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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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Global biodiversity hotspots
33% of global biodiversity hotspots are located in grassland regions threatened by agricultural expansion (Kan et al., 2026).
Global terrestrial carbon
Between 20% and 35% of the world's terrestrial carbon is stored in grasslands, ecosystems currently under increasing agricultural pressure (Kan et al., 2026).
Change of land use
6% of global land use change is attributed individually to countries such as Russia, India, China, and the United States (Kan et al., 2026).
Ecosystem conversion
13% of the global conversion of natural ecosystems is concentrated in Brazil, the country with the highest recorded proportion (Kan et al., 2026).
Conversion of grasslands and wetlands
The conversion of grasslands and wetlands to agriculture is progressing almost 4 times faster than deforestation worldwide (Kan et al., 2026).

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25% by 2025 reduction in the regional food bill

The implementation of the CARICOM Agri-Food Systems Strategy in member states seeks to reduce the region's large food import bill by 25% by 2025. To this end, it is planned to give special attention a...

Implementation- Ongoing

Transform Food

This is an initiative promoted by the Corporación de Fomento de la Producción de Chile and supported by the Ministry of Agriculture that, through public-private coordination and collaboration, seeks t...

Implementation- Ongoing

Enhancement of Animal Production Systems in the Andean Region

This project aimed to develop technical capacity for measuring enteric methane and nitrous oxide emissions, as well as the ability to propose strategies to mitigate their effects in typical milk produ...

Completed

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

Implementation of ionizing irradiation processes in agroindustrial chains.

Promote the use of irradiation technology in agroindustrial products of major export markets to increase their competitiveness in international markets that have strict sanitary regulation measures, b...

Implementation- Ongoing

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

Project Improvement of Income for Family, Peasant, and Indigenous Agriculture in Departments of the Eastern Region of Pa...

The main objective of the Project is to contribute to the sustainable reduction of poverty in the vulnerable rural population, increasing income in a sustainable manner by strengthening social capital...

Implementation- Ongoing

Initiatives

Global biodiversity hotspots

Global terrestrial carbon

Change of land use

Ecosystem conversion

Conversion of grasslands and wetlands

25% by 2025 reduction in the regional food bill

Transform Food

Enhancement of Animal Production Systems in the Andean Region

Opportunities and challenges of the bioeconomy (ODBio)

Implementation of ionizing irradiation processes in agroindustrial chains.

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

Project Improvement of Income for Family, Peasant, and Indigenous Agriculture in Departments of the Eastern Region of Pa...

Nanofertilizers in soil and nitrous oxide emissions

Connecting Watershed Health with Sustainable Livestock and Agroforestry Production

BELLA - Building the Europe Link to Latin America

Food security in the face of the pandemic in the Commonwealth of Northern Ecuador (MNE)

Drought tolerance of common beans in the face of climate change in the Dry Corridor in El Salvador