Featured Publications
Brasil: Fórum de Corregedores da Justiça do Matopiba
A governança responsável das florestas e terras estabelece bases que podem possibilitar o desenvolvimento sustentável dos territórios e, neste sentido, as DVGT cumprem um papel importante de instrumento que os países podem se apropriar, adaptar e adotar. As diretrizes buscam trazer benefícios para toda a população, em todos os países, principalmente para as pessoas em situação de vulnerabilidade e de regiões degradadas ou em risco, como várias regiões do Brasil. No Brasil, a iniciativa dos Desembargadores e dos Corregedores Fundiários do MATOPIBA, tem-se mostrado um processo inovador para solucionar conflitos agrários, que demonstra a apropriação das diretrizes e sua adaptação...
28.04.2021
Jamaica - Guidelines for seed rhizome production
The Guidelines for Production Of Seed Rhizome in Shadehouse Facility under a Certification Programme in Jamaica describes the processes involved in the production of disease-free healthy seed rhizomes utilizing tissue culture sources of planting material and the single bud technology for ginger production in Jamaica.
26.04.2021
Honduras – Comunidades rurales bajas en carbono. Aumentando la resiliencia y mitigando el cambio climático para el desarrollo rural: una experiencia en Honduras
La primera experiencia práctica del concepto de Comunidades Rurales Bajas en Carbono se llevó a cabo en una comunidad rural de Honduras. Los resultados, impactos y logros de esta experiencia proporcionaron datos que servirán de base para su replicación en comunidades rurales alrededor del mundo.
24.04.2021
FAO in Latin American and the Caribbean 2020
In this report, FAO illustrates the progress in fulfilling the mandate given to us by the Member Countries. The results included in this document are important, but partial, examples of our work.
20.04.2021
The National Forest Monitoring System as part of the National Strategy on Climate Change and Vegetation Resources in Chile
This case study from Chile applies state-of-the-art monitoring approaches to forest conservation, restoration and managment. It offers a glimpse into Chile's efforts to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and enhancement on forest carbon stocks (REDD+).
16.04.2021
Cuba - Guía para la implantación del Plan de Soberanía Alimentaria y Educación Nutricional de Cuba en los municipios
El 22 de julio de 2020, el Consejo de Ministros de Cuba aprobó el Plan Nacional de Soberanía Alimentaria y Educación Nutricional, el primero de su tipo en la historia del país y considerado la plataforma nacional para lograr la plena seguridad alimentaria.
16.04.2021
Granada - Digital Agriculture Profile Grenada
Digital technologies are slowly spreading in agriculture sectors globally. But their adoption is hampered by the digital divide which requires significant public investments, improved policy and incentive frameworks to be bridged. Only after that, digital transformation will take place at scale. DAP is meant to assess the country's readiness for this digital transformation by identifying main bottlenecks, opportunities and risks for digital transformation. DAP will thus guide public investment and policy work to accelerate the scaling up of digital transformation.
16.04.2021
Guatemala: Supporting carpenters to purchase and use legal timber
Through support from the FAO-EU Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Programme, the Organization Asociación Balam has connected local carpenters to legal timber producers in the northern Guatemalan department of Petén by building and strengthening cooperatives.
16.04.2021
Caribbean: Perfecting the art of fisheries learning exchanges in the Eastern Caribbean
There is increasing awareness of the need for, and a growing movement to apply, the ecosystem approach to fisheries (EAF) and develop sustainable linkages between climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk management (DRM). Fisheries learning exchanges (FLEs) can be useful for enhancing fisheries management that is guided by these concepts. In the Caribbean there exists little guidance on FLEs that focus on the concepts of EAF, CCA and DRM. Although best practices exist, guidance for designing and implementing suitable exchange programmes is almost non-existent. This report seeks to fill this gap by providing practical guidance. First, concepts are presented...
31.03.2021
Forest governance by indigenous and tribal peoples. An opportunity for climate action in Latin America and the Caribbean
The document summarizes the report that, based on a review of more than 250 studies, demonstrates the importance and urgency of climate action to protect the forests of the indigenous and tribal territories of Latin America as well as the indigenous and tribal peoples who protect them. These territories contain about a third of the continent's forests. That's 14% of the carbon stored in tropical forests around the world; These territories are also home to an enormous diversity of wild fauna and flora and play a key role in stabilizing the local and regional climate.
25.03.2021
Evaluación del programa de cooperación de la FAO en Colombia 2015-2019
El informe valora el posicionamiento estratégico de la FAO en Colombia, el nivel de logro de los resultados planificados, y proporciona perspectivas para orientar la futura cooperación entre la FAO y el gobierno colombiano.
