The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) regional headquarters will be the venue of this event. Representatives from more than 25 countries, in person or online, are scheduled to participate.

According to experts, problems related to nutritional quality continue to be a concern for governments, especially now that countries face, not only serious problems of malnutrition but also obesity and its consequences.

“Even though there is sufficient availability of food in the region, there are areas with access difficulties to cover their basic requirements and, in many cases, the nutritional quality is deficient,” notes a report from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).

Based on the document, international crises, soil wear out and the intensity of natural phenomena are affecting food production and its access at low costs, which requires a profound transformation.

The most recent Regional Panorama of Food Security, published by FAO last November, warns that 43.2 million people in Latin America suffer from hunger and the area is moving away from meeting the Sustainable Development Goals for 2030.

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