In one year, 4 million people were thrust into hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean
06/07/2022
New UN report says that 56.5 million people suffered hunger in 2021, while 268 million faced food insecurity.
Participants in the online course on audiovisual tools for digital marketing successfully complete their promotional videos
08/07/2022
To date, the course has allowed the participants to produce eight videos highlighting the variety of products and services offered by the rural tourism projects that are part of the 1000 Digital Villages Initiative in the region.
Gremios algodoneros y gobiernos dialogaron sobre las acciones en marcha para el sector y la crisis de los fertilizantes
13/07/2022
El encuentro virtual se llevó a cabo en el marco del Foro Regional Algodonero.
FAO and CGIAR work to further science and innovation in agrifood systems in Latin America and the Caribbean
18/07/2022
FAO’ Regional Representative and the CGIAR Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean met in Santiago de Chile.
Countries innovate during the pandemic to continue offering school feeding
20/07/2022
During the international meeting of the Healthy Life course, Colombia, Guatemala, Peru and the Dominican Republic presented the changes and adaptations in their school feeding programmes.
Paraguay podrá replicar prototipo de cosechadora de algodón
20/07/2022
La máquina fue desarrollada en el marco del proyecto de cooperación Sur-Sur trilateral +Algodón.
Technical Committee of the Sustainable School Feeding Network holds its first regional meeting
27/07/2022
Representatives from more than 10 countries of RAES discussed the future of the Network, its objectives and next steps.
FAO, Microsoft and EIDOS promote Skills for the Future programme in rural areas of Ecuador
01/08/2022
Initially, 240 Ecuadorian instructors will receive training in digital skills, who will then pass on their knowledge to many more people, thus expanding the reach of the programme. They are expected to teach more than 1 800 people in the next three months
Proyecto +Algodón visita Campina Grande para conocer experiencias en la cadena del algodón en la agricultura familiar
01/08/2022
Además de las visitas de campo, representantes de la FAO y de ABC/MRE se reunirán con Embrapa Algodón y Empaer-PB, socios del proyecto en países de América Latina.
Mario Lubetkin, new FAO Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean
01/08/2022
The communicator, of Uruguayan nationality, has served as Deputy Director General of the FAO since 2017.
Iniciativa de comunicación digital del sector algodonero “LazosApp” es presentada en congreso científico en Brasil
09/08/2022
La aplicación fue desarrollada por el proyecto +Algodón para conectar a actores clave de América Latina en torno al algodón sostenible.
Restoring the livelihoods of vulnerable populations, the cornerstone of FAO's emergency interventions in Haiti.
10/08/2022
The needs of vulnerable populations are reflected in FAO's emergency plan aimed at improving the production and quality of basic foodstuffs and market gardening, protecting livestock, and restoring animal production, fishermen livelihoods and to improve
Delegación de países de América Latina participará del 13º Congreso Brasileño del Algodón
14/08/2022
Representantes de países socios del proyecto +Algodón tendrán la oportunidad de ampliar sus conocimientos y capacidades e intercambiar experiencias para el fortalecimiento del sector algodonero de sus países.
Principales hallazgos de estudio regional sobre catastro y registro de tierras son presentados durante evento en Brasil
15/08/2022
El documento elaborado en el marco del Programa de Cooperacion Brasil-FAO hace un mapeo del estado del arte de los sistemas de la región.
Event of the Healthy Life Course focus on the importance of legal frameworks in school feeding
16/08/2022
Final event of the 3rd version of the course will discuss the role of regulatory frameworks in the school feeding policy
3rd edition of the international course on school feeding trains more than 2,000 professionals
19/08/2022
Training from the Brazil-FAO International Cooperation was offered to participants from Colombia, Guatemala, Peru, and the Dominican Republic.
RAES Network event in Brazil brings together 10 LA countries and Caribbean institutions
19/08/2022
Regional Dialogue of the Sustainable School Feeding Network with LAC will be held in Brasilia and will be broadcast virtually with interpretation in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
Technical mission takes LAC countries to Brazil to know public school feeding policy
23/08/2022
The delegation will be composed of representatives from 10 countries that will arrive in Brasilia on the 29th.
Cooperación Internacional Brasil-FAO destaca innovación y uso de máquinas para el desarrollo de la agricultura familiar algodonera
25/08/2022
FAO, ABC y Embrapa participaron, en el marco del proyecto +Algodón, de panel temático donde presentaron experiencias en el uso de tecnologías.
Investigación, tecnologías, extensión rural y organización productiva: una combinación que ha fortalecido la agricultura familiar de algodón en Paraíba
29/08/2022
Durante la misión técnica del proyecto +Algodón, FAO/ONU y ABC/MRE visitaron iniciativas que han contribuido a la seguridad alimentaria y la generación de ingresos para las familias algodoneras de la región.