FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean

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The project in the framework of the Brazil-FAO International Cooperation Program aims to enhance food security and reduce poverty in the region.

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At the APEC Leaders' Summit in Peru, QU Dongyu called for action and engagement in initiatives such as the G20 Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty

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The Latin America and Caribbean committee for the International Year of Cooperatives 2025 was established, with the participation of governmental institutions from seven countries and cooperation organizations, the cooperative sector, and United Nations agencies

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Both organizations committed to cooperating on food security, nutrition, and agricultural sustainability in Latin America and the Caribbean

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The 1st Regional Conference for the Sustainable Transformation of Livestock in Latin America and the Caribbean, organized by FAO alongside the Government of Uruguay and Uruguay’s National Meat Institute, took place this week. But why is this topic relevant to the region? Improved production, better nutrition, environmental protection, and impacting people’s livelihoods without leaving anyone behind stand out among the most important reasons

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FAO highlighted food systems as strategic in addressing climate challenges and marine and terrestrial biodiversity. The Latin America and Caribbean office emphasized the importance of climate financing, the One Health approach, pollinators, the bioeconomy, protected areas, and restoration to achieve these goals

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Uruguay hosts the meeting to address the challenges facing the livestock sector in Latin America and the Caribbean. At the conference, FAO called for a balanced approach between economic development, agricultural sustainability, and environmental preservation within the sector

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4 Betters

Learn about the FAO Strategic Framework 2022-2031

38 FAO Regional Conference for Latin America and Caribbean

18 to 21 March, 2024, Georgetown, Guyana

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Events

27/ 11

2024

28/11

2024

Virtual Event, 27/11/2024 - 28/11/2024

The project "South-South Cooperation: Digital Transformation and Innovation in Agriculture," driven by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the People's Republic of China, began its implementation in 2022 with the goal of supporting the recovery of rural livelihoods affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and contributing to the digital transformation process in countries that are part of ...

21/ 11

2024

Virtual Event, 21/11/2024

FAO promotes the application of the One Health approach as part of the transformation of the agri-food system for the benefit of human, animal, plant and environmental health. This involves a wide range of actors and work related to sustainable agriculture, animal, plant, forest and aquaculture health, food safety, antimicrobial resistance (AMR), nutrition and livelihoods.

16/ 10

2024

Virtual Event, 16/10/2024

Agrovisiones is a webinar program organized by FAO with the purpose of exposing voices and awakening visions that expand and transcend the Zero Hunger development goal.

Regional Representative
Regional Representative

Mr. Mario Lubetkin has been Assistant Director General and FAO Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean since 1 August, 2022.

Key Documents
Publications
2023

Within the context of the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), undertook a process of reflection on the future of agriculture, food systems and rural areas of Latin America and the Caribbean. It was a dialogue that involved a hundred experts from a score of nationalities, from academia, research centers, international organizations, other UN agencies, and the FAO itself.

FAO's four priorities in Latin America and the Caribbean
In depth
We are all connected

how our health is linked to that of animals, plants and the environment.

FAO Campus

Courses of self-study, semi face-to-face and virtual with tutor.


African Swine Fever

Recommendations to prevent spread.

 

Central American Dry Corridor

Stories and facts about this "land of opportunities" in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.

Parliamentary front against hunger

More than 400 legislators work with FAO, the Spanish Cooperation and AMEXCID

1000 Digital Villages in Latin America and the Caribbean Initiative

Rural tourism experiences and digitization in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Global
Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS)

Discover the systems in Latin America globally recognized as agricultural heritage.

One Country One Priority Product

Global action on green development.

World Food Day

Water is life, water is food. October 16, 2023. Leave no one behind.

Gender Equality

Empowering women in food and agriculture.

Global School Feeding Platform

Technical resources for experts and practitioners.

Data on food and agriculture

Free access to data from more than 245 countries.

Multimedia
20/05/2024

In this episode, 1.8 million people in Honduras experience high levels of acute food insecurity, according to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification or IPC; FAO’s Director-General urges peace and digitalization to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in the Regional Conference for...

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