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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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Crop prices rise 13% in Q3 2026
13% was the increase in the Bloomberg Agriculture Spot Index in the July-September 2026 quarter, its largest quarterly gain since March 2022; the source links the rise to Black Sea tensions and extreme weather and notes a strengthening El Nino threat...
3 countries with high agricultural impact
3 countries showed a high level of agricultural drought impact in the territorial units reported by GDACS: El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua.
10 countries affected by drought
10 countries were identified by GDACS as affected by the Central America-2026 drought episode: The Bahamas, Belize, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Mexico, Nicaragua and El Salvador.
840,372 km² under agricultural drought
840,372 km² were experiencing medium agricultural drought impact in the GDACS Central America-2026 episode as of September 29, 2026.
1.33% of area in exceptional drought
1.33% of the area of the United States and Puerto Rico was in exceptional drought (D4), the highest-intensity category of the U.S. Drought Monitor, based on data valid as of September 29, 2026.

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Program for Food Security and Nutrition Affairs in Guatemala

This program is responsible for coordinating food and nutritional security actions with the institutions that make up the National Food and Nutritional Security System (SINASAN) to promote food and nu...

Implementation- Ongoing

Mitigate+: Low Emissions Food Systems

The CGIAR Low Emissions Food Systems Initiative, also known as Mitigate+, works closely with key stakeholders in target countries so that they are equipped with the knowledge, information and tools th...

Completed

Digital Economy in Latin America and the Caribbean Observatory

As the adoption of digital technologies permeates the economic and social fabric, digitization becomes an essential element for developing countries. The main objective of this project is to develop n...

Implementation- Ongoing

Ecuador: Territorial Economic Empowerment for the Indigenous, Afro-Ecuadorians and Montubian Peoples and Nationalities (...

The Project for Strengthening Community Economies in the Territories of Indigenous Peoples and Nationalities, Afro-Ecuadorians and Montubians, known in Ecuador as PROFECPIAM and identified by the Worl...

Implementation- Ongoing

Strengthening mechanisms for supporting rural and peasant women to overcome gender and socioeconomic gaps

The project aims to strengthen support mechanisms for rural women to overcome gender and socioeconomic gaps through the reinforcement of guidelines for including a gender perspective in policies, prog...

Implementation- Ongoing

ESP: Institutional Diagnosis for the Implementation of the Institutional Modernization of the Ministry of Agriculture an...

Strengthen the institutional capacities of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock.

Implementation- Ongoing

Strengthening the sanitary, phytosanitary, and food safety status of the agricultural sector at the national level

The objective of the project is to promote the strengthening of sanitary policy and the sanitary status of Colombia’s agricultural and forestry sector, in order to ensure the health of animals and pla...

Implementation- Ongoing

Strengthening the design, monitoring, and evaluation of public policies for agricultural development

The project aims to strengthen the formulation, monitoring, and evaluation of public policies for agricultural development in a coordinated manner

Implementation- Ongoing

Construction and strengthening of income generation policies and enhancement of productive capacities to enable national...

The project aims to develop activities related to the structuring and strengthening of policies, guidelines, and instruments for income generation and the enhancement of productive capacities in agric...

Implementation- Ongoing

Initiatives

Crop prices rise 13% in Q3 2026

3 countries with high agricultural impact

10 countries affected by drought

840,372 km² under agricultural drought

1.33% of area in exceptional drought

Program for Food Security and Nutrition Affairs in Guatemala

Mitigate+: Low Emissions Food Systems

Digital Economy in Latin America and the Caribbean Observatory

Ecuador: Territorial Economic Empowerment for the Indigenous, Afro-Ecuadorians and Montubian Peoples and Nationalities (...

Strengthening mechanisms for supporting rural and peasant women to overcome gender and socioeconomic gaps

ESP: Institutional Diagnosis for the Implementation of the Institutional Modernization of the Ministry of Agriculture an...

Strengthening the sanitary, phytosanitary, and food safety status of the agricultural sector at the national level

Strengthening the design, monitoring, and evaluation of public policies for agricultural development

Construction and strengthening of income generation policies and enhancement of productive capacities to enable national...

Sustainable Landscapes of the Amazon Program

Ecuador REDD+ Action Plan "Forests for Good Living" (2016-2025)

Nicaraguan Dry Corridor Rural Family Sustainable Development Project