FAO and IICA facilitated an unprecedented hemispheric meeting to strengthen the response of 34 countries of the Americas to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
April 22, 2020, Santiago, Chile— Ministers and Secretaries of Agriculture of 34 countries of the Americas met remotely today to share their policies, actions, and plans to address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the food security of their populations, agriculture, food systems and the rural world.
Authorities from North America, South America, Central America and the Caribbean shared...