FAO cierra Año Internacional de la Pesca y Acuicultura Artesanales con recomendaciones de políticas públicas para fortalecer el sector
31/03/2023
La Organización estableció prioridades para seguir apoyando a pescadores y acuicultores y potenciar su rol y contribución a la seguridad alimentaria, el alivio a la pobreza rural y el manejo responsable y armónico de los recursos naturales.
Las mujeres del manglar
31/03/2023
En Costa Rica, un grupo de mujeres protege y maneja la riqueza de los manglares para sostener a sus familias y proteger la biodiversidad.
FAO and China promote digitalization in Chile through the 1000 Digital Villages initiative
04/04/2023
In 2022, a pilot project will be implemented in three locations in the Itata Valley in Chile's Ñuble Region.
FAO strengthens the digital capacities of young coffee growers in Colombia
06/04/2023
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) supported the implementation of the Jóvenes Renacer project to benefit young coffee entrepreneurs in Colombia, which is developed by Juan Valdez Café and the Colombian Coffee Growers Federa
FAO promotes the first AgTech cooperative venture incubator
14/04/2023
The AgTech Academy of Cooperatives project seeks to promote rural development and innovative agri-food systems to achieve better production and a better life for the rural population.
Brazil-FAO Cooperation, FAO and MEDUCA organize event with 9 countries to strengthen food and nutrition education
14/04/2023
The 3 instances developed a three-day workshop in Panama to exchange successful methodologies and strengthen capacities for food and nutrition education in LAC.
FAO supports Chile's Ministry of Agriculture in the implementation of the rural digitalization plan
19/04/2023
The project, which will be implemented in the Ñuble Region, considers three digital village pilot projects to improve the quality of services and production in rural areas.
FAO launches Avian Influenza Emergency Preparedness Course
27/04/2023
More than 700 veterinarians and professionals than work in surveillance, prevention, and response from across the region will participate.
Dominican farming families join efforts and gain access to institutional and private markets
02/05/2023
The 52 families of smallholder farmers that make up the Villa Poppy Producers Cooperative organized themselves and now sell their products to the Government.
Nicaragua launches course on school feeding with support from Brazil-FAO Cooperation
08/05/2023
Initiative will be aimed at 101 professionals from the Ministry of Education in the country.
FAO calls for reinforcing actions in favor of food security in the run-up to the Second Global Parliamentary Summit against Hunger and the EU-CELAC Summit.
18/05/2023
Mario Lubetkin, FAO Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean, visited Belgium and Spain to strengthen the organization's work with parliaments. He also met with European Union representatives to follow the
Haiti: Nearly half of the population is facing acute hunger
25/05/2023
The level of hunger continues to worsen with 4.9 million Haitians acutely food insecure.
International Congress on School Feeding presented innovative initiatives developed in Brazil and LAC countries
28/05/2023
Professionals from school feeding programmes in Brazil and 12 other countries of the Sustainable School Feeding Network (RAES) participated.
FAO launches call for good practices towards sustainable soil and water management
29/05/2023
Call for good practices for sustainable soil and water management in Latin America, the Caribbean and Africa seeks to promote the adoption of practices that guarantee healthy and safe production systems. Open to individuals, public and private organizatio
12 Latin American countries discussed the next steps of network actions towards sustainable school feeding in the region
30/05/2023
With the support of the Brazilian government and FAO, RAES countries strengthened knowledge in school feeding policy.
FAO meets with small-scale farmers to learn about the opportunities and challenges of digitalization in Chile's Ñuble Region
30/05/2023
Through the FAO-China South-South Cooperation project, and the 1000 Digital Villages initiative in Latin America and the Caribbean, FAO is promoting a territorial digital development initiative that seeks to improve connectivity and digital skills for tho
FAO y China fortalecen la cooperación para América Latina y el Caribe, impulsando la digitalización en zonas rurales
30/05/2023
Los expertos del proyecto de cooperación FAO-China-CELAC fueron recibidos por el embajador de la República Popular de China en Chile, Niu Qingbao.
In Rio de Janeiro, Dominican delegation sees experiences on school feeding and cooperativism
31/05/2023
The objective of the visits was to exchange knowledge to strengthen school feeding in the Dominican Republic.
In Brazil, the delegation from the Dominican Republic learns about the country's school feeding program
31/05/2023
The objective was to deepen knowledge of innovations and exchange experiences with the aim of strengthening the Dominican school feeding policy.
Governance, policy and regulatory frameworks for school feeding programmes are the subjects of a virtual session with Caribbean countries
01/06/2023
The 3rd virtual session be a part of the 34th West Indies Agricultural Economics Conference 2023.