The Central American Agricultural Council (CAC), consisting of the Ministers of Agriculture from the Central American Integration System, SICA (Belize, Costa Rica, Honduras, the Dominican Republic, Panama, Nicaragua, Guatemala, El Salvador), has approved the setting up of a permanent Regional Dialogue Mechanism for Family Farming in the region. This Mechanism, which aims to be a forum for the design and execution of specific public policies for Family Farming, will enable men and women family farmers from the SICA countries to participate in designing and establishing new agreements and laws which will benefit the sector.