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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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Satellite monitoring of the quantity and quality of biomass available in pastoral livestock systems in LAC

Regional technical cooperation in Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica and Uruguay to develop, validate and transfer satellite and digital tools for real-time estimation of forage biomass quantity and qual...

Completed

Vision of Adapted Crops and Soils Program (VACS)

The Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils (VACS) is a program focused on strengthening the resilience of food systems. Its goal is to improve agricultural productivity and nutrition through the developme...

Implementation- Ongoing

Implementation of Circular Business Models, Cleaner Production and Circular Economy Policies in Ecuador

Project of Ecuador's Ministry of Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries aimed at promoting sustainable industrial development and supporting the transition from a linear economy to a circ...

Completed

Capacity Building in the Use of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in Rural Communities of Bolivia, Colombia, Costa...

Technical cooperation project funded by AECID and implemented by IICA in partnership with the Biomatec Foundation, within the ARAUCLIMA Programme of Spanish cooperation (short name: Rural Energy). It...

Completed

Encouraging more sustainable consumption and production patterns through EcoAdvance

Regional project that promotes more sustainable consumption and production patterns in Latin America and the Caribbean by supporting Type I eco-labels and climate-sensitive sustainable public procurem...

Implementation- Ongoing

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

Regional technical cooperation project to optimize nitrogen fertilizer use and reduce nitrous oxide emissions in cropping and pasture systems in Chile, Argentina, Peru, Panama and the Dominican Republ...

Completed

Green Climate Financing Facility for Local Financial Institutions in Latin-America

Regional climate mitigation programme that channels green credit lines to local financial institutions in Chile, Ecuador, Panama and Peru to finance MSME projects in renewable energy, energy efficienc...

Implementation- Ongoing

GU-T1328 : Long-term decarbonization strategy Guatemala

Support Guatemala in the process of decarbonization of its economy through the creation of a Long Term Decarbonization Strategy (LTS), aligned with the UNFCCC decarbonization goals for 2050, based on...

Implementation- Ongoing

Support Women's Sustainable Livelihoods Through Training and Inclusion in the Mushroom Industry in St. Lucia: Where Wome...

Support sustainable livelihoods for women and youth through training and inclusion in the mushroom industry for the insertion of an agricultural market that provides inputs for sustainable production...

Completed

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

Satellite monitoring of the quantity and quality of biomass available in pastoral livestock systems in LAC

Vision of Adapted Crops and Soils Program (VACS)

Implementation of Circular Business Models, Cleaner Production and Circular Economy Policies in Ecuador

Capacity Building in the Use of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in Rural Communities of Bolivia, Colombia, Costa...

Encouraging more sustainable consumption and production patterns through EcoAdvance

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

Green Climate Financing Facility for Local Financial Institutions in Latin-America

GU-T1328 : Long-term decarbonization strategy Guatemala

Support Women's Sustainable Livelihoods Through Training and Inclusion in the Mushroom Industry in St. Lucia: Where Wome...

Adoption of agroecological practices and carbon footprint in the Uruguayan agricultural sector

Agroecological Path Program

Proposal for Sustainable Paraguayan Livestock