Publications

Fiscal policies in agriculture and producer support estimates in Latin America and the Caribbean 2030 - Food, Agriculture and rural development in Latin America and the Caribbean - Document Nº 8
05/07/2019
Fiscal policies have multiple effects on the economy and, therefore, on the agricultural sector and rural economies within it. This paper analyzes agricultural taxes and agricultural expenditures; it also looks into different forms of public policy support for agricultural producers and follows the Producer Support Estimates (PSE) methodology already applied to the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region.

Macroeconomic policies and agricultural and rural development 2030 - Food, Agriculture and rural development in Latin America and the Caribbean - Document Nº 7
04/07/2019
The document presents a description of the structure of the rural environment, demography, the supply of goods and services, the main inequalities, levels of poverty, importance and role of family agriculture and other economic activities (diversification), the main features of rural society and the presence of the private sector. It will also discuss trends in migration and other social or economic processes relevant to the description of the rural situation.

An inclusive rural transformation in progress, but with unequal pace and characteristics across countries 2030 – Food, Agriculture and rural development in Latin America and the Caribbean - Document Nº 6
03/07/2019
The document presents a description of the structure of the rural environment, demography, the supply of goods and services, the main inequalities, levels of poverty, importance and role of family agriculture and other economic activities (diversification), the main features of rural society and the presence of the private sector

Large-scale forces, global tendencies and rural actors in the light of the SDG goals Document No. 5, 2030 – Food, agriculture and rural development in Latin America and the Caribbean
02/07/2019
The document presents a description of the structure of the rural environment, demography, the supply of goods and services, the main inequalities, levels of poverty, importance and role of family agriculture and other economic activities (diversification), the main features of rural society and the presence of the private sector.

Rural transformation Looking towards the future of Latin America and the Caribbean
01/07/2019
The document presents a description of the structure of the rural environment, demography, the supply of goods and services, the main inequalities, levels of poverty, importance and role of family agriculture and other economic activities (diversification), the main features of rural society and the presence of the private sector.

Annual report 2018 - Latin America and the Caribbean
10/05/2019
This report details the activities and actions undertaken by the Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in cooperation with its 33 Member States in the region, to advance the mandate it received from the 35th Session of the FAO Regional Conference.

Good practices for the resilience of rural livelihoods for food and nutrition security
03/01/2019
The WFP Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean and the FAO Subregional Office for Mesoamerica, both located in Panama, organized the "Workshop on Exchange of Experiences in Community Resilience for Food and Nutrition Security" in September 2016 in Colombia.