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Initiatives

Initiatives are interventions that can take the form of laws, guidelines, incentives, among others, which are often reflected in allocations of public and private resources.

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Food and post-production costs (2025)
Post-farmgate activities account for 70 to 75 percent of what consumers pay. (Food and Agriculture Organization, 2026).
Average cost of a healthy diet in LAC (2025)
The average cost of a healthy diet in Latin America and the Caribbean was $4.91 purchasing power parity (PPP) per person per day. (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2026).
Global average cost of a healthy diet (2025)
The global average cost of a healthy diet rose to $4.28 purchasing power parity (PPP) per person per day. (Food and Agriculture Organization, 2026).
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World population with food insecurity (2025)
Around 2.1 billion people (25.8% of the world's population) experienced moderate or severe food insecurity in 2025. (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2026).

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Ecotrade: Economic Integration for Sustainable Trade in Central America

Ecotrade is an initiative funded by the European Union and implemented by the Secretariat for Central American Economic Integration (SIECA), which, as a strategic partner, supports the strengthening o...

Implementation- Ongoing

Strengthening Strategic Capacities for Water Security in Prioritized Watersheds of the SICA Region

The project aims to contribute to water security in prioritized watershed territories of the SICA region by producing technical diagnostic studies, cost-of-inaction/benefit-of-action analyses (BACI),...

Implementation- Ongoing

Sustainable intensification of production in Central America

Regional technical cooperation project focused on the sustainable intensification of agricultural systems in the Central American Dry Corridor through the incorporation of sorghum genotypes and other...

Implementation- Ongoing

Team Europe Initiative on Deforestation-free Value Chains

The new Initiative of the EU and its member states is designed to halt deforestation and help partner countries make a successful transition to sustainable, deforestation-free value chains. They annou...

Implementation- Ongoing

Multi-stakeholder collaborative research to advance food system transformation in Latin America and the Caribbean

This project engages civil society and research partners from selected countries in Latin America and the Caribbean to identify critical questions on food systems transformation from a grassroots pers...

Implementation- Ongoing

Paths to Prosperity Program

The program addresses systemic problems in production and supply chains, making it easier for small producers, providers and workers to integrate into global and local markets. In Latin America, it fo...

Implementation- Ongoing

“Great Forests of Mesoamerica" Program

The Great Forests of Mesoamerica (GFM) Program is a five-year (2023–2027) European Union initiative under the #TeamEurope approach to strengthen the protection and sustainable use of Mesoamerica’s gre...

Implementation- Ongoing

Sustainable climate-adapted territories in Latin America

This project supports the implementation of climate-adapted sustainable agriculture (CSAA) technologies and practices and community participation strategies. The project ensures that this implementati...

Implementation- Ongoing

ESP: Regional alliances for the dissemination of iron-rich beans in Latin American and Caribbean countries

The project seeks to contribute to the adoption of iron-rich bean varieties in the project countries through on-farm validation and scaling up of the varieties in greatest demand and to increase the d...

Implementation- Ongoing

ESP: Geographical Indications for Mesoamerican Cocoa

The project involves a regional, inter-institutional and inter-organizational effort in 16 territories of the participating countries and is expected to have an impact on at least 56 organizations, gr...

Implementation- Ongoing

Transforming Food Systems and Reducing Deforestation

To promote sustainable and integrated landscapes and efficient food systems (cacao, beef and dairy cattle) in key value chains in landscapes surrounding protected areas (PAs) and biological corridors...

Implementation- Ongoing

Transforming Food Systems and Reducing Deforestation in the Protected Areas and Biological Corridors landscapes from the...

Implementation- Ongoing

Initiatives

Food and post-production costs (2025)

Average cost of a healthy diet in LAC (2025)

Global average cost of a healthy diet (2025)

Evidencia

World population with food insecurity (2025)

Ecotrade: Economic Integration for Sustainable Trade in Central America

Strengthening Strategic Capacities for Water Security in Prioritized Watersheds of the SICA Region

Sustainable intensification of production in Central America

Team Europe Initiative on Deforestation-free Value Chains

Multi-stakeholder collaborative research to advance food system transformation in Latin America and the Caribbean

Paths to Prosperity Program

“Great Forests of Mesoamerica" Program

Sustainable climate-adapted territories in Latin America

ESP: Regional alliances for the dissemination of iron-rich beans in Latin American and Caribbean countries

ESP: Geographical Indications for Mesoamerican Cocoa

Transforming Food Systems and Reducing Deforestation

Transforming Food Systems and Reducing Deforestation in the Protected Areas and Biological Corridors landscapes from the...