Search Results - Cultural policy Latin America.

Forum on food systems and obesity in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) by Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio, Rapallo, Ricardo, Intini, Joao, Paz, Florencia, Hernández, Yenory

“…As a start for the joint work program, FAO and IFPRI organized a meeting of experts and stakeholders to discuss the structure and linkages between the current operation of food systems and their impact on overweight and obesity levels in the population of Latin America and the Caribbean. The main objective of the joint work program is to help LAC countries develop and implement efficient and equitable policy options and interventions that can turn around current trends towards increases in obesity and overweight of their population. …”
Get full text

Highlights of recent IFPRI food policy research for Latin America and the Caribbean: Reducing poverty and hunger through food policy research by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…For more than 30 years, IFPRI’s research and collaboration in Latin America and the Caribbean have contributed to positive changes in the region, including enhancing the culture of accountability and generating groundbreaking evidence that has strengthened resilience, improved nutrition, and spurred strategic food security policies and investments. …”
Get full text

Conditional cash transfers in Latin America by Adato, Michelle, Hoddinott, John F.

Get full text

Forum for the Transformation of Food Systems and the Reduction of Overweight and Obesity in Latin America and the Caribbean by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…FAO and IFPRI have identified a need for a space of exchange of knowledge and experience of experts from different sectors of public policy, academia, private sector and civil society, with expertise in the issues related to Food Systems and Obesity working in Latin America in order to help develop fact-based policy interventions to address the challenges of overweight and obesity in the region. …”
Get full text

Ecosystem services research in Latin America: the state of the art by Balvanera, Patricia, Uriarte, M.A, Almeida-Lenero, L., Altesor, A., DeClerck, Fabrice A.J.

“…Ecosystem services science has developed at a fast rate in Latin America, a region characterized by a high biological and cultural diversity, strong emphasis in foreign investment, and high socioeconomic inequities. …”
Get full text

Community Resilience: A Perspective from Latin America and the Caribbean by Gonzales-Iwanciw, Javier, Guáqueta, Victoria, Castañeda, Edna, Le Coq, Jean-François, Postigo, Julio C

“…Communities are increasingly confronted with the simultaneous effects of climate and socioeconomic changes in different geographical and cultural contexts of Latin America and the Caribbean. …”
Get full text

The impact of conditional cash transfer programs on indigenous households in Latin America: Evidence from PROGRESA in Mexico by Quiñones, Esteban J., Roy, Shalini

Get full text

Tourism sector in Panama: Regional economic impacts and the potential to benefit the poor by Klytchnikova, Irina, Dorosh, Paul A.

Get full text

Global climate change and food supply chains: policies for collective adaptation by Benedikter, Andreas, Läderach, Peter R.D., Eitzinger, Anton, Cook, S., Quiroga, A, Pantoja, A, Bruni, M

“…According to climate model predictions, most parts of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) will see significant temperature increases and changes in precipitation by 2050. …”
Get full text

Formal and informal systems in support of farmer management of agro-biodiversity: some policy challenges to consolidate lessons learned by Byström, Marie

“…The last decade has seen the emergence of a number of innovative community level initiatives in Asia, Africa and Latin America for agrobiodiversity development and conservation. …”
Get full text

El estado de la evaluación de impacto en Argentina y un programa para una institución de investigación y extensión agropecuaria by Hernandez, Juan Jesus, Curarello, Pablo Andres

Get full text
Get full text
Get full text

Dominican Republic: Agricultural R&D indicators factsheet by Stads, Gert-Jan, de los Santos, Luis

Get full text

Coffee and cocoa value chains: Gender dynamics in Peru and Nicaragua by Gumucio, Tatiana, Yore, Hannah, Mello, Denyse, Loucel, Claudia

“…The present report assesses women’s and men’s participation in coffee and cocoa value chains in Latin America in order to identify key considerations and next steps for the development of research, policy and practice on value chain upgrading for enhanced smallholder prosperity. …”
Get full text

Frameworks Regulating Hunting for Meat in Tropical Countries Leave the Sector in the Limbo by Vliet, N. van, Antunes, A.P., Constantino, P.A.L., Gómez, J., Santos Fita, D., Sartoretto, E.

“…We use contemporary examples from Latin America and Africa described in detail in publications ranging from 2015 to 2018, to illustrate the need for legal reforms that clarify the rights to sell surplus of meat and align land tenure rights with wildlife use rights to suggest a new definition of subsistence hunting which accounts for the realities of communities from different cultural backgrounds.…”
Get full text

Foodgrain consumption and calorie intake patterns in Ethiopia by Berhane, Guush, Paulos, Zelekawork, Tafere, Kibrom, Tamru, Seneshaw

“…Analyzing food consumption patterns in poor countries, such as Ethiopia, is therefore pivotal to designing national policies to promote food security.Food consumption patterns in Ethiopia are diverse, and unlike in many other countries, no single crop dominates the national food basket (e.g., rice in most of East Asia, maize in Latin America, or cassava in Central Africa). …”
Get full text

Food System Country Profiles Website by Béné, Christophe, Lundy, Mark M., Achicanoy Estrella, Harold Armando, Chege, Christine Gacheri Kiria, Hernandez Barco, Ricardo Alfonso, Wiegel, Jennifer Rebecca

“…The objective of the Food System Country Profile project is to demonstrate the feasibility of such an approach, initially by developing and field-testing a protocol in three pilot countries: Bangladesh in Asia, Ethiopia in Africa and Honduras in Latin America, with the ambition to expand the approach to other low and middle-income countries in the near future. …”
Get full text

Developing tools to assess quality traits in beans for sustainable and nutritional foods in LAC by Gallego, Sonia, Orozco, Juan Camilo, Patiño, Gelver, Taleon, Victor, Andrade, Robert

“…Common bean is a staple crop in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and Eastern-Southern Africa, where local preferences for specific varieties play a crucial role in their acceptance. …”
Get full text

Characterization of the Guinea Pig Production Chain in Southern Colombia and Identification of Determining Factors for Adequate Provision of Extension Services by Forero, Oscar A., Patiño, Rocio E., Carlosama, Luz Dary, Portillo, Paola A.

“…The development of agrifood systems in Latin America reflects contrasting policy goals. …”
Get full text
Get full text

Ecosystem services and gender in rural areas of Nicaragua: Different perceptions about the landscape by Cifuentes-Espinosa, Jaime A., Feintrenie, Laurène, Gutiérrez-Montes, Isabel A., Sibelet, Nicole

“…Despite the great biological and cultural diversity, in Latin America, research in this field has been growing at a much slower rate than in the rest of the world. …”
Get full text

Cattle, seaweed, and global greenhouse gas emissions by Nin-Pratt, Alejandro, Beveridge, Malcolm C. M., Sulser, Timothy B., Marwaha, Nisha, Stanley, Michele, Grisenthwaite, Robert, Phillips, Michael J.

Get full text