FAO presents systematization of good practices in the Latin American and Caribbean region

12/01/2021

This systematization makes available to national and territorial governments, donors, the private sector, civil society, academia and the FAO teams themselves a portfolio of FAO good practices in order to share and make them visible, promote their scaling or replication and mobilize resources for its financing.

Reports 1, 2, 6 and 8 provide solutions directly linked to the problem of food security and access to basic services, while experiences 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, and 10 are promotion initiatives, all of them to stimulate historically lagging territories. These initiatives are expected to be instruments for generating alliances with strategic partners within the framework of the Hand in Hand initiative to achieve prosperous and inclusive rural societies.

The systematized initiatives are those indicated below:

1. Saving lives through early action. Food security and social cohesion in La Guajira, on the front line of the migration and extreme drought crisis http://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/ca7978en

2. Cosechando agua, sembrando resiliencia. En la Comunidad de El Guarumal, zona rural del Corredor Seco de El Salvador http://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/ca8353es

3. A people-centered approach to territorial development. Peace through cooperative initiatives, the experience of Colombia’s rural municipality of Caldono http://www.fao.org/publications/card/en/c/CA9464EN

4. Conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and natural resources for community well-being. The example of Ecuador’s Napo Province http://www.fao.org/publications/card/en/c/CA9468EN

5. Financial inclusion in rural territories. The Development Financing Center of the MANORCHO inter-communal association in Honduras: An innovative credit model http://www.fao.org/publications/card/en/c/CA9361EN

6. Free, Prior and Informed Consent. A successful process of dialogue and co-decision-making with and for Panama’s indigenous peoples http://www.fao.org/publications/card/en/c/CA9428EN

7. The contribution of public investment in the agricultural sector to economic growth and rural poverty reduction. A high-level dialogue in Nicaragua based on a prospective analysis http://www.fao.org/publications/card/en/c/CA9467EN

8. Better marketing opportunities for family farming and small-scale agriculture firms. Costa Rica’s Institutional Food Supply Program, a public initiative to promote local food production systems http://www.fao.org/publications/card/en/c/CA9406EN

9. Safer and more sustainable capture techniques. Lobster fishing on Nicaragua’s North Caribbean Coast http://www.fao.org/publications/card/en/c/CB0672EN

10. Climate smart livestock production in Ecuador. A strategic partnership between FAO and the private sector http://www.fao.org/publications/card/en/c/CA9462EN

FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean