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El Niño and the Resilience of Agrifood Systems

El Niño and the Resilience of Agrifood Systems

A space to anticipate, understand, and act in response to one of the most influential climate phenomena affecting agrifood systems in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Measures against Foc TR4 – IICA Musaceae Network

Measures against Foc TR4 – IICA Musaceae Network

The Musaceae family, which includes bananas, plantains, and bluggoes, plays a key role in the economic, social, and nutritional development of Latin American and Caribbean. In 2024, the region accounted for 56% of the total bananas and plantains (fre...

Policy alternatives to the fertilizer crisis

Policy alternatives to the fertilizer crisis

? Dialogue Room: Policies for the Fertilizer CrisisA space to analyze, dialogue, and act on one of the key challenges facing agrifood systems.Here, evidence, experiences, and ideas come together to promote the efficient and sustainable use of fertili...

Family farming linked to competitive markets. Public food procurement, valuation of origin-related attributes, productive alliances.

Family farming linked to competitive markets. Public food procurement, valuation of origin-related attributes, productive alliances.

This dialogue forum enables the sharing of knowledge on initiatives that link small-scale agriculture and rural MSMEs with public food procurement, as well as their integration with various actors along value chains—primarily through commercial partn...

Bioeconomía: Principios y Herramientas para un Futuro Sostenible [ES]

Bioeconomía: Principios y Herramientas para un Futuro Sostenible [ES]

Este espacio estará diseñado para compartir y analizar herramientas de sensibilización, diseño, gestión y evaluación de estrategias de bioeconomía, así como los principios rectores que guían el desarrollo de las bioeconomías en América Latina y el Ca...

Promotion and Development of Bioinputs

Promotion and Development of Bioinputs

Welcome to the dialogue room dedicated to the Promotion and Development of Bioinputs in the Pan American region, a space where different actors from the Bioinputs subsector converge to exchange knowledge and establish collaborations in order to advan...

Inserción financiera e inversiones de impacto para la agricultura familiar y las MIPYMES rurales

Inserción financiera e inversiones de impacto para la agricultura familiar y las MIPYMES rurales

Family farming in the Americas plays a key role in food security, the revitalization of rural economies, and poverty reduction. Its capacity to absorb family labor, generate employment, added value, and well-being in rural territories, among other co...

Responses of technical assistance and rural extension to the challenges of competitive sustainability in family farming and rural MSMEs.

Responses of technical assistance and rural extension to the challenges of competitive sustainability in family farming and rural MSMEs.

Technical assistance and rural extension are key drivers of sustainable development, innovation, and economic inclusion for family farming and rural MSMEs.The use of appropriate technologies, digital strategies, and innovative approaches in these ser...

Towards a New Generation of Public Policies for Agri-food Systems in the Americas

Towards a New Generation of Public Policies for Agri-food Systems in the Americas

In the face of a changing and challenging global context—including geopolitical changes, more extreme and frequent climatic phenomena, and major technological transformations—coupled with the growing complexity and expansion of demands on agri-food s...

Public Policy Frameworks on Deforestation and Biodiversity Conservation

Public Policy Frameworks on Deforestation and Biodiversity Conservation

Forest and biodiversity conservation represent one of the most urgent challenges of our time in Latin America and the Caribbean, a region that is home to six of the 17 most megadiverse countries on the planet and provides approximately $24 trillion a...

European Union Regulation on Deforestation (EUDR): Challenges and solutions to deforestation

European Union Regulation on Deforestation (EUDR): Challenges and solutions to deforestation

The Regulation (2023/1115) on the placing on the Union market and export from the Union of certain commodities and products associated with deforestation and forest degradation, from now on EUDR, was adopted by the European Union (EU) Parliament on A...