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Virtual
Today, the region of Latin America and the Caribbean is in a very difficult situation. It faces the challenge of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, including eradicating hunger and extreme poverty, transforming food systems, containing the increase in malnutrition, generating new opportunities for economic development in rural areas, and making agriculture more sustainable and resilient to climate change. All of the above has become even more complex in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, with its profound impacts on health, the economy, and social well-being.
All these challenges require joint solutions between the actors in each country, and between countries.
The Regional Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is held every two years. It brings together the governments of its 33 Member States in Latin America and the Caribbean to face the main regional challenges in food and agriculture.
During October 19th, 20th, and 21st, 2020, the 36th FAO Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean (LARC 36) will be held virtually, as the official forum where Ministers of Agriculture and high-level officials of Member States of the region will gather to discuss the challenges and priority issues related to food and agriculture for the current 2020-2021 biennium. In order to optimally identify the challenges, it is essential to include all actors in the decision-making and in the definition of policies, through forums for participatory governance, in which contributions from both Member States and civil society are equally included.
Original source: FAO