Publications
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.
Voluntary guidelines for securing sustainable small-scale fisheries in the context of food security and poverty eradication
18/01/2018
These Guidelines represent a user friendly version of the already published product. This is the first internationally agreed instrument devoted entirely to the small-scale fisheries sector, which is enormously important but has so far often been postponed. The small-scale fisheries sector tends to be firmly rooted in local communities, traditions and values.
Carcass management for small and medium scale livestock farms
01/01/2018
Given the spread of different transboundary animal diseases (TADs) such as African Swine fever (ASF), Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) and Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD), it is pertinent that FAO will provide assistance to countries in a way of practical knowledge on how to deal with animal carcasses.
Boletín de publicaciones 2023 ( In Spanish)
