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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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Digitalization of Agri-Food Chains in Two Countries of the Region Through Blockchain in the Face of Post-Covid-19 Challe...

The project is the result of the non-reimbursable Technical Cooperation Agreement between the Andean Development Corporation (CAF) and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA...

Completed

National Service of Agricultural Health and Food Safety (SENASA) in Honduras.

The National Service of Agricultural Health and Food Safety (SENASA) is responsible for certifying agro-sanitary and food safety processes. It plans, regulates, implements, and supervises sanitary and...

Implementation- Ongoing

National System for Research and Transfer of Agricultural Technology SNITTIA (DICTA Honduras)

The Program of the National System for Research and Transfer of Agricultural Technology develops technologies, methodologies and technical recommendations that govern research for the generation of ag...

Implementation- Ongoing

Characterization, evaluation and in vitro conservation of agamic and fruit species.

The project aims to address four major issues: breeding, conservation, valorization and production of national and introduced germplasm. In response to each of them, the following activities were plan...

Implementation- Ongoing

Genetic resources of high sanitary quality, as an alternative for the sustainable development of fruit growing.

This is a project whose purpose is to contribute to the development of national fruit production, allowing increases in the levels of productivity, profitability and sustainability of the crop. To thi...

Implementation- Ongoing

Research and innovation of agroecological pest management in horticultural systems in the Ngäbe Buglé region.

The project aims to evaluate, validate and adapt technologies generated by IDIAP in a participatory manner, under the agro-climatic conditions of the region, as an innovative alternative; and this wil...

Implementation- Ongoing

Improvement of Creole orange (Citrus sinensis) for resistance to Huanglongbing.

The purpose of the project is to contribute to the improvement of Panamanian citriculture through the development of genotypes resistant and/or tolerant to the bacterium that causes Huanglongbing (HLB...

Implementation- Ongoing

Research - innovation in the formulation of biopesticides with native strains of entomopathogenic fungi for vegetable pe...

This project is oriented to the search for bioinsecticide formulations, based on entomopathogenic fungi that were collected, isolated, purified, morphologically and genetically characterized, as natu...

Implementation- Ongoing

Research-innovation for vegetable production in the Arco Seco region

This project aims to contribute to the improvement of production systems with agro-technologies developed through the project aligned with the demand and aspirations of producers in the areas of irrig...

Implementation- Ongoing

Forest Protection and Health (National Institute for Forest Conservation and Development of Honduras (2021-2023)

The Department of Forest Health is an instance within the ICF, attached to the Sub-Directorate of Protected Areas and Wildlife. It was created considering the importance of having a department within...

Implementation- Ongoing

Strengthening of the Agency's System of Certification, Control, Surveillance, Technical and Analytical Capacity to Safeg...

The project seeks to establish a technical cooperation process to strengthen the Agency's certification, control and surveillance system and its technical and analytical capacity to safeguard the phyt...

Implementation- Ongoing

Recovery of basic grains and coffee production in the municipalities affected by the 2018 drought in El Salvador.

Through the delivery of agricultural packages, coffee plants and food to agricultural producers, we aim to contribute to the recovery of the production of basic grains and coffee through the delivery...

Completed

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)

Digitalization of Agri-Food Chains in Two Countries of the Region Through Blockchain in the Face of Post-Covid-19 Challe...

National Service of Agricultural Health and Food Safety (SENASA) in Honduras.

National System for Research and Transfer of Agricultural Technology SNITTIA (DICTA Honduras)

Characterization, evaluation and in vitro conservation of agamic and fruit species.

Genetic resources of high sanitary quality, as an alternative for the sustainable development of fruit growing.

Research and innovation of agroecological pest management in horticultural systems in the Ngäbe Buglé region.

Improvement of Creole orange (Citrus sinensis) for resistance to Huanglongbing.

Research - innovation in the formulation of biopesticides with native strains of entomopathogenic fungi for vegetable pe...

Research-innovation for vegetable production in the Arco Seco region

Forest Protection and Health (National Institute for Forest Conservation and Development of Honduras (2021-2023)

Strengthening of the Agency's System of Certification, Control, Surveillance, Technical and Analytical Capacity to Safeg...

Recovery of basic grains and coffee production in the municipalities affected by the 2018 drought in El Salvador.