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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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Smart agriculture for sustainable development in Guyana: Precision agriculture, AI and IoT

This project integrates precision agriculture, artificial intelligence, and Internet of Things technologies with climate-smart agricultural practices and bioeconomy models to improve productivity, res...

Implementation- Ongoing

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

This regional project seeks to strengthen the climate resilience and mitigation capacity of livestock systems in Latin America and the Caribbean by integrating trees and forests into traditional lives...

Implementation- Ongoing

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in potato-pasture systems in Ecuador and Peru

Regional technical cooperation project aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions in potato-pasture production systems in the Andean region of Ecuador and Peru through conservation agriculture practic...

Implementation- Ongoing

Sustainable intensification of production in Central America

Regional technical cooperation project focused on the sustainable intensification of agricultural systems in the Central American Dry Corridor through the incorporation of sorghum genotypes and other...

Implementation- Ongoing

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

(Es) (Ecuador) Support to the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE) in the Administrative A...

233 / 5 000 Support the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE) in the administrative aspects for the implementation of the "Scaling-Up Ecosystem-Based Adaptation Measures...

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

Reducing Latin American pesticide residue through biopesticides and other integrated pest control options to boost agric...

The main purpose of this project will be to mitigate pesticide residues on export food crops and facilitate agricultural trade through compliance with trade standards, and by identifying and promoting...

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)

Smart agriculture for sustainable development in Guyana: Precision agriculture, AI and IoT

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

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in potato-pasture systems in Ecuador and Peru

Sustainable intensification of production in Central America

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

(Es) (Ecuador) Support to the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE) in the Administrative A...

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

Reducing Latin American pesticide residue through biopesticides and other integrated pest control options to boost agric...

Science, Technology and Innovation to Protect the Biodiversity of the Amazon Basin

Rethinking Food Markets and Value Chains for inclusions and sustainability

Digital Innovation and Transformation

National Policies and Strategies for food, land and water systems transformation