Webinar on Good Packaging and Processing Practices for Caribbean Value Chains

Virtual Event, 02/10/2024

Micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) are integral to the value chains in the Caribbean, playing a key role in regional food supply. To enhance the performance of value chains in the Caribbean, there is a pressing need to improve efficiency of various value chain functions, including crop production, supply chain management, food processing, and packaging.

Event to Commemorate the International Day of Rural Women

Virtual Event, 01/10/2024

In Latin America and the Caribbean, women and their organizations represent one of the key actors in transforming traditional agrifood systems into sustainable, resilient, and inclusive models by 2030. 

However, rural women continue to face multiple gender inequalities that affect their access to productive resources, such as land, tools, or technological innovation, among others....

Agrovisiones : Webinar series on innovation for agrifood transformation - Chapter 6: Hannes Van den Eeckhout

Virtual Event, 26/09/2024

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.

Reflections on the fight against hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean

Virtual Event, 25/09/2024

With only six years remaining to meet the 2030 Agenda, the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World Report (SOFI 2024) has revealed that we are far from achieving the targets of Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG2) to eradicate hunger and malnutrition globally.

Presentation of the study: “Indigenous Peoples and the Private Sector: case studies in Latin America”

Virtual Event, 09/09/2024

Latin America and the Caribbean is inhabited by more than 800 indigenous communities, who are exposed to a wide variety of challenges imposed by modern societies.

FAO Transforms Fair 2024 - Knowledge and Collaboration for a Better Future

Virtual Event, 03/09/2024 - 04/09/2024

Agrifood systems face multiple and complex challenges that require strategic action to ensure a better future. Promoting food security with an inclusive approach in the territories where food is produced requires innovative responses committed to transforming current conditions.

New approaches to data collection for forest inventories in Latin America and the Caribbean

Virtual Event, 28/08/2024

National Forest Inventories (NFIs) provide robust and useful data for sustainable forest management and climate action. One of the main components of national forest monitoring systems (NFMS) are NFIs, which rely on multiple data sources, including field inventories, remote sensing, and socioeconomic surveys, to estimate the relevant characteristics of forests at particular times.

Adhesion of Latin America and the Caribbean countries to RAES - A sustainable school feeding for all

Virtual Event, 23/08/2024

Since 2009, within the framework of the Brazil-FAO International Cooperation Programme, the Brazilian Cooperation Agency (ABC/MRE), the National Fund for Educational Development (FNDE/MEC) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have been developing projects and initiatives aimed at strengthening and consolidating school feeding programmes (SFP) and policies in ...

IX Meeting of the Regional Network of Public Food Supply and Marketing Systems in Latin America and the Caribbean (SPAA)

Brasília (Brazil), 21/08/2024 - 23/08/2024

Promote a dialogue based on the experiences generated by the members of the SPAA Network in Latin America and the Caribbean, regarding food supply and marketing policies aimed at promoting more inclusive, resilient, and sustainable agri-food systems, in the face of climate change and emergency situations.

Agrovisiones : Webinar series on innovation for agrifood transformation - Chapter 5 - Miguel Altieri

Virtual Event, 21/08/2024

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.

Launching of the Program to Accelerate the Empowerment of Rural Women and Environmental Sustainability

Virtual Event, 20/08/2024

In the region, women are disproportionately affected by poverty and food and nutrition insecurity. According to an analysis carried out by the UNDP in 10 Latin American countries, multidimensional poverty affects 18.8% of urban women, a percentage that is almost three times higher in the case of rural women (58%). 

Agrovisiones : Webinar series on innovation for agrifood transformation - Chapter 4 - Eugenia Saini

Virtual Event, 15/08/2024

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.

Second Regional Technical Dialogue on Amazonian Bioeconomy and Inclusive Rural Transformation

Belém (Brazil), 07/08/2024 - 08/08/2024

A year after the signing of the Belém Declaration (2023), the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO), in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), is organizing the technical event titled, “Second Regional Dialogue on Amazonian Bioeconomy and Inclusive Rural Transformation.” This event will take place in the city of Belém, state of Pará, Brazil...

Keynote Lecture: Brazil's Vision in the Fight Against Hunger: State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI 2024)

Santiago (Chile), Hybrid Event, 06/08/2024

The Regional Office of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations for Latin America and the Caribbean will host the Keynote Lecture by His Excellency Mr. Wellington Dias, Minister of Social Development, Family, and Fight Against Hunger of Brazil. 

Resilience of the food system in medium-sized cities

Virtual Event, 06/08/2024

Nearly 70% of the world's population is expected to live in urban areas by 2050, up from more than 50% in 2018, with the most significant growth occurring in intermediate cities of up to 1 million inhabitants. This rapid urbanization, coupled with the overall increase in global population, creates enormous challenges related to all aspects of sustainability.

Effective Science Communication in Agrifood Systems

Virtual Event, 11/07/2024

As part of the 2024 Science and Innovation Forum (SIF 2024) organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), this regional event aims to showcase the role of scientific communication in facilitating economic, social, and environmental development in Latin America and the Caribbean. By promoting engaging dialogue, this event seeks to highlight the transformative po...

15 Years of the School Feeding Law in Brazil

Virtual Event, 20/06/2024

The event is organised by the National Fund for  Educational Development (FNDE), with the support of the South-South Cooperation Programme developed between the Brazilian Cooperation Agency (ABC) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The event will also include the participation of the  World Food Programme (WFP) Cent...

Agrovisiones : Webinar series on innovation for agrifood transformation - Chapter 3 - Laurens Klerkx

Virtual Event, 19/06/2024

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.

World Food Safety Day 2024

Virtual Event, 05/06/2024

Foodborne diseases have great impacts on the health of the population. It is estimated that, worldwide, 600 million people (1 in 10 people) fall ill from consuming contaminated food, and that 420.000 people die each year from this same cause. These diseases are generally caused by bacteria, viruses, parasites or chemicals present in contaminated food or water.

Agrovisiones : Webinar series on innovation for agrifood transformation - Chapter 2

Virtual Event, 22/05/2024

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.