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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...

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...