FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean

Publications

03/11/2017

Regional aquaculture production is progressing at rates above world averages in recent years. However, rate of growth in the region is diminishing – even though market prospects are bright and open – as a reflection of complicated governance issues, increasing environmental concerns, poor planning, disease outbreaks and other reasons.

16/10/2017

This document presents a set of criteria and traceability requirements to guide actors within the food industry to develop and implement a traceability system in selected food sectors that allows them to respond rapidly to food safety events.

14/09/2017

a theoretical approach that does not consider the characteristics of the innovation process in rural areas will result in a poor analysis with incorrect conclusions for public policies.

25/08/2017

This Manual’s purpose is to provide to people who handle food, and particularly to food-handlers’ instructors, the information they need to facilitate the teaching of proper procedures to food workers. In addition, it seeks to provide basic information about food safety that Latin American and Caribbean countries may adapt to their own needs.

24/08/2017

The document presents Guidelines and Recommendations for the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Agricultural Sector and Food and Nutrition Security.

13/03/2017

This document outlines the FAO Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance, which describes how the Organization will implement Resolution 4/2105 (Annex 1).

10/03/2017

Latin America and the Caribbean have shown significant progress in matters of food security and nutrition, which led them to meet the goal undertaken in the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). Well, these progresses are threatened, among other factors, by climate change and the effects it can have over areas as diverse as food production, income generation, the availability of natural resources or the domestic food supply.

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Mariela Ramírez

Publications Unit Coordinator