This document presents major developments and results achieved in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) during the 2020-21 biennium. It also highlights FAO’s new ways of working, modalities and initiatives introduced in 2020-21 to contribute to supporting the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development through the transformation to MORE efficient inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems for better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life, leaving no one behind.

The 36th Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean (LARC 36) requested that the Organization focus its work in the region on the agrifood and nutrition sector, rural populations and sustainable development, while prioritizing strengthened gender approaches, the inclusion of Indigenous Peoples and people of African descent, youth and resilience. FAO addressed the recommendations , achieving significant results in: (i) supporting measures and investments aimed at creating sustainable agrifood systems, with attention to increasing food supply as well as facilitating physical and economic access, information and consumption habits to achieve more nutritious diets; (ii) promoting economic growth and sustainable and resilient production accompanied by social inclusion policies, focusing on eradicating extreme poverty and ending hunger in lagging territories, with emphasis on productive inclusiveness and the creation of new economic opportunities; and (iii) supporting the increased sustainability and resilience to crises of agriculture and agrifood systems, as well as producers, communities and land and sea ecosystems, and supporting Members in accessing financing to address environmental and climate change challenges in the rural sector.