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Percentage of reg. fishing (LAC) in the S. Pacific
Approximately 64% of the region's capture fisheries production in 2024 came from the Southeast Pacific. (Food and Agriculture Organization, 2026). -
Probability of El Niño magnitude (region 1+2)
For the Niño 1+2 region, the Coastal Niño would extend until the summer of 2027. The event is expected to reach a magnitude between strong (48%) and moderate (46%). (Multisectoral Commission in Charge of the National Study of the El Niño Phenomeno... -
People in a h. phase of food insecurity (ECU)
5,136,000 people were in a heightened phase of food insecurity in Ecuador between December 2025 and March 2026. (Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, 2026).
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Diálogo Regional Andino sobre experiencias en gestión y políticas de compras públicas de la Agricultura Familiar (ES)
Diálogo Virtual. Compras públicas de alimentos a la agricultura familiar. La experiencia brasileña con el MDS.
Diálogo virtual. Compras públicas a la agricultura familiar campesina. La experiencia brasileña con la CONAB
Evidences
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Percentage of reg. fishing (LAC) in the S. Pacific
Approximately 64% of the region's capture fisheries production in 2024 came from the Southeast Pacific. (Food and Agriculture Organization, 2026).
Probability of El Niño magnitude (region 1+2)
For the Niño 1+2 region, the Coastal Niño would extend until the summer of 2027. The event is expected to reach a magnitude between strong (48%) and moderate (46%). (Multisectoral Commission in Charge of the National Study of the El Niño Phenomenon, 2026).
People in a h. phase of food insecurity (ECU)
5,136,000 people were in a heightened phase of food insecurity in Ecuador between December 2025 and March 2026. (Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, 2026).
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Buen Vivir in Rural Territories Programme
The programme aims to improve food security and livelihoods of food-insecure rural households in poverty, largely dependent on small-scale agriculture and vulnerable to climate change. It promotes an endogenous territorial development model centred on family-scale agroecological production, organizational and community capacity strengthening, and investment in territorial economic initiatives. It supports the implementation of national food sovereignty policy within a complementarity framework across government levels, with attention to sustainable water and natural resource management.
Pacari Chocolate: Traceability and Associations
The project is a loan aimed at improving cacao production and traceability technologies, as well as the production of high-quality chocolate in Ecuador. It seeks to incorporate smallholder cacao producers into a supply chain with better prices, while strengthening the operational capacity and high-quality raw-material purchasing capacity of the beneficiary company. Its impact objective is to improve the socioeconomic conditions of smallholder cacao producers in Manabí province.
Knowledge Exchange between Ecuador and Uruguay on Programs to Promote Research, Innovation, and Private-Sector Governance in the Agricultural Sector
The initiative is a technical cooperation financing a knowledge-exchange technical visit between Ecuador and Uruguay. Its objective is to identify good practices in governance and in engaging the private sector and academia as strategic partners in agricultural research, development, and innovation (R&D&I) policy decision-making.
Policy frameworks
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State Public Policy for the Ecuadorian Agricultural Sector 2025-2034 "Hands for the Field"
State public policy of Ecuador's Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG), developed with IICA support and validated by the National Planning Secretariat, establishing the vision, objectives and strategies for the Ecuadorian agricultural sector for 2025-2034. Its general objective is to promote the agricultural sector sustainably through innovation, research and technology, ensuring food security and sovereignty. It articulates ten strategic axes: productivity, quality and food safety; market orientation and development; access to services and infrastructure; associativity; environmental sustainability and climate change; institutional modernization; family farming; rural welfare; financing and insurance; and education, innovation and technical assistance.
Ecuador-South Korea FTA to cut banana tariffs to zero within five years
Trade agreement between Ecuador and South Korea that will gradually reduce tariffs on Ecuadorian bananas to zero within five years, strengthening export competitiveness and bilateral trade.
Resolution 0209 – Contingency Plan for AAG
Resolution issued by Agrocalidad of Ecuador establishing a contingency plan for prevention, monitoring and response to sanitary risks associated with AAG, strengthening institutional capacities and phytosanitary surveillance mechanisms.
Good practices
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Buen Vivir in Rural Territories Programme
The programme aims to improve food security and livelihoods of food-insecure rural households in poverty, largely dependent on small-scale agriculture and vulnerable to climate change. It promotes an endogenous territorial development model centred on family-scale agroecological production, organizational and community capacity strengthening, and investment in territorial economic initiatives. It supports the implementation of national food sovereignty policy within a complementarity framework across government levels, with attention to sustainable water and natural resource management.
ImpactCAF: Towards a resilient, sustainable, and regenerative agricultural sector
Institutional program of the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF) aimed at evaluating, highlighting, and strengthening the impact of its financing and technical cooperation operations in the agricultural sector of Latin America and the Caribbean.
The initiative promotes a model of sustainable, inclusive, and regenerative agriculture, integrating climate resilience, technological innovation, efficient management of natural resources, and the inclusion of small producers in sustainable value chains.
Promotion of agro-industrial exports of prioritized products
As part of efforts to strengthen Andean agri-food trade, the promotion of exports is being encouraged through a comprehensive characterization of international markets, aimed at identifying trends, specific demands, and strategic opportunities for agricultural products from the Member Countries. This work includes the analysis of market access conditions, as well as the identification of logistical and regulatory barriers that hinder the competitiveness of value chains, particularly those linked to family farming. In addition, the export potential of prioritized products is being assessed, with a view to improving their actual prospects for entry into external markets through technical assistance, trade promotion, and regulatory alignment. These efforts are integrated into a regional strategy to promote international trade, focused on leveraging subregional synergies, generating added value, and positioning Andean agri-food products as sustainable, traceable, and high-quality.
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