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Book (series)Technical studyAmérica Latina y el Caribe. Panorama Regional de la Seguridad Alimentaria y la Nutrición 2024
Fomentando la resiliencia frente a la variabilidad del clima y los eventos extremos para la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición
2025Also available in:
En América Latina y el Caribe se ha logrado reducir el hambre y la inseguridad alimentaria durante dos años consecutivos, gracias a programas de protección social y esfuerzos de recuperación post-COVID. Sin embargo, persisten desigualdades significativas, que afectan especialmente a las mujeres, las poblaciones rurales y los grupos vulnerables. Las dietas saludables siguen siendo la más caras en comparación a las otras regiones. En este contexto, la variabilidad del clima y los fenómenos climáticos extremos afectan la seguridad alimentaria en términos de disponibilidad, acceso, utilización y estabilidad. Estos fenómenos reducen la productividad agrícola, interrumpen las cadenas de suministro y aumentan los precios de los alimentos. Las poblaciones vulnerables son las más afectadas, y los hábitos alimentarios también cambian. La variabilidad climática y los fenenómenos climáticos extremos empeora la situación y refuerza las causas de la malnutrición. La evolución de los patrones climáticos impacta negativamente todas las dimensiones de la seguridad alimentaria. Según los actuales indicadores, la región no alcanzará la mayoría de las metas de nutrición de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible. Por ello, es urgente transformar los sistemas agroalimentarios para hacerlos más resilientes y sostenibles, enfrentando los desafíos climáticos y la desigualdad. En esta publicación se proponen políticas para acelerar el progreso hacia la seguridad alimentaria, abordar el acceso limitado a dietas saludables y reducir la malnutrición. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureAgricultura familiar y sistemas agroalimentarios resilientes al clima 2024Las prácticas de producción alimentaria y agrícola aplicadas por los agricultores familiares (incluidos los sistemas agroecológicos e integrados; el reciclaje de nutrientes, energía y residuos; el control natural de plagas; la diversificación de cultivos; y la ordenación eficiente de los recursos naturales y de la salud del suelo), presentan oportunidades prometedoras para abordar el cambio climático, dado que permiten una capacidad de adaptación de alto nivel a las nuevas circunstancias medioambientales. Esta capacidad de adaptación está arraigada en los conocimientos locales, que se renuevan continuamente por medio de la observación y la experimentación de los agricultores.
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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureGanadería sostenible en América Latina y el Caribe 2025
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No results found.Sustainable livestock farming in Latin America and the Caribbean is essential for food security, rural livelihoods, and local economies. While the region has significant capacity to produce meat and milk, it also faces major environmental challenges such as deforestation, soil degradation, and greenhouse gas emissions. With global demand for animal protein expected to increase due to rising incomes, urbanization, and population growth, the region has an opportunity to position itself as a leading global supplier of animal protein through more efficient and resilient production systems.The adoption of sustainable practices, such as climate-smart livestock farming, silvopastoral systems, and circular bioeconomy approaches, has demonstrated positive economic, social, and environmental benefits. These strategies reduce emissions, improve productivity, and enhance resilience to climate change. However, challenges like ecological fragmentation, antimicrobial resistance, and insufficcient public policies remain.Addressing these challenges through nature-based solutions, strengthening small producers, and fostering regional cooperation will be crucial to transforming livestock farming into more sustainable models. This document highlights successful experiences in the region and proposes comprehensive strategies to advance livestock farming aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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BookletManual / guideFood Systems Thinking Guide for UN Resident Coordinators and UN Country Teams
Working collectively towards food systems transformation
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No results found.The Food Systems Thinking Guide for UN Resident Coordinators and UN Country Teams is an interactive resource designed to support food systems transformation as a contribution to the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It emphasizes a systems approach, fostering collaboration across diverse stakeholders – including governments, civil society, and private sectors – to address interconnected challenges like food security, environmental sustainability, and social equity. By integrating practical tools, real-world case studies and strategic insights, the guide will help UNRCs and UNCTs enhance interagency coordination, promote the development of impactful policies and identify innovative solutions. Flexible and interactive, it empowers users to adapt strategies to their unique contexts, leveraging food systems transformation as a key transition for SDG acceleration. -
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Book (series)FlagshipThe State of Food and Agriculture 2023
Revealing the true cost of food to transform agrifood systems
2023Agrifood systems generate significant benefits to society, including the food that nourishes us and jobs and livelihoods for over a billion people. However, their negative impacts due to unsustainable business-as-usual activities and practices are contributing to climate change, natural resource degradation and the unaffordability of healthy diets. Addressing these negative impacts is challenging, because people, businesses, governments and other stakeholders lack a complete picture of how their activities affect economic, social and environmental sustainability when they make decisions on a day-to-day basis.The State of Food and Agriculture 2023 looks into the true cost of food for sustainable agrifood systems. The report introduces the concept of hidden environmental, health and social costs and benefits of agrifood systems and proposes an approach – true cost accounting (TCA) – to assess them. To operationalize the TCA approach, the report proposes a two-phase assessment process, first relying on national-level TCA assessments to raise awareness and then moving towards in-depth and targeted evaluations to prioritize solutions and guide transformative actions. It provides a first attempt at national-level assessments for 154 countries, suggesting that global hidden costs from agrifood systems amount to at least to 10 trillion 2020 PPP dollars. The estimates indicate that low-income countries bear the highest burden of the hidden costs of agrifood systems relative to national income. Despite the preliminary nature of these estimates, the analysis reveals the urgent need to factor hidden costs into decision-making for the transformation of agrifood systems. Innovations in research and data, alongside investments in data collection and capacity building, are needed to scale the application of TCA, especially in low- and middle-income countries, so that it can become a viable tool to inform decision- and policymaking in a transparent and consistent way.