Grupo de gobernanza conformado por representantes de alto nivel de los ministerios de agricultura y ONEs de los países SICA.…
Resultados Estudios técnicos que respalden el diseño de seguros agropecuarios y medidas de gestión integral de riesgos, adaptados a las condiciones de los riesgos climáticos para los pequeños y medianos productores rurales. Estudios de factibilidad para la provisión de seguros agropecuarios por parte de las instituciones microfinancieras dadas las vulnerabilidades y amenazas que enfrentan los pequeños y medianos productores rurales. Talleres nacionales y/o subregionales para discutir los hallazgos y trabajar en recomendaciones iniciales de política pública para el diseño de medidas de gestión…
Objective: To contribute with its partners to the design, execution, and monitoring of public policies that promote sustainable and inclusive development in the agricultural sector, rural areas, and the food and nutritional system, with special attention to comprehensive risk management, food and nutritional security, and sustainable agriculture-adapted climate change. The following Sustainable Development Goals stand out in the work carried out by this unit: Main Partners: Ministries of Agriculture, the Central American Council of Agriculture (CAC) and its Executive Secretariat within the C…
Julie Lennox Julie Lennox is the Chief of the Agriculture Unit and Focal Point of Climate Change in ECLAC’s subregional headquarters in Mexico. She coordinates “The Economics of Climate Change in Central America and the Dominican Republic” initiative which works with the fiscal, agriculture, health, environment, and energy sectors and institutions of SICA countries. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Latin American studies from McGill University, Canada as well as two Master’s degrees: one in Food Systems, and another in Organizational Management, both with an ecological and solidarity focus fro…
La importancia del sector agrícola en la región se puede observar, entre otros aspectos, a través de su vínculo con otros sectores de la economía y por su importancia en la participación del Producto Interno Bruto de la región. En este sentido, la CEPAL, en el marco del Programa EUROCLIMA, llevó a cabo el viernes 9 de junio a las 10:00 (hora de Chile) una sesión en la plataforma webex, donde se presentaron los resultados del estudio “Cambio climático y actividades agropecuarias en América Latina”.…
The Subregional Headquarters in Mexico of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Executive Secretariat of the Central American Agricultural Council (SE-CAC), Secretary General of the Central American Integration System (SG-SICA), Executive Secretariat of Agricultural Sectoral Planning of Costa Rica (SEPSA), and the Costa Rica Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock organized a seminar on agricultural insurance and comprehensive risk management in the subregion. Attendees included delegates from the Grupo Técnico de Cambio Climático y Gestión Integral de Riesgos (GTC…
La Sede Subregional en México de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), la Secretaría Ejecutiva del Consejo Agropecuario Centroamericano (SE-CAC), Secretaría General del Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana (SG-SICA), Secretaría Ejecutiva de Planificación Sectorial Agropecuaria de Costa Rica (SEPSA), y el Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería de Costa Rica (MAG) organizaron conjuntamente un seminario sobre seguros agropecuario y gestión integral de riesgos en la subregión. Asistentes incluyeron los delegados al Grupo Técnico de Cambio Climático y Gestión Integral d…
Climate change is undermining food security and nutrition, maintaining persons in poverty and inequality traps, threatening forest and water resources, biodiversity, sanitation and water quality. This is why the results of the Paris Treaty are closely related to sustainable development goals (SDGs) of zero hunger, sustainable agriculture, health, wellness, and clean water (SDG 2, 3, 6). Likewise, the SDGs relevant to energy, economic growth, employment, industry and infrastructure, resilient cities and societies, and biodiversity (SDG 7, 8, 9, 11, 15) imply various measures that will contribut…
El cambio climático está socavando la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional (SAN), manteniendo a las personas en trampas de pobreza e inequidad y amenazando los recursos forestales, hídricos, la biodiversidad, el saneamiento y la calidad del agua. Es por ello que los resultados del Acuerdo de París están estrechamente relacionados con los Objetivos de lograr el hambre cero, agricultura sostenible, salud y bienestar y agua limpia (ODS 2, 3, 6). De igual manera, los ODS relativos a la energía, crecimiento económico, empleo, industria e infraestructura, sociedades y ciudades resilientes y biodivers…
