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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

Telephone: +1.239.567.3322

Katalina Landaeta

 

 

 

Central America and Caribbean Updates

National Gatherings in Central America 2025-05-16

We are very happy to announce that within the current implementation process of our Regional Impact Center of ECHO in Central America and the Caribbean, we have scheduled national gatherings in Honduras, Guatemala, and Nicaragua, with the aim of exchanging information and establishing a dialogue with you, in order to build a participatory working and training agenda. The gatherings are scheduled for the following dates: 

  • Honduras - May 27 in Tegucigalpa, at the offices of ANAFAE (Colonia Miraflores) 
  • Guatemala - June 4 in Cobán at Centro de Formación y Capacitación Noj and June 10 in Guatemala City at the headquarters of Casa del Alfarero. 
  • Nicaragua - June 17 and 18 in Matagalpa, at Rayo de Sol.

Learn more about these gatherings!

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Latest Resources: Central America and Caribbean

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...

Pesticide Misuse Among Small Andean Farmers Stems from Pervasive Misinformation by Retailers

Struelens QF, Rivera M, Alem Zabalaga M, Ccanto R, Quispe Tarqui R, Mina D, et al. (2022) Pesticide misuse among small Andean farmers stems from pervasive misinformation by retailers. PLOS Sustain Transform 1(6): e0000017. h...

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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