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ECLAC and IFAD Propose Redefining the Concept of Rurality to Improve Public Policies and Promote the Socioeconomic Development Agenda

16 January 2024 | Briefing note

(January 16, 2024) The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) propose a new approach to the concept of rurality in Mexico and Latin America with the aim of targeting public action to reduce inequalities and make progress on attaining the Sustainable Development Goals. The new rurality poses that it is necessary to overcome the traditional perspective that contrasts rural and urban areas, recognizing the existence of different degrees of rurality in territories and of greater interaction between them. At a p…

Presentation of the Study "Analysis of Agricultural Vulnerability to Climate Change in the SICA Region" for COP28

11 December 2023 | Briefing note

The Executive Secretary of the Central American Agricultural Council (SE-CAC) organized a parallel event for the presentation of the study entitled Analysis of Agricultural Vulnerability to Climate Change in the SICA region in the Pavilion of Central American Integration System (SICA) from El Salvador for 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) on December 11, 2023.…

OCTAVA REUNIÓN DE PERSONAS EXPERTAS DE LA COMUNIDAD DE PRÁCTICA SOBRE SEGUROS AGROPECUARIOS EN CENTROAMÉRICA Y LA REPÚBLICA DOMINICANA

28 September 2023 | Briefing note

The 8th Meeting of Experts of the Community of Practice on Agricultural Insurance in Central America and the Dominican Republic took place in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on September 28th and 29th of 2023 and was organized and developed by the Economic Commission of Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in coordination with the Executive Secretary of the Central American Council (SECAC) with the support of General Director´s Office of Agricultural Risk of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Dominican Republic. The meeting was carried out in person with virtual means during the two days …

Program: National and Regional Capacity Building in SICA countries on Agricultural Sustainability and Nutritional and Food Security Adapted to Climate Change

22 April 2019 | Briefing note

Regional Context SICA region countries are among the most exposed to climate phenomena in the world. Their societies, ecosystems, and production systems – especially rural areas – are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change in part because of their geography: Central American countries are located on a narrow isthmus between two continents, between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, and have long coastlines and much land at or close to sea level. Climate change and variability will continue to magnify socioeconomic vulnerabilities in the region and will increasingly infl…

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