Extreme heat, wildfires, floods, droughts, and unusual rainfall affect millions of men and women around the globe, but their impacts vary by gender. Evidence shows that women and girls experience the greatest impacts of climate change, which amplifies existing gender inequalities and poses unique threats to their education, health, safety, and social and economic … [Read more...] about How Can Gender Equality Help Address Climate Action?
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From Sea to Table: How did Peruvian Ceviche Achieve Recognition as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity?
"To be Peruvian is to celebrate the greatness of ceviche," Gastón Acurio (Cebiche Power, 2015). In December 2023, UNESCO's Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, meeting in Kasane, Botswana, inscribed the preparation and consumption of Peruvian ceviche[1] in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of … [Read more...] about From Sea to Table: How did Peruvian Ceviche Achieve Recognition as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity?
Are the Agricultural R&D Systems in the Region Prepared to Face the Challenges of Agriculture?
The agri-food sector is critical for achieving various Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), such as zero hunger (SDG2) and poverty eradication (SDG1), as well as those related to environmental sustainability and equity (FAO). Therefore, it needs to increase its productive capacity to feed a growing population sustainably and inclusively, providing the quantity and variety of … [Read more...] about Are the Agricultural R&D Systems in the Region Prepared to Face the Challenges of Agriculture?
Seeds for Food Security in Latin America and the Caribbean
One of the main priorities of the Inter-American Development Bank is to combat food insecurity in Latin America and the Caribbean, which today affects almost 40% of the region's population (FAO, 2023). To achieve this, it is essential to implement interventions and promote policies based on evidence and knowledge, with a multisectoral approach and that cover the agri-food … [Read more...] about Seeds for Food Security in Latin America and the Caribbean
Has the Region’s Tourism Sector Already Overcome the Pandemic’s Impact?
About three and a half years ago, the world stopped. An almost unknown threat made us drastically change our way of living. Without wanting to delve into what that stage entailed regarding human pain and mental and physical challenges for the population, I would like to start a series of blogs about the structural change that the pandemic brought to the tourism … [Read more...] about Has the Region’s Tourism Sector Already Overcome the Pandemic’s Impact?