Dominican Republic

In the Dominican Republic, the "Mesoamerica Hunger Free AMEXCID-FAO" programme contributes to the definition of governance mechanisms, capacity building and inter-institutional coordination, with a view to promoting regulatory and policy instruments that address the needs of the most vulnerable population.

Some of the results achieved and the actions that “Mesoamerica Hunger Free AMEXCID-FAO” supports in the Dominican Republic are the following:

• Dissemination of the Law on Food and Nutritional Sovereignty and Security.
• Formal approval of the concept and typologies of family farming.
• Pilot exercise for the registration of family farming in the municipality of Monte Plata.
• Design and implementation of a Georeferenced Registry of Agricultural Producers.
• Technical support in the participatory construction, approval and implementation of the National Family Farming Plan.
• Technical support in the formulation of the draft Family Farming Law.
• Diagnosis and capacity building of rural organizations to facilitate their linkage to the public procurement program.
• Capacity building to promote innovative production models among rural youth.
• Design of a platform to manage information on access to water in educational centers.
• Validation of a methodological tool for on-farm data collection to improve agricultural statistics.