Series: Challenges and opportunities of the One Health approach, from the agri-food system

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.

Agrovisiones : Webinar series on innovation for agrifood transformation - Chapter 7: Pablo Caputi

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 workshop on Public Forestry Expenditure

Hybrid Event, 15/10/2024 - 18/10/2024

During its 33rd session in June 2023, the Latin American and Caribbean Forestry Commission (LACFC) "recommended that FAO support the development of methodologies for analysing forest-related public and private domestic resource flows".

Five Years of the United Nations Decade of Family Farming: Lessons Learned and Pending Challenges from Latin America and the Caribbean

Virtual Event, 08/10/2024

In 2019, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the United Nations Decade of Family Farming (UNDFF) 2019-2028, recognizing the crucial importance of family farming in eradicating hunger, reducing poverty, and promoting sustainable food systems. Five years after this proclamation, it is time to reflect on the progress made, the challenges that persist, and the future opportunities to str...

Regional dialogue on people of African descent and rurality in Latin America and the Caribbean

Virtual Event, 04/10/2024

According to 2024 estimates, based on national census, 22.5% of the rural population in Latin America is people of African descent, which is a relevant aspect from a political, economic and social point of view.

Commemoration of International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste

Hybrid Event, 03/10/2024

The 2030 Agenda set the Sustainable Development Goal of Responsible Consumption and Production (SDG 12.3), indicating that by that date it seeks to "halve global food waste per capita in retail and at the consumer level and reduce food losses in production and distribution chains,  including post-harvest losses."

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.