FAO emergencies and resilience

Latin America and the Caribbean

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Latin America and the Caribbean is the world’s second most disaster-prone region. Recurrent climatic shocks and natural disasters add to transboundary animal disease outbreaks, conflict and political unrest, structural poverty and the economic consequences of COVID-19. These factors continue to aggravate food insecurity and the degradation of livelihoods. FAO’s work in the region mainly focuses on addressing the immediate needs of affected populations by restoring their production activities and agricultural livelihoods.

News
News
FAO receives USD 8 million to support rural families affected by conflict and climate-related shocks in Colombia
06/07/2026

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), with funding from the Regional Humanitarian Fund for Latin America and the Caribbean...

News
FAO drives emergency production response to protect food security for 20,000 people in Honduras' Dry Corridor
30/06/2026

With funding from the Regional Humanitarian Fund for Latin America and the Caribbean, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)...

News
El Niño is coming. Here is where the risks to agriculture are highest
23/06/2026

FAO experts map where crops and pasturelands are most vulnerable to drought

Publications
Publications
Anticipatory action: Annual report 2024
11/2025

In 2024, acute hunger affected over 295 million people globally, continuing a six-year upward trend driven by conflict, climate extremes and economic...

Publications
FAO good practices of climate action in food crisis and fragile contexts
10/2025

Communities in food crisis and fragile contexts are on the frontline of the climate crisis. FAO helps countries prevent, anticipate, absorb, adapt and...

Publications
Guatemala, Colombia, Honduras and Nicaragua: Local Technical Agroclimatic Committees (MTAS)
04/2024

Local stakeholders and agricultural producers in Latin America have limited access to agroclimatic information and, when they do gain access to it,...

Multimedia
Video
FAO Global Emergency and Resilience Appeal 2026
15/12/2025

A turning point for food security.

Video
FAO emergency livelihoods program in Venezuela
15/07/2024

FAO Emergency and Resilience Program in Venezuela integrates the social, technical-productive and financial dimensions to guarantee access to food for...