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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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Programa MELYT Mujeres Economía Local y Territorios. Mujeres empoderadas en territorios dinámicos (EN)

The NGO Heifer Ecuador, in alliance with the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, implements the initiative “Agroecological Routes,” which aims to promote direct marketing channels for agroecologica...

She feeds the world

The She Feeds the World initiative aims to improve the food security and nutrition of poor rural households, with a strong emphasis on small-scale women producers. She Feeds the World is based on an i...

Implementation- Ongoing

Kuña Katupyry Credit Line

Credit Line for Entrepreneurial Women aimed at rural women farmers.

Completed

Improvement of the Competitiveness of the Organic Banana Value Chain in the Regions of Piura and La Libertad

The project aimed to enhance the competitiveness of the organic banana value chain in Piura and La Libertad by promoting technological innovations, organizational strengthening, and institutional coor...

Completed

Food and Nutritional Security for Children and Salvadoran Households (SANNHOS)

The SANNHOS program is a joint United Nations initiative that seeks to strengthen food and nutritional security in El Salvador, focusing on three municipalities in the Chalatenango department. The pro...

Completed

Inclusive Paraguay Project (PPI) - Family Farming Inclusion in Value Chains Project

The main objective of the project is to contribute to increasing the income and quality of life of family farmers and the rural poor through their inclusion in value chains, on a sustainable basis and...

Completed

Sustainable Colombian Livestock Project - Additional Financing Critical Deforestation Zone Meta

The project seeks to promote the adoption of environmentally friendly livestock production systems to improve natural resource management, increase environmental services and raise productivity on par...

Completed

Solidarity Communities

Solidarity Communities is an intervention that seeks to provide comprehensive care to families and people facing higher levels of poverty and social exclusion in urban and rural areas of the country....

Implementation- Ongoing

Rural Development and Agricultural Productivity Fund

The Rural Development and Agricultural Productivity Fund was created to promote the comprehensive and equitable development of rural areas, ensuring food security and the growth of the agricultural se...

Completed

Improving the Quality of Life of Rural Communities in Four Latin American and Caribbean Countries Through Technological...

The project aimed to improve the living conditions of plantain-producing rural communities in four Latin American and Caribbean countries through the introduction, validation, and adoption of technolo...

Completed

Rural Development and Modernization Project for the Eastern Region

The Rural Development and Modernization Project for the Eastern Region (PRODEMORO) aims to reduce rural poverty in the departments of La Unión, Morazán, San Miguel and Usulután through strategies for...

Completed

National Union of Family Agriculture and Solidarity Economy Cooperatives (UNICAFÉS), part of the National Union of Solid...

UNICAFÉS is recognized as a representative tool for cooperative solidarity, which encompasses various categories, such as family farming, traditional communities, and agrarian reform settlements, amon...

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)

Programa MELYT Mujeres Economía Local y Territorios. Mujeres empoderadas en territorios dinámicos (EN)

She feeds the world

Kuña Katupyry Credit Line

Improvement of the Competitiveness of the Organic Banana Value Chain in the Regions of Piura and La Libertad

Food and Nutritional Security for Children and Salvadoran Households (SANNHOS)

Inclusive Paraguay Project (PPI) - Family Farming Inclusion in Value Chains Project

Sustainable Colombian Livestock Project - Additional Financing Critical Deforestation Zone Meta

Solidarity Communities

Rural Development and Agricultural Productivity Fund

Improving the Quality of Life of Rural Communities in Four Latin American and Caribbean Countries Through Technological...

Rural Development and Modernization Project for the Eastern Region

National Union of Family Agriculture and Solidarity Economy Cooperatives (UNICAFÉS), part of the National Union of Solid...