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Specialists from 18 countries gathered in Panama to advance the implementation of the FAO-promoted Guidelines for Sustainable Aquaculture, aiming to strengthen regional aquaculture production and contribute to food and nutritional security.

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The Science in Action Seminar highlighted applications of artificial intelligence and social sciences to strengthen evidence-based policy decision-making in favor of safe food.

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FAO Food Price Index falls in May on lower cereal, vegetable oil and sugar prices.

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The Organization participated in the regional climate event, highlighting the vital role of agrifood systems as solutions for climate action

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The FAO’s Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) network supports farming communities across 95 systems in 28 countries worldwide, helping safeguard traditional agricultural systems, territories, agricultural biodiversity, knowledge systems, and the cultures associated with them

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A new report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) warns that rural women in Latin America and the Caribbean continue to face structural barriers in accessing land, productive resources, and decision-making. It calls for transformative gender-responsive changes in agrifood systems

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As part of the 2025 International Year of Cooperatives, stakeholders from Latin America and the Caribbean gathered at a regional event to discuss the role of cooperatives in agrifood systems. The event promoted the exchange of experiences and strategies to enhance their contributions to the region's productive and territorial development.

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Cultivating solutions against climate change in Central America.

80th Anniversary of the FAO

FAO celebrates 80 years of working for a more prosperous, sustainable, and equitable future for all, leaving no one behind.

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2025

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2025

01/09/2025 - 05/09/2025

Based on national and regional priorities of the countries, the FAO regional initiatives, and the international dialogues and agreements based on forestry items, the mandate of the LACFC is to advise FAO on the forestry programme to be developed in the Region.

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2025

Virtual Event, 17/07/2025

Every year, thousands of young Latin Americans leave their rural communities to study in the city. Most do not return. But a significant —and often unrecognized— minority dreams of returning as agents of change after completing their studies.

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2025

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2025

Guatemala City (Guatemala), 16/07/2025 - 18/07/2025

With the objective of promoting production systems that support food and nutritional security through innovative, resilient, sustainable, and efficient approaches, the XVII Meeting of the Commission on Livestock Development for Latin America and the Caribbean (CODEGALAC) will be held from 16 to 18 July 2025 in Guatemala City.

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2024

The use of antibiotics and thus the threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) can be reduced by adopting the right husbandry practices. This publication provides practical tips to the livestock producer aiming at improving animal health and hence the reduced use of antibiotics

FAO's four priorities in Latin America and the Caribbean
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38 FAO Regional Conference for Latin America and Caribbean

18 to 21 March, 2024, Georgetown, Guyana

Spain - FAO Program for Latin America and the Caribbean

Ibero-American and Caribbean Cooperation for #FoodFirst and Sustainable Development

Brazil-FAO International Cooperation Program

Alliance for the promotion of sustainable development and food security in the region

Mesoamérica Hunger-Free AMEXCID-FAO

Promoting public policies and innovative solutions for food security and sustainable rural development.

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
14/04/2025

In this episode, an IPC analysis reveals the highest number ever recorded of acutely food insecure populations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo due to conflict, economic instability and surging food prices; sustainable water management is essential to feed Europe and Central Asia and build...

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