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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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Capacity building of organized agricultural producers with an emphasis on Family Farming to undertake initiatives for fo...

This project aims to develop the associative and commercial capacities of agricultural producers of Family Farming to facilitate their access to internal and external markets. The project seeks to str...

Implementation- Ongoing

Partnership for improving the competitiveness of rural women in family farming in the countries of the Andean Region

The project seeks to strengthen the associative, commercial and entrepreneurial capacities of rural women involved in family farming, taking into account the challenges of climate change and applying...

Implementation- Ongoing

Strengthening synergies for sanitary and phytosanitary management in the Andean Community

The project aims to improve the capacities of member countries in the management of sanitary and phytosanitary risks, in order to facilitate access and maintenance of their products in international a...

Implementation- Ongoing

FSC Forest Management Certification

FSC Forest Management certification confirms that a specific area of the forest is being managed in accordance with FSC Principles and Criteria. To achieve FSC Forest Management certification, the fo...

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

Preparation of a national inventory of banks of used or unwanted controlled substances

The intention of this project is to develop an environmentally friendly model that enables the implementation of activities for handling and eliminating unwanted gases in the country.

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

FSC Aligned Certification for EUDR

The certificate is based on existing rigorous FSC standards, incorporating specific EUDR regulatory expectations around risk assessment, due diligence and supply chain transparency.

Implementation- Ongoing

More Investment Program for Irrigation II - Improvement of Traditional and Technological Irrigation (MIRIEGO II)

The program aims to sustainably increase the income of beneficiary families, through increased agricultural production and productivity, with investments in the modernization of irrigation in Bolivia....

Implementation- Ongoing

Sustainable development of the Bolivian Amazon

Support the Government of Bolivia in the development of specific studies for the preparation of sustainable development plans for the Bolivian Amazon

Implementation- Ongoing

BOLIVIA: Política plurinacional de cambio climático, promoviendo el desarrollo integral en equilibrio con la Madre Tierr...

The Plurinational Climate Change Policy (PPCC) establishes a framework for action to mitigate and adapt to climate change, promoting sustainable development in harmony with Mother Earth. The overall o...

Implementation- Ongoing

Sustainable Livestock Platform for the Americas

The objective of this TC is to create an institutional mechanism hereafter referred to as the Sustainable Livestock Platform to promote a faster and wider diffusion of clean and climate-friendly techn...

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)

Capacity building of organized agricultural producers with an emphasis on Family Farming to undertake initiatives for fo...

Partnership for improving the competitiveness of rural women in family farming in the countries of the Andean Region

Strengthening synergies for sanitary and phytosanitary management in the Andean Community

FSC Forest Management Certification

Team Europe Initiative on Deforestation-free Value Chains

Preparation of a national inventory of banks of used or unwanted controlled substances

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

FSC Aligned Certification for EUDR

More Investment Program for Irrigation II - Improvement of Traditional and Technological Irrigation (MIRIEGO II)

Sustainable development of the Bolivian Amazon

BOLIVIA: Política plurinacional de cambio climático, promoviendo el desarrollo integral en equilibrio con la Madre Tierr...

Sustainable Livestock Platform for the Americas