Innovation for sustainable, healthy, and inclusive agrifood systems and rural societies in Latin America and the Caribbean (Innovation Framework RLC)

13/05/2021

Framework for action for the development of the innovation agenda in ALC for the period 2021-2025. This document includes a brief introduction on the need for an innovation agenda in the region; a review of regional innovation trends in productivity, sustainability, resilience, and social inclusion; a main section analysing strategic areas for innovation, and a final section with conclusions and next steps.

Jamaica - Guidelines for seed rhizome production

26/04/2021

The Guidelines for Production Of Seed Rhizome in Shadehouse Facility under a Certification Programme in Jamaica describes the processes involved in the production of disease-free healthy seed rhizomes utilizing tissue culture sources of planting material and the single bud technology for ginger production in Jamaica.

FAO in Latin American and the Caribbean 2020

20/04/2021

In this report, FAO illustrates the progress in fulfilling the mandate given to us by the Member Countries. The results included in this document are important, but partial, examples of our work.

Granada - Digital Agriculture Profile Grenada

16/04/2021

Digital technologies are slowly spreading in agriculture sectors globally. But their adoption is hampered by the digital divide which requires significant public investments, improved policy and incentive frameworks to be bridged. Only after that, digital transformation will take place at scale.

Guatemala: Supporting carpenters to purchase and use legal timber

16/04/2021

Through support from the FAO-EU Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Programme, the Organization Asociación Balam has connected local carpenters to legal timber producers in the northern Guatemalan department of Petén by building and strengthening cooperatives.

The National Forest Monitoring System as part of the National Strategy on Climate Change and Vegetation Resources in Chile

16/04/2021

This case study from Chile applies state-of-the-art monitoring approaches to forest conservation, restoration and managment. It offers a glimpse into Chile's efforts to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and enhancement on forest carbon stocks (REDD+).

Caribbean: Perfecting the art of fisheries learning exchanges in the Eastern Caribbean

31/03/2021

There is increasing awareness of the need for, and a growing movement to apply, the ecosystem approach to fisheries (EAF) and develop sustainable linkages between climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk management (DRM). Fisheries learning exchanges (FLEs) can be useful for enhancing fisheries management that is guided by these concepts. In the Caribbean there exists little guidance on FLEs that focus on the concepts of EAF, CCA and DRM.