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Central America and Caribbean Regional Resources

The goals of this team are to:

  • Make appropriate technical information more widely available among persons and organizations who serve to alleviate hunger and improve the lives of small-scale farmers.
  • Increase the awareness of regionally important crops, animal breeds and farming systems by seeking out, sharing and promoting effective indigenous innovations related to food sufficiency and poverty alleviation.
  • Increase the availability of seeds of select regionally important crops among development workers, encourage regional seed saving and sharing and determine the availability of other significant plant material.
  • Encourage networking and information sharing among development workers in each region.

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Contact:

Katalina Landaeta

Email Address: klandaeta@echonet.org

WhatsApp: +52 5549161554

Katalina Landaeta

 

 

 

Central America and Caribbean Updates

Great news for our community in Central America and the Caribbean (CAC)! 2025-08-19

The Regional Impact Center (RIC) now has a home base in Antigua Guatemala ✨

Our regional director is already on site, taking the first steps to get this space up and running and build the team that will help drive this process forward and serve you in the best way possible 🌟

🌱 Our desire is for the CAC RIC to be a living and useful tool for you—those who are on the front lines, walking alongside families and communities affected by hunger and malnutrition.

🚀 Join us on this journey, filled with hope and commitment!

🙏 Together with you, we seek to keep working to combat hunger and malnutrition in our region, and to promote a just, sustainable, and life-giving food model for the glory of God.

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Latest Resources: Central America and Caribbean

Mangrove Ecological Restoration Guide: Lessons Learned

Teutli-Hernández C., J.A. Herrera-Silveira, D.J. Cisneros-de la Cruz., R. Román-Cuesta. 2020. Mangrove ecological restoration guide: Lessons learned. Mainstreaming Wetlands into the Climate Agenda: A multilevel approach (SWA...

Development of a Functional Cookie Formulated with Chaya (Cnidoscolus aconitifolius (Mill.) I.M. Johnst) and Amaranth (Amaranthus cruentus)

Avila-Nava, A.; Alarcón-Telésforo, S.L.; Talamantes-Gómez, J.M.; Corona, L.; Gutiérrez-Solis, A.L.; Lugo, R.; Márquez-Mota, C.C. Development of a Functional Cookie Formulated with Chaya (Cnidoscolus aconitifolius (Mill.) I.M...

Nutritional composition of tamarind (Tamarindus indica L.) from the Cerrado of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Lab. Vitam. Anal., Nutr. Health Dep., Fed. Univ. Viçosa, PH Rolfs Avenue, Viçosa, 36571-000, Minas Gerais, Brazil,

The Cerrado is a Brazilian biome that has a large plant heterogeneity. Among the fruit species of t...

PERU-Hub

PERU-Hub is an alliance of North American universities and national and international research centers led by Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina (UNALM), united with the purpose of building a Hub based on the utilization...

Seeds for a Future

From the beginning, Seeds for a Future has prioritized creating a Program that’s replicable.

We’re sharing many of our resources with you to demonstrate how the Program is working for its participants and for other...

About Central America and Caribbean

Central America and the Caribbean is a region of deep contrasts. Over the past two decades there has been substantial social and economic growth, enabling some to make the leap from poverty and vulnerability to stability and relative middle class comfort. Infrastructure in most large cities is modern with reliable transportation systems connecting centers of trade. The landscape is dotted with shopping centers that host well known American businesses.

However, beginning at the edges of the modern cities one can see the acute symptoms of a widespread and destructive force; the crushing weight of hopelessness in the rural villages that are home to nearly half of the region’s population. Every year hundreds of rural families abandon farming as their traditional survival strategies are no longer sufficient to support even a meager existence.

47 million people in the region suffer from hunger and malnutrition, mainly women and children.  

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