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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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Food Systems, Land Use and Restoration (FOLUR)

Impact Program is a $345 million initiative supported by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) that seeks to transform the global food system by promoting sustainable integrated landscapes and efficie...

Implementation- Ongoing

(Es) (Ecuador) Better Incomes Project for Cocoa and Coffee in Latin America

Improving producers' access to the public and private financial system. This will be achieved by working with financial institutions (ethical banking) to develop financial products tailored to coffee...

Implementation- Ongoing

(Es) (Ecuador) Healthy, Sustainable, and Nutritious Food for All Project

The project works with four key approaches: food systems, sustainable and resilient landscapes, inclusive business, and evidence for impact. It reaches 34,000 producers, 41 producer organizations, 114...

Implementation- Ongoing

ESP: Aumento productividad agropecuaria de la agricultura familiar con base a la gestión eficiente de los recursos hídri...

Aumentar la productividad en forma sostenible mediante la validación y difusión de tecnologías de manejo de agua y suelo, en Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panamá, y República Dominicana, y en el contexto de...

Implementation- Ongoing

Nicaragua Dry Corridor Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Project

To strengthen agricultural productivity, climate resilience, and nutritional security in selected municipalities of the Dry Corridor of Nicaragua.

Implementation- Ongoing

Nicaragua Dry Corridor Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Project

To strengthen agricultural productivity, climate resilience, and nutritional security in selected municipalities of the Dry Corridor of Nicaragua.

Implementation- Ongoing

Prevention and management of Fusarium wilt

The project aims to strengthen capacities for the prevention and management of Fusarium wilt in Latin America and the Caribbean, through: 1) the standardization of diagnostic methods, 2) the evaluatio...

Implementation- Ongoing

Bio Climate Project Nicaragua GCF FP 146

The project aims to restore degraded forest landscapes in the most biodiversity rich region of Nicaragua, the CR, and to channel investments into sustainable land-use management and forest management....

Implementation- Ongoing

Climate resilience of rural households in the Dry Corridor of Nicaragua

The project's main objective is to increase resilience to food crises and events related to climate change (CC) among households in the Dry Corridor of Nicaragua. The project aims to build the capacit...

Implementation- Ongoing

ESP: Sistemas Agroforestales Adaptados para el Corredor Seco Centroamericano (AGROINNOVA)

The AGRO-INNOVA project is being implemented by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), with financial assistance from the European Union (EU), in partnership with 21 natio...

Completed

Sustainable intensification of livestock systems with legumes: Latin American and Caribbean cooperation platform

The overall objective of this technical cooperation is to contribute to the improvement of livestock systems in Latin America and the Caribbean through the adoption of forage legumes.

Implementation- Ongoing

Sustainable Livestock in Nicaragua

The objective of the project is to develop a scalable pilot segregated cattle production model that will enable medium-scale producers to improve their competitiveness and increase their income throug...

Completed

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)

Food Systems, Land Use and Restoration (FOLUR)

(Es) (Ecuador) Better Incomes Project for Cocoa and Coffee in Latin America

(Es) (Ecuador) Healthy, Sustainable, and Nutritious Food for All Project

ESP: Aumento productividad agropecuaria de la agricultura familiar con base a la gestión eficiente de los recursos hídri...

Nicaragua Dry Corridor Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Project

Nicaragua Dry Corridor Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Project

Prevention and management of Fusarium wilt

Bio Climate Project Nicaragua GCF FP 146

Climate resilience of rural households in the Dry Corridor of Nicaragua

ESP: Sistemas Agroforestales Adaptados para el Corredor Seco Centroamericano (AGROINNOVA)

Sustainable intensification of livestock systems with legumes: Latin American and Caribbean cooperation platform

Sustainable Livestock in Nicaragua