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.
Майбутні події: Central America and Caribbean
Останні ресурси: Central America and Caribbean
Study on the State of Agriculture in the Caribbean
FAO and CDB. 2019. Study on the State of Agriculture in the Caribbean Rome. 212 pp. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO
There is great potential for strengthening market linkages and helping farmers, fishers, and agri-foo...
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...
Encuentro en Guatemala 2 – Ciudad de Guatemala
El presente año 2025 ECHO puso en marcha la implementación del Centro de Impacto Regional (CIR) para Centroamérica y el Caribe (CAC), para lo cual ya cuenta con una directora regional.
ECHO fue fundada en 1973 en H...
Encuentro Nacional - Nicaragua
El presente año 2025 ECHO puso en marcha la implementación del Centro de Impacto Regional (CIR) para Centroamérica y el Caribe (CAC), para lo cual ya cuenta con una directora regional.
ECHO fue fundada e...
Encuentro en Guatemala 1 - Cobán, Alta Verapaz
El presente año 2025 ECHO puso en marcha la implementación del Centro de Impacto Regional (CIR) para Centroamérica y el Caribe (CAC), para lo cual ya cuenta con una directora regional.
ECHO fue fundada en 1973 en 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.
More Resources
- Central America & Caribbean Networking Group
- Haiti Networking Group
- Haiti Development Notes
- Haiti Network Documents
- Regional Resources
- Resources by Country