Spain-FAO Programme for Latin America and the Caribbean

Spain and FAO have been working together for decades to help combat hunger and malnutrition in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Here you will find a list of completed projects, which were implemented between 2006 and 2012. 

For detailed information on each of them, please write to [email protected].

Completed regional projects
Linking private investment with rural areas: a tool for achieving SDGs 1, 2, and 17. Scaling up AECID’s experience in Mexico to Colombia and Latin America.
Special Food Security Program (PESA) in Central America: Regional Coordination.
Subregional Project for the Development of Policies and Action Programs on Food and Nutritional Security in the Member States of the Caribbean Community.
Subregional Project for the Establishment of a Food and Nutritional Security Information and Early Warning System for the CARICOM Subregion.
Regional Program to Strengthen the Impact of Public Policies on the Eradication of Hunger and Chronic Child Malnutrition
Strengthening of Policies and Strategies for the Prevention, Control, and Eradication of Foot-and-Mouth Disease
Program to Support Family Farming in Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador to Improve the Availability, Access, and Use of Quality Seeds in the High Andean Regions.
Strengthening policies for the production of basic grain seeds in support of smallholder agriculture for food security in CAC member countries.
Strengthening the resilience of family farming in the Mesoamerican region through prevention and effective response to plant and animal health diseases.
Good Agricultural Practices and Damage and Loss Assessment (D&L) for Comprehensive Disaster Risk Management and Climate-Smart Agriculture.
Completed projects with a national scope

  • Implementation of Good Agricultural Practices for the Comprehensive Strengthening of Family Farming in the Northern Provinces of Argentina to Promote Sustainable Rural Development.

  • Program to support smallholder family farming in Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador to improve the availability, access, and use of quality seeds in the high Andean regions.
  • Strengthening policies and strategies for the prevention, control, and eradication of foot-and-mouth disease.

  • Strengthening policies and strategies for the prevention, control, and eradication of foot-and-mouth disease.

  • Strengthening policies for the production of basic grain seeds in support of smallholder agriculture for food security in CAC member countries.

  • Support for the Rehabilitation of the Livestock and Fisheries Sectors Affected by the 2008 Hurricanes – Camagüey, Holguín, Las Tunas, and Pinar del Río Provinces.

  • Regional program to strengthen the impact of public policies on the eradication of hunger and chronic child malnutrition.
  • Program to Support Family Farming in Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador to improve the availability, access, and use of quality seeds in the high Andean regions.
  • Strengthening policies and strategies for the prevention, control, and eradication of foot-and-mouth disease.
  • Modernization of small-scale irrigation in the province of Carchi.
  • Reducing the vulnerability of rural women producers and their livelihoods to promote resilient agriculture in the context of climate change in Peru and Ecuador.

  • Strengthening policies to produce basic grain seeds in support of smallholder agriculture for food security in CAC member countries.
  • Special Food Security Program - PESA El Salvador.
  • Support for productive rehabilitation and sustainable management of micro-watersheds in municipalities of Ahuachapán following Hurricane Stan.

  • Strengthening policies to produce staple grain seeds to support smallholder agriculture and promote food security in CAC member countries.
  • Special Food Security Program (PESA) – Guatemala.
  • Strengthening local dynamics in the Naranjo River basin and Lake Atitlán basin with an emphasis on intensive agricultural production and artisanal production. From construction to development.
  • Supply and use of good-quality water in urban and peri-urban agriculture to improve food and nutritional security in the municipalities of Palencia and Chinauta, Department of Guatemala.
  • Women of childbearing age and children under 5 have stable access to nutritious and diverse foods in the municipality of Cuilco.
  • Strengthening family farming by improving the quality and coverage of the National Rural Extension System of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Food (MAGA) in Sololá.

  • Support for food security, natural resource management, and sustainable local development in the commune of Marigot.
  • Contribution to improving food and nutritional security for agricultural populations in the commune of Belle-Anse in Haiti through the promotion of climate-resilient agricultural practices.
  • Sustainable school feeding linked to local agricultural production in Haiti.

  • Strengthening policies to produce staple grain seeds to support smallholder agriculture and food security in CAC member countries.
  • Special Food Security Program - PESA Honduras.

  • Strengthening policies to produce basic grain seeds in support of smallholder agriculture for food security in CAC member countries.
  • Special Food Security Program - PESA Nicaragua.
  • Implementation of Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture in the Municipality of Ciudad Sandino and the Los Laureles neighborhood in District VI of Managua.

  • Strengthening policies to produce basic grain seeds in support of smallholder agriculture for food security in CAC member countries.

  • Regional Program to strengthen the impact of public policies on the eradication of hunger and chronic child malnutrition.

  • Regional Program to Strengthen the Impact of Public Policies on the Eradication of Hunger and Chronic Child Malnutrition.
  • Program to support family Farming in Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador to improve the availability, access, and use of quality seeds in the high Andean regions.
  • Strengthening policies and strategies for the prevention, control, and eradication of foot-and-mouth disease.
  • Reducing the vulnerability of rural women producers and their livelihoods to promote resilient agriculture in the context of climate change in Peru and Ecuador.