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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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Integration of production systems as a strategy for climate change mitigation and adaptation

Regional technical cooperation project aimed at strengthening the resilience and climate change mitigation capacity of livestock systems in Latin America and the Caribbean. It evaluates integration pr...

Implementation- Ongoing

Resilient and Biodiverse Landscapes of Northern Mesoamerica

The project led by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) aims to reduce poverty and promote sustainable economic development in communities that depend on critical landscapes in the Maya, Moskitia a...

Implementation- Ongoing

INTERCOM Community Interoperability Project

The objective of the project is to contribute to the implementation of the interoperability platform (INTERCOM) in the SGCAN facilities, ensuring the supply of information technology necessary to host...

Implementation- Ongoing

Regional Center for Phytosanitary Intelligence of the Andean Community (CRIFCAN)

The Regional Phytosanitary Intelligence Center project of the Andean Community seeks to strengthen pest management and prevention in the region. Its main objective is to offer support to producers and...

Implementation- Ongoing

Nitrogen optimization: Strategies to address the climate crisis in food production

Regional technical cooperation project aimed at optimizing nitrogen fertilizer use and reducing nitrous oxide emissions in agricultural systems in Chile, Argentina, Peru, Panama, and the Dominican Rep...

Implementation- Ongoing

Implementation of an early warning system for the management of potato late blight (Phytophthora infestans) as an adapta...

The project addresses the impact of climate change on agriculture, specifically on the management of potato late blight (TT), a disease caused by the pathogen Phytophthora infestans, which can cause t...

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

Processes for Strengthening the Technical Capacity for the Authorization by the Agency of Veterinary Doctors for Slaught...

The objective of this Agreement is to execute the "Courses for authorization by the Agency, of official veterinarians to perform inspection functions before and after mortem of the animals and the re-...

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

Rhizospheric cadmium (Cd) solubility reducing bioprocess (ES)

The empowerment of the Latin American market for fine flavored cocoa has been limited by the high cadmium (Cd) content in the beans. The project proposes an innovative, efficient and climate-smart bio...

Implementation- Ongoing

Formation of a genetic nucleus for the repopulation of South American camelids (alpacas) in the binational territory of...

Promote sustainable alpaca breeding in the binational territory of the Pueblo de los Pastos to strengthen cultural identity and the organization of highland communities.

Completed

Scaling up continuous improvement in organic banana for family export (BOXF).

Increase production of organic export bananas within family farming by applying continuous improvement and benchmarking, reducing losses, especially due to red spot disease, and improving soil health....

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)

Integration of production systems as a strategy for climate change mitigation and adaptation

Resilient and Biodiverse Landscapes of Northern Mesoamerica

INTERCOM Community Interoperability Project

Regional Center for Phytosanitary Intelligence of the Andean Community (CRIFCAN)

Nitrogen optimization: Strategies to address the climate crisis in food production

Implementation of an early warning system for the management of potato late blight (Phytophthora infestans) as an adapta...

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

Processes for Strengthening the Technical Capacity for the Authorization by the Agency of Veterinary Doctors for Slaught...

ESP: Geographical Indications for Mesoamerican Cocoa

Rhizospheric cadmium (Cd) solubility reducing bioprocess (ES)

Formation of a genetic nucleus for the repopulation of South American camelids (alpacas) in the binational territory of...

Scaling up continuous improvement in organic banana for family export (BOXF).