Innovative and Successful Experiences in Latin America and the Caribbean for Better Nutrition

Organizer: Latin America and Caribbean Region

The Latin America and the Caribbean region (GRULAC) countries are addressing food security and nutrition through policy coherence to align agricultural, health, education, and social protection policies to create integrated strategies that ensure access to healthy diets and reduce malnutrition in all its forms. In this session, 11 countries shared programs and policies including the development of national food and nutrition plans, support for sustainable agri-food systems, and targeted social programs that address the needs of vulnerable populations that have helped reduce the prevalence of undernourishment in the region. Other contributions to public health nutrition shared during the event include the labeling of processed food products, cookbook of ancestral foods, recovery of agricultural production and nutrition with the knowledge of indigenous people and farm to school meal programs through sustainable procurement systems. Governments across the region have implemented strategies to improve access to healthy diets, reduce food inequality, and strengthen resilience to extreme weather events, economic crises, and more. Through participation in Rome Nutrition Week, GRULAC aims to share experiences and good practices that serve as examples to help build a world moving toward better nutrition, where the right to food is guaranteed in every corner of the planet.

Speakers:

  • H.E. Marilyn Di Luca, Ambassador, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
  • Mr. Máximo Torero, Chief Economist of FAO
  • Ms Lara Lobo Monteiro​, Permanent Alternate Representative to FAO, IFAD, and WFP, Brazil
  • H.E. Esteban Moscoso, Ambassador, Ecuador
  • H.E. Manuel Cacho Sousa Velásquez, Ambassador, Perú
  • Ms. Evelyn Pereira, Founder and Director of PLASE (Platform For Sustainability And Equality), Perú
  • Mr. Ennio Vivaldi, Ambassador, Chile
  • Ms. Iris Gómez Granadillo, Agricultural missionary of the Wayúu Indigenous People and community leader, Colombia
  • Ms. Adriana Urdaneta, President of the National Institute of Nutrition, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
  • Mr. Anthony Franco, Project Manager of the Family Farming Project, Dominican Republic
  • Ms. Maria Florencia Segura, Director in charge of bilateral cooperation, Argentina
  • Ms. Maria del Rocío García Pérez, Head of the National System for Integral Family Development, Mexico
  • Ms. Blanca Graciela Terry Berro, National Director of Hygiene, Epidemiology, and Microbiology, Member of the Advisory Group for the Implementation of the Food and Nutritional Sovereignty and Security Law, Cuba