The Dominican Republic has found itself exposed to more frequent droughts and flooding in recent years, along with higher temperatures and various hurricanes, placing numerous Dominican families in greater vulnerability. Climate change represents a threat to food security and nutrition, living conditions, and rural population incomes because it affects agricultural activity, including basic foods and exports such as coffee. Thus, the challenge is to transition to more sustainable and inclusive agriculture to protect both the farm-based rural poor, as well as city-based food consumers. Th…
República Dominicana se ha visto expuesta a sequías e inundaciones más recurrentes en los últimos años, además de alza de temperaturas y diversos huracanes, colocando a numerosas familias dominicanas en mayor vulnerabilidad. El cambio climático representa una amenaza para la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional, las condiciones de vida y el ingreso de la población rural, ya que afecta a la actividad agrícola, incluyendo los alimentos básicos y productos de exportación como el café. Así, el reto es transitar hacia una agricultura más sostenible e incluyente para proteger a la población pobre del…
Within the scope of the project, The Economics of Climate Change in Central America and the Dominican Republic, launched by ECLAC from 2015 to 2017, and as a result of the dialogue between the Executive Secretariat of the Council of Treasury or Finance Ministers of Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic (SE-COSEFIN) and ECLAC, the Executive Secretary of COSEFIN gave a presentation in meeting VI of the project’s Regional Technical Committee (CTR), a series of regional efforts was proposed to strengthen capabilities and analysis to increase the resilience of public investments in th…
En el marco de la Proyecto de economía de cambio climático para Centroamérica y la República Dominicana impulsado por la CEPAL en México entre 2015 y 2017, y como resultado del diálogo entre la SE-COSEFIN y la CEPAL, el Secretario Ejecutivo de COSEFIN presentó en la VI reunión del Comité Técnico Regional (CTR) del Proyecto, se propusieron una serie de actividades regionales para el fortalecimiento de las capacidades y el análisis en torno a aumentar la robustez de las inversiones públicas ante riesgos climáticos, orientados a la sostenibilidad fiscal y ambiental de los países de la subregión. …
According to the State of Food Security and Nutrition from FAO, WFP, and IFDA, Mexico and Central America have shown a trend towards hunger reduction. The region has achieved a decline in hunger from 12,6 million to 11,4 million persons from 1990 to 1992, according to the initial 2014-2016 estimate. This represents a decline in persons affected by hunger from 10,7% to 6,6% of the population in the timeframe of the analysis. In terms of fulfilling Millennium Development Goal 1C, the region has achieved 77% fulfillment (between 1990 and 2015 the proportion of people who suffer from hunger has be…
De acuerdo con el Estado de la Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional (SAN) 2015 de la FAO, el FIDA y el PMA, México y Centroamérica han presentado una tendencia hacia la reducción del hambre. Esta región habría logrado disminuir el hambre de 12,6 millones a 11,4 millones de personas entre 1990 y 1992, según el estimado inicial para 2014-2016. Esto representa una caída en el porcentaje de personas afectadas por la subnutrición de 10,7% a 6,6% de la población en el mismo período de análisis. En términos del cumplimiento del Objetivo de Desarrollo del Milenio 1C, la región ha logrado un 77% de cump…
Based on the proposed lines of action from the 2016 regional summit in Honduras, and as requested by the finance minister of said country, in coordination with Secretary of Finance (SEFIN) General Directorate for Public Investment and the Mexico Subregional Headquarters of ECLAC, this course was held as a means to increase the robustness of projects, the resilience of both institutions and possibly affected populations, and to improve the environmental impact assessment that guarantees their sustainability, it also went over the application and use of international funding available to develop…
Based on the proposed lines of action from the 2016 regional summit in Honduras, and as requested by the finance minister of said country, in coordination with Secretary of Finance (SEFIN) General Directorate for Public Investment and the Mexico Subregional Headquarters of ECLAC, this course was held as a means to increase the robustness of projects, the resilience of both institutions and possibly affected populations, and to improve the environmental impact assessment that guarantees their sustainability, it also went over the application and use of international funding available to develop…
Based on the possible lines of action from the Regional Course and Forum held in Honduras in April 2016, and as requested by the Panama Minister of Economics and Finance, the Mexico Subregional Headquarters of ECLAC coordinated and held a national course on “Public Investment Projects Involving Comprehensive Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change, Environmental Sustainability, and Climate Finance in Panama”, the course was held in coordination with the State Subdirectorate of Concessions and Risks, and the Department of Investment Programming, both of which form part of the Ministry of Ec…