El Representante Regional de la FAO realizó una charla magistral durante el lanzamiento del Decenio de la Agricultura Familiar en América Latina y el Caribe.

90 expertos participaron de esta colección que busca responder a desafíos actuales tan urgentes como la migración, los nuevos patrones alimentarios y el alza de la obesidad, el desarrollo y la pobreza rural, y la transformación de la agricultura.

Como una de las acciones de la Red de Alimentación Escolar Sostenible, promovida por Brasil con apoyo de FAO, delegaciones de los dos países conocerán el desarrollo local del programa de alimentación escolar brasileño.

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.

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.