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.

Family farmers in Panama won’t let the COVID-19 pandemic ruin their emerging coffee business.

The ministerial meeting is being promoted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Mexico, with support from IICA and FAO.

The State of Food Security and Nutrition warns that the region will fail the hunger target of the Sustainable Development Goals. Hunger has risen to 47.7 million people in 2019.

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The training is promoted by the cooperation between the Government of Brazil and FAO, within the scope of the project Consolidation of School Feeding Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Promovido en el marco el Programa de Cooperación Internacional Brasil-FAO, el contenido del curso fue diseñado específicamente para la región del Caribe.