FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean

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26/01/2021

The intensity and frequency of natural hazards and conflicts are increasing, and they are leaving in their wake an unprecedented level of humanitarian needs. Natural hazards alone occur nearly five times as often today as 40 years ago. The number of people displaced by conflict, meanwhile, is the highest ever recorded, and millions more are driven to migrate out of necessity.

07/12/2020

The goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development that are related to food security and nutrition will not be achieved as long as, in some territories in Latin America and the Caribbean, populations continue to live with malnutrition rates. Economic opportunities in these areas are often limited, public services are scant, and exposure to severe climate events is high.

09/10/2020

The fifth wholesale markets bulletin addresses the food supply and demand situation during these pandemic months. Through price monitoring that was carried out with the markets of Latin America and the Caribbean.

28/09/2020

Given the current worsening of the African swine fever situation worldwide, this field manual will be aimed to assist veterinarians in the prompt recognition and detection of the disease and the immediate control steps at farm level.

18/08/2020

In this fourth edition, the joint bulletin of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Latin American Federation of Supply Markets (FLAMA) explores the impacts of the health crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic on investments and the performance of supply centres.

13/07/2020

The third bulletin of wholesale markets presents the market survey that was carried out in 64 markets in Latin America and the Caribbean. The bulletin also has information on the different averages that are being applied in different wholesale markets in the region. This newsletter is a tool for governments and markets to stop the COVID-19 pandemic.

16/06/2020

The second bulletin of the Wholesale Markets is an effort of the joint work between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Latin American Federation of Supply Markets (FLAMA). The objective of the document is to provide recommendations and measures to face the COVID-19 pandemic in the wholesale markets of Latin America and the Caribbean.

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Mariela Ramírez

Regional Publications Coordinator