric
Empowering Equality: FAO and Bureau of Gender Affairs Dominica Collaborate in Gender Mainstreaming Workshop
19/10/2023
FAO in collaboration with the Bureau of Gender Affairs Dominica conducted a gender mainstreaming workshop to advance gender equality, towards fostering an environment where women and men in agriculture have equal opportunities, rights, and access to resou
FAO equips school lunch vendors and caterers with nutrition training
26/10/2023
FAO, in collaboration, with the Ministry of Health and Wellness, the Ministry of Education and The University of The Bahamas, Culinary and Hospitality Management Institute conducted a nutrition sensitive menu planning and meal preparation training under t
Estamos trazendo a natureza de volta
13/11/2023
Crato (CE) - Enquanto caminha entre pés de mamão, banana e macaxeira, Auzileide Bezerra da Costa descreve com admiração as transformações ocorridas naquele lugar. O mamoeiro é alto e carregado de frutos. Nas hortas, as folhas verdes de couve, salsinha e alfac...
CELAC adopta el enfoque de género para garantizar el impacto de su plan de erradicación del hambre
26/01/2017
26 de enero de 2017, República Dominicana - Los Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno de los países de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (CELAC) aprobaron hoy la estra...
Severe hunger persists in Haiti as violence intensifies in the capital
18/09/2023
The displacement of the population, related to violence, could cause a disruption of local food markets and lead the country to disastrous levels of hunger, according to the latest repor by the government of Haiti, FAO and WFP.
The Investment Forum is committed to advancing key sectors of the agri-food system.
25/09/2023
The second edition of the Mano de la Mano Investment Forum seeks to bolster both public and private investment in strategic areas of agri-food systems within the framework of the World Food Forum.
Food Loss and Waste: An Unacceptable Reality
29/09/2023
By Mario Lubetkin, Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
Encontro internacional apresenta melhores práticas de educação alimentar e nutricional na América Latina
01/10/2023
Evento realizado pela Cooperação Brasil-FAO em alimentação escolar reuniu 10 países e aprofundou intercâmbio sobre EAN.
Nicarágua conclui curso em alimentação escolar com apoio da Cooperação Brasil-FAO
03/10/2023
97 profissionais do sistema educacional da Nicarágua completaram um processo de formação para contribuir com a segurança alimentar e nutricional nas escolas de todo o país.
FAO, UN Women, and UNFPA agree on a plan to advance rural women's rights in Latin America and the Caribbean
06/10/2023
The agreement focuses on high-level policy and normative advocacy to accelerate the reduction of the gender gap in access to productive resources and rural coverage of care services, sexual and reproductive health, and gender-based violence.
FAO e governo do Brasil celebram a produção de algodão latino-americano, a moda, a pesquisa e as políticas públicas para a cadeia algodoeira
10/10/2023
Dia Mundial do Algodão foi comemorado com diversas atividades no Brasil.
FAO lanza nuevo programa de capacitación y alianzas con la academia para América Latina y el Caribe
17/10/2023
La iniciativa fue lanzada en el marco del Foro Mundial de la Alimentación, en Roma. En la instancia participó el Subdirector General y Representante Regional de FAO, Mario Lubetkin.
Virtual course will train over 500 professionals in the National School Feeding Programme
17/10/2023
Joint initiative of the FNDE and the regional school feeding project of the Brazil-FAO International Cooperation began in October
Roles, desafíos y oportunidades para las mujeres artesanas algodoneras es tema de conversatorio regional
23/10/2023
El evento virtual es promovido por el proyecto +Algodón para celebrar el Día Internacional de las Mujeres Rurales