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The First Meeting of Experts of the Community of Practice on Agricultural Statistics in Central America and the Dominican Republic took place via virtual mode on the 11th and 12th of May 2023.…
The UN World Food Systems Summit (FSS) 2021 aims to deliver healthier, more sustainable, and inclusive food systems and to progress globally across all the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This report was prepared to provide harmonized pathways and game changing solutions to overcome common and regional challenges that limit the transformation of the food system into an inclusive, healthy, sustainable, and resilient systems.…
How can the Nexus perspective help to find synergies between the water, agriculture and energy sector and mitigate potential risks for a sustainable water basin management? The third Regional Virtual Forum of Nexus in Latin America and Caribbean was dedicated to shed light on that by bringing together expert panelists from Latin America and Europe and more than 80 participants from over 70 organizations, including public sector, private sector, academia, and civil society.…
Coffee cultivation is especially vulnerable to extreme climate events and unexpected changes in climate patterns. Although precipitation variability is characteristic of the Dominican Republic, in recent years extreme changes in rain and progressive temperature rise have been observed, triggering direct and indirect effects on coffee cultivation. Aware of the importance of adopting responsive measures before climate change in the coffee sector, INDOCAFE, CNCCMDL, and the Ministry of Agriculture of the Dominican Republic agreed to carry out an analysis with ECLAC on the potential impacts of cli…
“Climate Change and Food and Nutrition Security in Central America and the Dominican Republic: Methodological Proposals” was published in the ECLAC repository. This document is based on the recommendations from the work group from the expert meeting on food and nutrition security challenges and opportunities in countries from the Central American Integration System (SICA) organized by the Executive Secretariat of the Central American Agricultural Council (SE-CAC), ECLAC, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Regional Food and Nutrition Security Program for Central …
Breast milk is the best food for infants. The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF recommend exclusive breastfeeding from the first hour of life until at least 6 months of age.…
At the invitation of the European Commission's Directorate General for Development and Cooperation (DG DEVCO), the Natural Resources and Infrastructure Division (NRID) collaborated in the 2nd Nexus Dialogues Programme Executive Committee Meeting and Partners Meeting (Brussels, Belgium, 1-2 March 2018). The first day of meeting brought together implementing and regional partners involved in the project activities as well as donors in order to discuss about the developments of the Nexus Regional Dialogues Programme in 2017 and steer the activities for 2018 and beyond. The second day was open als…
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