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.

Organización de las Naciones Unidas llama a mitigar el impacto de la pandemia en la nutrición escolar.

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

La FAO llama a todos a fortalecer sus sistemas inmunológicos con una alimentación sana y consciente que evite el desperdicio.

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.

Food and agriculture heads of international organizations for Latin America and the Caribbean agreed to work together in support of the agriculture and food systems.

FAO and IICA facilitated an unprecedented hemispheric meeting to strengthen the response of 34 countries of the Americas to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

Food hero Luis Sinche continues to harvest bananas despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

Simón Laura and his daughter take care of their family garden on the outskirts of El Alto de La Paz, helping to ensure a supply of fresh produce for nearby cities. ©FAO

New FAO report highlights that South America still has the world’s second highest rate of forest loss.

Growing vegetables to meet changed demands during the pandemic

The State of the World’s Forests highlights conservation initiatives in Colombia, Bolivia, Guatemala and the Amazon.

The agreement is part of the Decade of Family Farming and was supported by FAO, Spanish Cooperation and AMEXCID.

The machine is an innovation developed in Brazil within the framework of the trilateral South-South + Cotton cooperation project.

A new joint report will be launched virtually on Tuesday, June 16 at a simultaneous press conference by ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, and FAO’s Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean, Julio Berdegué.

New joint report proposes ten measures to prevent the current health crisis from becoming a food crisis.