FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean

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A series of training sessions and development of a surveillance programme and emergency response system for local stakeholders are earmarked to strengthen the soursop industry in Grenada

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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has appointed Dr. Ana Touza as the new FAO Representative for Jamaica, The Bahamas and Belize

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In a promising step towards strengthening the Caribbean’s agriculture sector, FAO engaged some 30 government representatives from four Caribbean countries to share their experiences on agricultural land access policies and chart a path towards improving the implementation of agricultural land bank initiatives

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FAO’s Regional Office hosts the preparatory meeting ahead of the UN Food Systems Summit Stocktaking Moment, UNFSS+4

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The Organization led a series of side events during the eighth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development 2025, addressing key issues such as sustainable trade, gender equality, youth participation, and the role of Afro-descendant peoples in agrifood systems

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Over 50 stakeholders from government, civil society,academia and farming communities gathered recently for the validation workshop of the‘ADAPT Jamaica: Enhancing Climate Change Resilience of Vulnerable Smallholders in CentralJamaica’ project, an initiative targeting small farmers across six central parishes

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The meeting aims to improve the quality and availability of agricultural statistics, which are key to guiding public policies and advancing the Sustainable Development Goals

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School Feeding: How Can Public Policies Change Lives?

By Najla Veloso, Senior Specialist in School Feeding at FAO for Latin America and the Caribbean

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.

Stories
Events

7/ 5

2025

Virtual Event, 07/05/2025

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.

10/ 4

2025

Santiago (Chile), Hybrid Event, 10/04/2025

FAO, in its commitment to eradicating hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition in all its forms, promotes universal access to healthy diets.

25/ 3

2025

28/3

2025

25/03/2025 - 28/03/2025

The Latin American and the Caribbean Commission for Agricultural Statistics (LACCAS) is a statutory body of FAO since the 1950s and meets every two years. Comprising 32 Member Nations, LACCAS provides a space for discussing critical issues related to national agricultural statistical systems.

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Key Documents
Publications
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
In depth
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
International Day of Forests 2025
13/03/2025

Forests and foods - nurture the forest to nourish the people

The Hidden Cost of Obesity
11/03/2025

How Agrifood Systems Can Be the Solution

04/12/2024

In this episode: FAO calls for urgent agricultural aid to the Democratic Republic of the Congo amid the severe food insecurity in the country; a new FAO report offers guidance on integrating nutrition goals into international food trade policies; and, in Riyad, Saudi Arabia, FAO joins global call...

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