03.03.2021
Sistemas agroalimentarios nacionales y COVID-19 en Honduras
Este informe describe: (i) las medidas y políticas adoptadas por el Gobiernopara contener la expansión del virus; (ii) las medidas y políticas para estabilizar y garantizar el funcionamiento de los sistema agroalimentarios; (iii) los posibles efectos de dichas políticas sobre los sistemas agroalimentarios y los grupos más vulnerables. Finalmente, los perfiles también evalúan las opciones y posibilidades que ofrecen las inversiones y las políticas agroalimentarias a largo plazo en Honduras para dar lugar a sistemas más resilientes.
01.03.2021
Tilapia Aquaculture in Mexico - Assessment with a focus on social and economic performance
The world tilapia aquaculture production grew from 380 000 tonnes in 1990 to 6 million tonnes in 2018, making it the fourth-largest species group in global aquaculture. Tilapias are the second-largest species group in Mexico’s aquaculture with its 53 000 tonnes of production contributing to around 20 percent of the 247 000 tonnes of total aquaculture production in 2018. Mexico is the second-largest tilapia capture fisheries country, and its 116 000 tonnes of tilapia capture fisheries production in 2018 was primarily contributed by culture-based fisheries.
01.03.2021
Including gastronomy in the School Feeding Programme: The alternative to achieve the right to healthy, tasty and waste-free food
Each year, the department of Barranquilla, Colombia, invests around 40 billion Colombian pesos (USD 12.2 million) in the School Feeding Programme (PAE) to feed 113 818 children and adolescents. This research estimated that including gastronomic techniques in just one menu of the PAE Barranquilla could prevent 99.7 tonnes of food waste, which represents around USD 159 000 per year (1.5 percent of the total budget). This food waste is partly due to students leaving the food that they do not find tasty on their plate.
23.02.2021
Guatemala - Including gastronomy in the School Feeding Programme – A necessary change to guarantee children's right to healthy, tasty and waste-free food
Each year, the Guatemalan State invests about 1 869.2 million Quetzals (USD 245 million) in the national School Feeding Programme (PAE, by its acronym in Spanish), which feeds 2.4 million children. This research estimates that, by including gastronomy in the PAE, it is possible to prevent in a school year (180 days), the waste of 561.6 tonnes of food, equivalent to USD 864 000, or 0.35 percent of the invested budget. This food waste is partly due to children refusing to eat food that they do not find tasty.
23.02.2021
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela | Agricultural livelihoods and food security in the context of COVID-19
This report shares the analysis on the effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the agri-food system in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela based on the assessment conducted during August–September 2020.
23.02.2021
Colombia: Impact of Early Warning Early Action
The intensity and frequency of natural hazards and conflicts are increasing, and they are leaving in their wake an unprecedented level of humanitarian needs. Natural hazards alone occur nearly five times as often today as 40 years ago. The number of people displaced by conflict, meanwhile, is the highest ever recorded, and millions more are driven to migrate out of necessity.
26.01.2021
Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition in Latin America and the Caribbean 2020
The goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development that are related to food security and nutrition will not be achieved as long as, in some territories in Latin America and the Caribbean, populations continue to live with malnutrition rates. Economic opportunities in these areas are often limited, public services are scant, and exposure to severe climate events is high. The public policies promoted in the region have had less impact in these historically lagging territories, and there is a pressing need to produce a new agenda of public instruments that address the characteristics of the communities that inhabit them....
07.12.2020
El Censo Agropecuario Nacional 2020-2021 y su deber de aplicar la Consulta Libre, Previa e Informada con pueblos indígenas
En el marco del Proyecto “Asistencia técnica para la preparación del Censo Nacional Agropecuario”, que incluye la producción de información estadística actualizada y confiable que específicamente aspectos de género e interculturalidad dentro del marco del Censo Nacional Agropecuario (CAN), este documento aborda el estado obligatorio al realizar consultas con los pueblos indígenas para que puedan tomar decisiones libres y válidas para sus comunidades.
Los resultados del Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda para Pueblos Indígenas del año 2012, nos revelan que la importancia de llevar a cabo la consulta gratuita, antes de informarse con los Pueblos Indígenas, es que en Paraguay...
30.09.2020
Lineamientos referenciales para legislar o regular el buceo en la pesca artesanal o de pequeña escala en la región de América Latina y el Caribe
El libro está dirigido a las Autoridades Nacionales de Pesca, a Parlamentarios que orientan su labor legislativa a la pesca y a Organizaciones no Gubernamentales que promueven la seguridad en el mar y la protección social en la pesca artesanal. Es también particularmente importante para que las organizaciones de pescadores adopten medidas de seguridad ocupacional y como base de diálogo con los gobiernos para establecer mecanismos nacionales que garanticen la pesca artesanal con buceo segura
10.09.2020