FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean

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20/09/2022

The countries of Latin America and the Caribbean are immersed in the difficult task of recovering our agrifood systems hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. In this complex situation, tropical race 4 of the Musaceae fusarium wilt is undoubtedly the greatest challenge facing the banana and plantain agribusiness in our region.

20/09/2022

This publication is produced within the scope of the +Cotton project and presents a brief summary of this trilateral south-south cooperation initiative carried out since 2013 jointly by FAO, Brazilian Cooperation Agency, of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (ABC/MRE - in Portuguese), and 7 partner countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Haiti, Paraguay and Peru.

30/08/2022

This document is aimed at presenting the systematization of the sustainable schools model pilot implementation in Belize, within the framework of Mesoamerica Hunger Free AMEXCID-FAO programme, and it describes the implementation process of the pilot project, from its beginning in early 2016 to November 2018.

18/08/2022

In 2019, FAO launched the Integrated Regional Project (TCP/RLA/3708 and OSRO/GLO/812/NOR), with the aim of designing and adopting antimicrobial resistance (AMR) containment strategies based on the existing risks in terrestrial and aquatic animal production.

22/07/2022

This guideline outlines the step-by-step implementation of direct purchases from family farming for school feeding, considering the pilot implementation of the sustainable schools model in Belize within the framework of Mesoamerica Hunger Free AMEXCID-FAO programme.

21/07/2022

From the end of 2021, and so far in 2022, the the world faces a shortage of fertilizers, driven by a rise in prices of approximately 78% in this lapse. Additionally, fertilizers have ceased to be available in the market, due to the fact that numerous production plants facing negative margins stopped production, due to the increase in the price of energy, among other reasons.

18/07/2022

This systematization presents the outcomes of the use of the "Women in Development" approach (WID) by FAO-Haiti. This women-only approach recognizes the productive role of women, in addition to their reproductive role, and seeks to improve women's living conditions through the implementation of Income Generating Projects.

Boletín de publicaciones 2023 ( In Spanish)
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Mariela Ramírez

Publications Unit Coordinator