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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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Chicken exports rise 16.5%
3.815 million tonnes of chicken meat were exported by Brazil between January and August 2026, 16.5% more than in the same period of 2025; revenue reached USD 7.543 billion.
Retail potato price rises 69.1%
69.1% was the increase in the retail price of smooth-skinned potatoes in Paraná between August and September 2026, rising from BRL 4.15 to BRL 7.01 per kilogram.
Wheat crop quality deteriorates
182 thousand hectares of wheat remained to be harvested in Paraná: 12% of the area was in poor condition, 42% in average condition, and 46% in good condition.
Production reaches 78.7 million pounds
78.7 million pounds of shrimp were produced by Honduras from January through August 2026, compared with 76 million pounds during the same period of 2025.
Loss of 13 million pounds
13 million pounds of shrimp are estimated to have been lost because of drought and high salinity, reducing the annual production target from 159 million to 146 million pounds.

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Integrated Environmental Socioeconomic Development Project (PDSEAI)

The objective of the project is to provide support for environmental management, including efforts aimed at protecting state conservation units, consolidating the rural environmental registry (CAR) an...

Implementation- Ongoing

Productive chains and short circuits: innovations in production and marketing schemes for family farming

The objective of the project was to contribute to the dissemination of production chains and short circuits as new marketing models for Family Farming in the region. Based on the characterization of t...

Completed

ESP: Estrategias y Acciones para Prevenir, Controlar y Combatir la Desertificación frente a Escenarios de Cambio Climáti...

Apoyar al Ministerio del Ambiente en la planificación e implementación de estrategias y acciones para prevenir, controlar y combatir la desertificación ante escenarios de cambio climático y consideran...

Implementation- Ongoing

Initiatives

Chicken exports rise 16.5%

Retail potato price rises 69.1%

Wheat crop quality deteriorates

Production reaches 78.7 million pounds

Loss of 13 million pounds

Integrated Environmental Socioeconomic Development Project (PDSEAI)

Productive chains and short circuits: innovations in production and marketing schemes for family farming

ESP: Estrategias y Acciones para Prevenir, Controlar y Combatir la Desertificación frente a Escenarios de Cambio Climáti...

ESP: Nova Ruralidade Brasileira: Compreensões e Implicações na Política Pública – NEAD/MDA do Brasil

ESP: Planejamento e Execução do Projeto de Desenvolvimento Sustentável do Cariri, Seridó e Curimataú (PROCASE) no Brasil

Plan of Action for the Prevention and Control of NCDs with an Agrifood Systems Approach in the Americas 2013-2019

ESP: Consolidação da Estratégia de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento dos Territórios Rurais no Brasil

ESP: Impactos a la salud y ambiente del escape de los biocombustibles

ESP: Assentamentos Sustentáveis na Amazônia

Monitoring Forest Cover in the Regional Amazon

Andean Programme to Ensure Food and Nutrition Security and Sovereignty (SSAN)

Peruvian Observatory of Productive Chains and Territory