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Community alert prevented deaths
19 people, mostly women farmers, operate the Community Hydroclimatic Monitoring Network in southern Ahuachapán, El Salvador; during Tropical Storm Julia, an alert issued after more than six hours of rain enabled vulnerable families to evacuate two h... -
Only 6% of budgets prevent future risks
83% of disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean are related to climate hazards, but only 6% of the regional risk-management budget is allocated to preventing future risks and 16% to reducing existing risks. -
1.7 million disaster displacements
1.7 million new internal displacements caused by disasters were recorded in 2024 in Brazil, Cuba, Colombia, Haiti and Ecuador alone, according to the 2025 Global Report on Internal Displacement cited by the source.
Technical assistance to producers
Technical assistance focuses on transferring technical knowledge to rural communities in a linear manner, but if it is a more comprehensive process, it should be classified as Technical Extension (www.agronet.gov.co/Noticias/Paginas/La-extensi%C3%B3n-agropecuaria-una-herramienta-fundamental-en-el-desarrollo-rural-colombiano.aspx)
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Community alert prevented deaths
19 people, mostly women farmers, operate the Community Hydroclimatic Monitoring Network in southern Ahuachapán, El Salvador; during Tropical Storm Julia, an alert issued after more than six hours of rain enabled vulnerable families to evacuate two hours before the rivers overflowed, with no loss of life.
Only 6% of budgets prevent future risks
83% of disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean are related to climate hazards, but only 6% of the regional risk-management budget is allocated to preventing future risks and 16% to reducing existing risks.
1.7 million disaster displacements
1.7 million new internal displacements caused by disasters were recorded in 2024 in Brazil, Cuba, Colombia, Haiti and Ecuador alone, according to the 2025 Global Report on Internal Displacement cited by the source.
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Climate Change Resilience in the Caribbean Fisheries Sector (CC4FISH-II)
Regional project designed to strengthen climate change and disaster adaptation and resilience in the fisheries sectors of Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago. The initiative will benefit more than 21,800 people, including small-scale fisherfolk, boat owners, processors, vendors, traders and coastal communities, with particular attention to women and youth. Interventions include climate-resilient fishing vessels and infrastructure, restoration and monitoring of coral reefs, mangroves and seagrass beds, integration of climate adaptation and disaster risk management into fisheries planning, access to insurance and financial services, training, technology and regional dissemination of good practices.
Climate-Smart Livestock in Ecuador: A Strategic Partnership between FAO and the Private Sector
Pilot project implemented in Cayambe, Pichincha Province, to strengthen the capacities of technicians and family livestock producers in Climate-Smart Livestock. The intervention adapted and validated participatory tools, identified good livestock practices, improved digital data collection and analysis, and estimated greenhouse gas emissions using tools such as ODK and GLEAM-R. It was developed by Ecuadorian public institutions, FAO, GEF, and the company El Ordeño.
Peru: Budget Program 0121 - Improving Small Agricultural Producers' Access to Markets
Budget Program 0121 seeks to improve the integration of small and medium-sized agricultural producers into markets and address their limited market access. Created in 2014, it contributes to productivity, competitiveness, sustainability, inclusion, and food security in Peru. MIDAGRI's General Directorate for Agricultural and Agroecological Development is the technical entity responsible for the program.
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Bolivia: Law No. 938 on Sustainable Fishing and Aquaculture
Law No. 938 regulates, promotes, encourages, and administers the use of fisheries and aquaculture resources within Bolivia, with the purpose of supporting the comprehensive and sustainable development of fisheries and aquaculture. The law declares these activities to be of social and strategic interest for food security and food sovereignty, defines the responsibilities of the competent institutions, and provides for regulation, licensing, supervision, institutional coordination, training, technical assistance, technology transfer, and research.
Executive Decree No. PCM-016-2026: Declaration of a State of Emergency Due to Meteorological Drought in 75 Municipalities
Honduran Executive Decree declaring a 120-day state of emergency in 75 municipalities of Choluteca, Comayagua, El Paraíso, Francisco Morazán, La Paz and Valle affected by El Niño, meteorological drought and water deficits. It orders COPECO, SAG and the institutions of the Interinstitutional Technical Committee to implement the Comprehensive Drought Management Plan through prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response and capacity-building measures. It authorizes the reallocation of public resources, the mobilization of international cooperation and direct contracting to address water, sanitation, agricultural production, food security, health and nutrition needs.
Productive Diversification Initiative for Rice Farmers in Berbice
The Government of Guyana is promoting productive diversification among rice farmers in Region Six, particularly in Black Bush Polder, to improve farmers' incomes and reduce their dependence on rice cultivation amid fluctuations in the global rice market. The Ministry of Agriculture, together with the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) and the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI), is encouraging farmers to diversify into coconut cultivation, high-value crops, aquaculture, shade-house farming and integrated farming systems while providing technical support. The initiative is also linked to government efforts to introduce improved rice varieties that are better able to withstand changing weather conditions and provide higher yields.
Good practices
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Rural Enterprise and Agricultural Development Project (READ)
Project implemented in six regions of Guyana to improve the social and economic conditions of poor rural households, especially small-scale producers and vulnerable groups. READ expanded access to financial services and strengthened enterprise and market development, technical assistance, extension and training. The target group comprised 5,200 rural households, equivalent to about 20,800 people, with particular attention to woman-headed households, youth, Amerindian communities, non-traditional crop farmers and operators of rural micro and small enterprises. The Ministry of Agriculture was the executing agency and IFAD provided both loan and grant financing.
Buen Vivir in Rural Territories Programme
The programme aims to improve food security and livelihoods of food-insecure rural households in poverty, largely dependent on small-scale agriculture and vulnerable to climate change. It promotes an endogenous territorial development model centred on family-scale agroecological production, organizational and community capacity strengthening, and investment in territorial economic initiatives. It supports the implementation of national food sovereignty policy within a complementarity framework across government levels, with attention to sustainable water and natural resource management.
Second Rural Productive Partnerships Project - Colombia
The project strengthened productive alliances between smallholder rural producer organizations and private agribusiness buyers through subproject financing combining technical assistance, productive asset investment, and business development training to improve market access. Its objective was to increase rural competitiveness and agricultural entrepreneurship in poor rural communities through a demand-driven scheme anchored in private sector engagement. The project incorporated explicit inclusion mechanisms targeting women, indigenous communities, and Afro-Colombians within agricultural value chains.
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