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.
Chile y FAO celebran cumbre mundial de parlamentarios para lograr un pacto global de lucha contra el hambre y la malnutrición
07/06/2023
El encuentro se realizará entre el 15 y 16 de junio, en la sede del Congreso Nacional en Valparaíso, donde se reunirán más de 150 legisladores de los cinco continentes. La actividad tendrá como antesala el X Foro del Frente Parlamentario contra el Hambre
El Gobierno de Brasil y la FAO refuerzan compromiso para fortalecer la agricultura familiar en la región
09/06/2023
Ministerio de Desarrollo Agrario y Agricultura Familiar (MDA) de Brasil y la Agencia Brasileña de Cooperación (ABC) en alianza con la FAO retoman acciones conjuntas.
Peru will train education professionals on healthy school environments with support from the Brazilian government and FAO
12/06/2023
It is expected to reach 3,500 teachers and directors of educational institutions.
Paraguay will strengthen the capacities of managers of the education system with the support of the Brazilian government and FAO
14/06/2023
It is expected to reach about 300 public servants of the national education system.
Sustainable School Feeding Network launches podcast series
15/06/2023
"Getting to Know the Sustainable Schools" brings a series of interviews with experts who explain each component of this methodology that impacts over 1.6 million students.