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Hunger and malnutrition persist as challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean. There are different proposals for policies and interventions to address these problems jointly as a region and for each country. However, the proposals for policies and interventions do not include how to finance the actions needed to eliminate hunger and combat malnutrition. This document presents a first approach to the issue of the financing needed for the eradication of hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition in all its forms in Latin America and the Caribbean.

This policy brief emphasizes the critical importance of leveraging domestic resources and effectively reallocating subsidies to amplify their efficacy in addressing food crises and fostering the transformation of agricultural food systems. By strategically directing resources within national economies and optimizing existing subsidy frameworks, governments can significantly enhance their capacity to prevent and mitigate food crises while simultaneously advancing sustainable agricultural practices. This approach not only ensures the efficient utilization of available funds but also promotes greater resilience and long-term viability within the agricultural sector.

La FAO, por conducto de su División de Asociaciones y Colaboración con las Naciones Unidas, busca alianzas y una colaboración más estrecha con los parlamentarios, ya que considera que ese tipo de relaciones son fundamentales para su labor encaminada a cumplir los compromisos mutuos en materia de seguridad alimentaria y nutricional, incluido el derecho a una alimentación adecuada. El compromiso político y las grandes alianzas con las principales partes interesadas resultan cruciales, y las asociaciones ocupan un lugar central en la misión de la FAO para ayudar a crear consenso en favor de un mundo sin hambre.

Estas Directrices presentan una guía paso a paso para formular indicadores cualitativos y cuantitativos del cambio transformador de género que ayuden a los expertos en género y a los especialistas en programas de seguridad alimentaria, agricultura y nutrición en sus iniciativas a la hora de diseñar, aplicar, supervisar y evaluar las intervenciones de género transformadoras. Estos indicadores deben ser característicos y complementarios a otros indicadores de alcance, beneficio y empoderamiento destinados a contribuir a los resultados de igualdad de género en la seguridad alimentaria, la nutrición y la agricultura sostenible. También se presenta un marco general para medir el cambio transformador [...]

El Pacto Parlamentario Global contra el Hambre y la Malnutrición 2023 es el resultado de la Segunda Cumbre Parlamentaria Mundial contra el Hambre y la Malnutrición, celebrada en Chile los días 15 y 16 de junio de 2023.

This interactive tool compiles expert knowledge about a series of catalytic levers for agrifood systems transformation, while telling inspiring stories from the ground about the people striving to transform the region’s agrifood systems through multistakeholder collaboration and innovative ideas. Most of the information was collected through a series of technical webinars curated by the SFS-MED Platform between 2022 and 2023.

This report provides an update on global progress towards the targets of ending hunger (SDG Target 2.1) and all forms of malnutrition (SDG Target 2.2) and estimates on the number of people who are unable to afford a healthy diet. Since its 2017 edition, this report has repeatedly highlighted that the intensification and interaction of conflict, climate extremes and economic slowdowns and downturns, combined with highly unaffordable nutritious foods and growing inequality, are pushing us off track to meet the SDG 2 targets. However, other important megatrends must also be factored into the analysis to fully understand the challenges and [...]

This report provides an update on global progress towards the targets of ending hunger (SDG Target 2.1) and all forms of malnutrition (SDG Target 2.2) and estimates on the number of people who are unable to afford a healthy diet. Since its 2017 edition, this report has repeatedly highlighted that the intensification and interaction of conflict, climate extremes and economic slowdowns and downturns, combined with highly unaffordable nutritious foods and growing inequality, are pushing us off track to meet the SDG 2 targets. However, other important megatrends must also be factored into the analysis to fully understand the challenges and [...]

The book of proceedings of the GSOIL4N contains the papers presented during the Global Symposium on Soils for Nutrition that was held from 26 to 29 July 2022. The papers provide the latest research findings and multisectoral insights which evidenced that nutrient imbalance is a global and crosscutting threat with multifactorial drivers and effects on the agrifood systems and even on key planetary processes.

This policy brief examines some of the key legal considerations related to school gardens, and also explores regulatory options for strengthening the legislative environment for sustainable school food and nutrition in the country. This brief is rooted in a holistic approach to school food and nutrition and the analysis provided in this note, is drawn from a legal assessment carried out within the framework of a wider project led by FAO, “Developing capacity for strengthening food security and nutrition in selected countries of the Caucasus and Central Asia”, funded by the Russian Federation.