FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean

08/12/2022
During the meetings of the Second Conference on Family Farming of the Enlarged MERCOSUR and the Latin American and Caribbean Meeting of the United Nations Decade of Family Farming, more than 200 participants agreed to work together to make progress in imp
13/12/2022
Hybrid dialogue included Ministers of El Salvador and representatives of the governments of three LAC countries
13/12/2022
The authorities agreed on the need to work together on this issue and take advantage of multilateral forums to end hunger in the region
16/12/2022
Around 60 professionals from Caribbean countries and institutions took part in the 2nd session of a series of trainings on resilient and sustainable school feeding programmes.
12/01/2023
Panorama 2022 analyzes the cost of healthy diets and warns that Latin America and the Caribbean currently has the highest cost of a healthy diet compared to the rest of the world. In addition, the publication highlights the challenges to improving its aff
25/01/2023
Created by the Brazilian Government in 2018, RAES Network is a cooperation tool that seeks to deepen the dialogue on school feeding in the region.
26/01/2023
FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met with Presidents and Heads of State during the Commmunity of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) Summit in Argentina. He also paid an official visit to Paraguay.
06/02/2023
Speaking in Bridgetown, the Director-General called on the Caribbean region to “build up more sustainable agrifood systems.”
06/02/2023
Project Consolidation of School Feeding Programmes in LAC promoted a meeting on actions for teachers in FNE
06/02/2023
FAO´s Regional Representative participated in the Regional Water Dialogues in Latin America and the Caribbean organized by ECLAC. Countries signed the first Regional Water Action Agenda.
06/02/2023
The Director-General of FAO visited the Bridgetown Fishing Complex, where he met with local fisherfolk's groups.
07/02/2023
FAO Director-General QU Dongyu addresses the sixth meeting of the Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance.
09/02/2023
Project Consolidation of School Feeding Programmes in LAC organized meeting with 6 countries of the region.
13/02/2023
The so-called "chakras" are located in the Andes mountains and the Amazon region. Latin America and the Caribbean had five agriculture heritage sites in 4 countries: one in Brazil, one in Chile, one in Peru, and two in Mexico.
14/02/2023
Rafael Zavala and Najla Veloso held meeting with the new president of the National Fund for Educational Development, Fernanda Pacobahyba.
14/02/2023
Sustainable Schools and Lazos are part of the FAO publication on successful stories and good practices in the region that favors the transformation of agri-food systems.
23/02/2023
The document produced within the framework of the Brazil-FAO International Cooperation seeks to facilitate the understanding of this methodology.
24/02/2023
Virtual event will be held on March 8, at 4pm in Chile.
28/02/2023
The document produced within the framework of the Brazil-FAO International Cooperation seeks to facilitate the understanding of this methodology.
21/03/2023
Promoted by the school feeding project of the Brazil-FAO Cooperation, the delegation participated in dialogues, field visits and concluded the course.