Better production
Latin America and the Caribbean has exceptional biodiversity, which is a strategic ally for global food security. Despite this, challenges such as poverty, hunger and environmental degradation prevail in the region.
Therefore, the environmental, economic, and social dimensions of agricultural production, fisheries, and aquaculture need to be addressed comprehensively. Under the Better Production pillar, FAO aims to support the region's countries in integrating policies, sustainable practices, technologies, and innovations to increase productivity while safeguarding livelihoods and the natural resources that sustain food systems.
Through five priority program areas (innovation for sustainable agricultural production, blue transformation, One Health, equitable access to resources for smallholders and digital agriculture), this pillar focuses its efforts on ensuring sustainable production models through efficient and inclusive supply and value chains, ensuring the resilience and sustainability of food systems under changing climatic and environmental conditions.
Thus, through public policy recommendations, capacity building, and the integration of innovative approaches in project implementation, assistance is provided to countries to move towards more sustainable and resilient production systems, leaving no one behind
Programme Priority Areas
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Progress on the level of water stress Mid-term status of SDG Indicator 6.4.2 and acceleration needs, with special focus on food security, 2024
01/01/2025
The global indicator on water stress tracks the level of pressure that human activities exert over natural freshwater resources, indicating the environmental sustainability of the use of water resources.
Promoting water tenure for food security, climate resilience and equity
02/05/2024
The objectives of the workshop were to increase knowledge and awareness about the role that water tenure plays in managing water resources and in its impacts on people’s food security and livelihoods.
Policy guidance note: Sustainable soil management
01/01/2024
Soils are a productive resource that provides multiple functions, goods and services. Therefore, their sustainable management is a valuable tool to address global challenges such as population growth, degradation of productive resources and climate change.
Advancing towards sustainable soil management in Latin America and the Caribbean
01/08/2026
Sustainable soil management is essential for maintaining the ecosystem services that soils provide. This infographic presents key concepts for assessing soil management in a clear and visually accessible format.
Follow the pathway to assess soil management
01/06/2026
Sustainable soil management is essential for maintaining the ecosystem services that soils provide. This infographic presents key concepts for assessing soil management in a clear and visually accessible way.
Implementing sustainable soil management
01/03/2024
The importance of caring for our soils
25/07/2024
Join sustainable soil management!
01/02/2024
Use of nitrogen and lime in the management of acidic soils
28/05/2025
This experience is part of a documented series developed within the framework of a series of dialogues entitled “Climate-Resilient Management of Agricultural Ecosystems,” organized by the Soil Community of Practice in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Antimicrobial resistance policy benchmarks in medicated feed
25/11/2023
The Policy Benchmarks are based on the recommendations established in international reference policies, complemented by other policy instruments that set scientifically based objectives.
Alternatives for the sustainable management of soil fertilization and plant nutrition
21/07/2022
From the end of 2021, and so far in 2022, the the world faces a shortage of fertilizers, driven by a rise in prices of approximately 78% in this lapse. Additionally, fertilizers have ceased to be available in the market, due to the fact that numerous production plants facing negative margins stopped production, due to the increase in the price of energy, among other reasons.