New report forecasts 22 % growth for crops, 16% growth for livestock products and 12 % for fish production over the coming decade, while cereal production will slow down.

South America hosts the majority of the undernourished due to the decline of food security in Venezuela, says new UN report.

Experts from Microsoft, Huawei and Telefónica, agricultural NGOs and representatives from governments and International Organizations will participate in the FAO rural innovation seminar in Uruguay.

Boyd Swinburn, professor at the University of Auckland and one of the most prominent international researchers on obesity policies, gave a seminar at FAO on ´´The role of international agencies in addressing the Global Syndemic of Obesity, Undernutrition,

The FAO Regional Representative made a keynote speech during the launch of the Family Farming Decade in Latin America and the Caribbean.

FAO and the Institute of Peruvian Studies invited more than 90 experts to develop 33 documents that address the major issues affecting the region.

According to a new FAO report, The State of Food and Agriculture 2019.

In Costa Rica, ECLAC, FAO and IICA presented their most recent joint report on the agriculture and rural sectors in the Americas, during a conference that brought together the ministers of agriculture of the hemisphere.

According to the publication, obesity and hunger are growing in Latin America and the Caribbean. 600 thousand people die a year in the region due to poor diet.

The percentage of people with obesity tripled since 1975 and hunger increased 11 percent in the last four years, according to the Panorama of Food and Nutritional Security 2019.

In most countries of Central America and the Caribbean, meanwhile reduced harvests are expected due to unfavorable weather.

They house 30% of the South American population, are sources of biodiversity and help bird migrate.

Meeting included officials from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Caribbean Fishery Management Council (CFMC), Central American Fisheries and Aquaculture Organization (OSPESCA), Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM

The project will target 240 000 small scale beneficiaries in vulnerable rural communities and will be executed by the Ministry of Agriculture and FAO.

United Nations Organization calls for countries to mitigate the impact of the pandemic on children’s nutrition.

How much do you know about the forests of Latin America and the Caribbean?

FAO calls on everyone to strengthen their immune systems with a healthy and conscious diet that avoids food waste.

FAO provides recommendations to mitigate the effects of the pandemic on food security and nutrition, and calls on everyone to strengthen their immune systems with a healthy and conscious diet that avoids waste.

The Parliamentary Front Against Hunger called on countries to keep food production and supply chains alive and to support the feeding of the most vulnerable.

Ministers and secretaries of agriculture, food, livestock, fisheries and rural development of 26 countries today signed a statement detailing their measures so that food is not lacking.