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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 …

UN regional commissions launch policy brief on transforming food systems

22 September 2021 | Briefing note

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.…

Publication of the "Methodological Guidelines: design of actions with a water-energy-food Nexus approach for Latin American and Caribbean countries" and its training videos

8 October 2020 | Briefing note

On October 8, 2020, the document Methodological Guidelines: design of actions with a water-energy-food Nexus approach for Latin American and Caribbean countries was published, this is a practical tool that will support the countries of the region in adopting and evaluation of the Nexus in policies, plans, programs and projects in the water, energy, agriculture and environment sectors.…

First Issue Natural Resources in Latin America and the Caribbean Bulletin

1 August 2020 | Briefing note

On August 1st, 2020, the First Issue of the Natural Resources Bulletin in Latin America and the Caribbean was published, which was prepared by ECLAC's Natural Resources Division and whose objective is to disseminate progress in governance, policies, management and the use of natural resources and associated basic and ecosystem services in Latin America and the Caribbean.…

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…

Selected participants XIX - ECLAC Summer School

26 April 2018 | Briefing note

Agustin Aguilar Resendiz Alejandra Ortiz Garcia Aranxa Sanchez Beatrice Fabiani Belen Villegas Pla Benjamin Telias Carmen Natalia Zarate Montalvo Daniel Cuty Daria Vostrikova David Francisco Leon Matta Diego Hopkins Elgin Karls Federico Nastasi Fernando Villanueva Gabriela Pilay Jaramillo Giuliano Toshiro Yajima Gustavo Henrique Araruna Campos Iara Schiavi Ivette Raimunda Luna Jaroslav Kanopka Jonatan Badillo Reguera Juliana Milovich Larissa Barboza Leila Bernarda D. Gottems Leonardo Rojas Lorenzo Nalin Louisee Rodriguez Da Cruz Boari Mariana Wik Atique Milenka Paredes Natasha Perg…

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