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29 April 2024 | Press Release

FAO, ECLAC, WFP and IICA: Failure to Eradicate Hunger and Malnutrition Costs More than the Cost of Solutions

According to a new special report by the agencies, the cost of inaction on hunger and food insecurity represents an average of 6.4% of the GDP of the countries studied.
6 October 2023 | Press Release

ECLAC, FAO and IICA Call for Actions to Strengthen Regional Cooperation in Order to Promote Sustainable, Inclusive and Resilient Agrifood Systems in Latin America and the Caribbean
The recommendation is made in The Outlook for Agriculture and Rural Development in the Americas 2023-2024, a report prepared by the three institutions and presented in Costa Rica during the Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of the hemisphere.
6 December 2022 | Press Release

ECLAC, FAO and WFP Call for Strengthening Agricultural Production and Social Protection Systems to Meet the Challenge of Combating Food Insecurity
In a new joint report, the three UN system organizations warn that the war in Ukraine, along with successive crises at an international level, jeopardize Latin America and the Caribbean’s access to food and key inputs for regional agriculture.
Announcement policy brief on food security
1 December 2022 | Announcement

ECLAC, FAO and WFP Will Launch Joint Report on Food Security in Latin America and the Caribbean
The new policy brief will be unveiled at a press conference next Tuesday, December 6, at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
Foto evento paralelo FAO-CEPAL en el Foro de Desarrollo Sostenible 2021
17 March 2021 | News

UN Agencies and Experts Call on Latin America and the Caribbean to Unite Visions Ahead of Food Systems Summit
At a side event to the Forum of the Countries on Sustainable Development 2021, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, urged the region to act with a single voice to promote healthier, more sustainable and more equitable food systems.
16 June 2020 | Press Release

FAO and ECLAC: Millions of People May Slide into Extreme Poverty and Hunger in 2020 in Latin America and the Caribbean due to the Pandemic’s Impact
New joint report proposes ten measures to prevent the current health crisis from becoming a food crisis.
Imaagen de una finca cafetera en Costa Rica.
24 de August de 2015 | Announcement

Seminario en CEPAL abordará soluciones ante los retos que plantea el cambio climático para la agricultura
El encuentro se celebrará los días 26 y 27 de agosto y se centrará en los temas de adaptación y mitigación, seguridad alimentaria y financiamiento.
17 June 2015 | Statement

World Day to Combat Desertification
"In 10 years, two out of every three people in the world could be living under stressed water conditions", UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warns.
10 March 2015 | Speech

Opening of the seminar to support the CELAC Plan for Food and Nutrition Security and the Eradication of Hunger 2025

Remarks by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC.
26 September 2013 | Press Release

Family Farming Has a Key Role in Food Security in Latin America and the Caribbean
The three agencies presented an annual report on agriculture in the region at the 2013 Meeting of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas in Buenos Aires.
2 de September de 2013 | Speech

Seminario Internacional Agricultura familiar y circuitos cortos: nuevos esquemas de producción, comercialización y nutrición
Por Antonio Prado, Secretario Ejecutivo Adjunto de la CEPAL
5 June 2013 | Statement

World Environment Day
"One way to narrow the hunger gap and improve the well-being of the most vulnerable is to address the massive loss and waste inherent in today's food systems", says the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon.
31 de July de 2012 | Press Release

FAO y CEPAL celebran Año Internacional de las Cooperativas junto a 250 agricultores chilenos y líderes mutualistas de América Latina
Con la realización de este evento, las instituciones de Naciones Unidas buscan promover la discusión sobre la importancia de las políticas públicas para el progreso y desarrollo del cooperativismo en la región.
22 March 2012 | Statement

World Water Day
"Unless we increase our capacity to use water wisely in agriculture, we will fail to end hunger", says the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon.
23 de November de 2011 | Speech

Segundo Seminario Regional "Agricultura y cambio climático: del diagnóstico a la práctica"
Por Antonio Prado, Secretario Ejecutivo Adjunto de la CEPAL