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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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Estimated inv. against effects of El Niño (2026)
Latin America and the Caribbean require US$33 million to take action and protect 1.1 million people from the anticipated effects of El Niño, including those related to food security. (Food and Agriculture Organization, 2026).
Availability of aquatic foods in LAC (2023)
In 2023, the average per capita availability of aquatic foods in Latin America was 10.1 kg. (Food and Agriculture Organization, 2026).
Capture of Engraulis ringens in the Pacific (2024)
After a sharp decline linked to the 2023 El Niño phenomenon, the anchovy (Engraulis ringens) recovered remarkably in 2024, with catches increasing by almost 65%, from 3.5 million tons to 5.7 million tons. (Food and Agriculture Organization, 2026).
Surplus from ex. of aquatic animal products in ALC
Latin America and the Caribbean consolidated their position as one of the world's leading net exporters of aquatic animal products, registering a trade surplus of $21 billion in 2024. (Food and Agriculture Organization, 2026).
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).

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Support for Institutional Strengthening to promote green innovation in Panama

The main objective of this project is to support institutional strengthening of the SENACYT that allows for a greater use and development of green innovation as an enabler of economic reactivation and...

Implementation- Ongoing

Hand-in-hand

Hand-in-Hand is a FAO initiative designed to accelerate the transformation of agri-food systems to meet the SDGs with more than 70 member countries.

Implementation- Ongoing

ESP: Food and health research and innovation support program

The objective of the program is to contribute to the development of scientific and technological knowledge oriented to problem solving and innovation in the area of food and human health.

Implementation- Ongoing

ProInnóvate: National Program for Technological Development and Innovation [EN]

The National Technological Development and Innovation Program (ProInnóvate) of the Ministry of Production uses non-reimbursable funds to finance innovation, productive development, innovative entrepre...

Implementation- Ongoing

Productive Development of the Amazonian Provinces through Agricultural Innovations and Differentiated Commercialization

The objective of the project is to promote innovation processes for access to differentiated markets for Amazonian production, with a focus on efficiency, good practices and sustainability.

Implementation- Ongoing

ESP: Institutional Strategic Plan ICTA

El objetivo general del Plan Estratégico Institucional 2021-2032 es establecer las principales líneas de acción de la institución en el corto, mediano y largo plazo, en coherencia con las políticas pú...

Implementation- Ongoing

Opportunities and challenges of the bioeconomy (ODBio)

Recognizing the opportunity to move to a low-carbon economy allied to sustainable development, Brazil contributed to the adoption of the Paris Climate Agreement and established national targets for th...

Implementation- Ongoing

ESP: Implementation of an Agricultural Production and Innovation Center in the Province of Los Rios in Ecuador.

The project seeks to formulate and implement a new agricultural training and innovation center for small and medium-size producers in the province, based on the reactivation of a property located in t...

Implementation- Ongoing

ESP: Program to Support Decent Employment in Guatemala

The general objective of the proposed Program is to reduce poverty in Guatemala, especially for youth and women, and its specific objective is to "increase decent employment opportunities for all, par...

Implementation- Ongoing

Sustainable Bioeconomy Companies Led by Forest-Dependent Communities

The objective is to develop a green economy that takes advantage of the full value of a permanent productive forest so that it can, with the support of new modern technologies of Industry 4.0, take ad...

Implementation- Ongoing

Digital Transformation to Fight Deforestation Colombia

The project aims to strengthen Colombia's Environmental Information System (SIAC) by improving data flow and response to environmental issues. It focuses on developing an interoperability platform to...

Completed

Rural Women's Program (PMR)

Joint program of INDAP and PRODEMU that seeks to support rural women and/or small agricultural producers from rural families to increase their income through the consolidation of economic-productive i...

Implementation- Ongoing

Initiatives

Estimated inv. against effects of El Niño (2026)

Availability of aquatic foods in LAC (2023)

Capture of Engraulis ringens in the Pacific (2024)

Surplus from ex. of aquatic animal products in ALC

Percentage of reg. fishing (LAC) in the S. Pacific

Support for Institutional Strengthening to promote green innovation in Panama

Hand-in-hand

ESP: Food and health research and innovation support program

ProInnóvate: National Program for Technological Development and Innovation [EN]

Productive Development of the Amazonian Provinces through Agricultural Innovations and Differentiated Commercialization

ESP: Institutional Strategic Plan ICTA

Opportunities and challenges of the bioeconomy (ODBio)

ESP: Implementation of an Agricultural Production and Innovation Center in the Province of Los Rios in Ecuador.

ESP: Program to Support Decent Employment in Guatemala

Sustainable Bioeconomy Companies Led by Forest-Dependent Communities

Digital Transformation to Fight Deforestation Colombia

Rural Women's Program (PMR)