FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean

13/07/2023
Over 30 young students were taught the value and importance of preserving a local river for a better life
21/09/2022
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, recently teamed up with the Government of Mexico to train (8) fishers in Food Safety.
02/03/2023

Representatives from 14 Caribbean countries and forestry experts from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the US Forest Service met this week for the Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) 2025 sub-regional workshop for the Caribbean in Bridgetown, Barbados, at the premises of the United Nations House.

24/01/2022
Financing from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) assists Belize to respond to the challenges of climate change in the coastal zone and fisheries sector
23/07/2019
The training workshop, the first of its kind in Barbados, will be conducted by Mr Gustavo Wicki, an Aquaculture Engineer who holds a Masters in Aquaculture and is Chief of Argentine National Aquaculture Center (CENADAC) in Argentina.
26/07/2020
The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy in Barbados and The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with Adams Aquafarm are officially launching the first Aquaponics Demonstration Farm in Barbados.
28/10/2020
The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries launched an awareness campaign on food safety and Covid-19 measures at the central market for producers and processors in the food sector.
28/03/2023
The ‘Aquaponics Business Plan’ course guided more than fifty participants from Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago through business plan development, market research, financial man
23/03/2023
FAO continues capacity building of Barbadian farmers to achieve good agricultural practices at the farm level through climate-smart ways and sustainable standards.
31/05/2022
Reliable data on food and agriculture are key to understanding the level and severity of food insecurity in a country.
22/09/2023
The mission will focus on obtaining intelligence from key sources.
25/02/2021
Whether it is Anna Regina, Georgetown or Corriverton, Guyana’s markets appear traditionally dominated by women vendors.
22/09/2020
Achieving sustainable levels of hunting and fishing in Guyana
13/09/2022
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and The Ministry of Agriculture in Saint Lucia, recently teamed up with the Government of Mexico to train (40) farmers in an Agri-Business Development Training.
05/05/2023
FAO in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Sustainable Development, Innovation, Science, Technology and Vocational Training, Saint Lucia conducted a health assessment of schools enrolled in the Resilient School Feeding Programme
11/01/2022
FAO’s benchmark index of food commodity prices in 2021 averaged sharply higher than in 2020
23/11/2020
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) under its Climate Change adaptation of the Eastern Caribbean Fisheries Sector (CC4FISH) Project, recently held its first Stakeholder Workshop and Trainer’s Course in Fisheries and Aquacultu
14/10/2022
Every year, World Food Day is celebrated on the 16 October which marks the date that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) was founded in 1945. It was first commemorated by the FAO in 1979. This year’s theme is: Leave no one be
04/01/2023
The initiative focuses on capacity building and training within the Farmers Organizations for African, Caribbean and Pacific (FO4ACP) project framework
25/07/2022
An important list of high priority matters plaguing the fisheries sector across the region will be tabled for discussion when the 18th Session of the Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC), convenes virtually in Managua, Nicaragua, from 26 t