Agriculture and rural development
The agricultural sector and rural areas reflect the heterogeneous structure of the region and the challenges of structural change. The agriculture sector’s share of GDP varies between countries from below 2% to around 20%, while extreme poverty rates range from below 1% to over 60%. The region must further diversify its rural economies, in agricultural as well as non-agricultural activities, and do so in a sustainable manner by promoting innovation with inclusion, especially of young people and women in rural areas.
Activities
Virtual Expert Group Meeting on the Assessment of sargassum value chains in Caribbean Small Island Developing States
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), subregional headquarters for the Caribbean will convene an Expert Group Meeting t...
Virtual Expert Group Meeting on Responding to Sargassum Influxes
An Expert Group Meeting to review a study titled “Responding to Sargassum Influxes through Integrative and Adaptive Natural Resources Management Appro...
II Experts Meeting of the Community of Practice in Agricultural Statistics of Mexico, Central America and the Dominican Republic
ECLAC Mexico hosted the Second Experts Meeting of the Community of Practice in Agricultural Statistics on September 10th, 2024.
Promoting Sustainable Agriculture in the Republic of Korea: Policy Framework and illustrative cases for Latin America and the Caribbean
The webinar is part of the activities of the Cooperation Agreement between the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean ...
News
ECLAC Warns that an Extreme El Niño Event Could Cause a 2% Loss in Regional GDP and Place 4.8 Million More People in Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean
ECLAC’s Special Report No. 3 emphasizes the historic magnitude of the current phenomenon and urges governments to implement ten priority policy recomm...
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 ...
Presentation of the Study "Analysis of Agricultural Vulnerability to Climate Change in the SICA Region" for COP28
The Executive Secretary of the Central American Agricultural Council (SE-CAC) organized a parallel event for the presentation of the study entitled "A...