Publications
Indigenous peoples, Afro-descendants and climate change in Latin America – Ten scalable experiences of intercultural collaboration
01/07/2021
This publication presents ten scalable intercultural collaboration experiences that demonstrate the importance, efficiency and effectiveness of working hand in hand with men, women and youth of indigenous and Afro-descendant peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean in the search for practical solutions developed from the synergy between ancestral knowledge and scientific and technological innovation.
Dry Corridor in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras
21/06/2021
This publication addresses the main problems in the Dry Corridor, a strip of territory classified as tropical dry forest or dry tropic, which extends between the countries of Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala. In the Dry Corridor, there are more than 10 million people who are mainly engaged in agricultural activities.
Wholesale markets: Action against COVID-19 Bulletin N° 6
15/06/2021
The United Nations declared 2021 as the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables. In this context, FAO and FLAMA are publishing the 6th edition of the bulletin Wholesale Markets, which focuses on analyzing the role of markets in promoting access to fresh, nutritious, and reasonably priced food.
FAO Policy on Gender Equality 2020–2030
01/06/2021
Gender equality is essential to achieve FAO’s mandate of a world free from hunger, malnutrition, and poverty. The Organization recognizes that persisting inequalities between women and men are a major obstacle to agriculture and rural development and that eliminating these disparities is essential to building sustainable and inclusive food systems and resilient and peaceful societies.
Innovation for sustainable, healthy, and inclusive agrifood systems and rural societies in Latin America and the Caribbean (Innovation Framework RLC)
13/05/2021
Framework for action for the development of the innovation agenda in ALC for the period 2021-2025. This document includes a brief introduction on the need for an innovation agenda in the region; a review of regional innovation trends in productivity, sustainability, resilience, and social inclusion; a main section analysing strategic areas for innovation, and a final section with conclusions and next steps.
Jamaica - Guidelines for seed rhizome production
26/04/2021
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.
FAO in Latin American and the Caribbean 2020
20/04/2021
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.
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