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Financing for food security and nutrition in Latin America and the Caribbean

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Year of publication 2024

Place of publication Santiago, Chile ;

Pages 40 p.

Author FAO; ECLAC; IICA; WFP

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Booklet

Category Corporate general interest

To cite or share https://doi.org/10.4060/cd0527en

Synopsis (short abstract) Hunger and malnutrition persist as challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean. There are different proposals for policies and interventions to address these problems jointly as a region and for each country. However, the proposals for policies and interventions do not include how to finance the actions needed to eliminate hunger and combat malnutrition. This document presents a first approach to the issue of the financing needed for the eradication of hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition in all its forms in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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FAO, ECLAC, IICA and WFP. 2024. Financing for food security and nutrition in Latin America and the Caribbean. Santiago, FAO.

https://doi.org/10.4060/cd0527en

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