If they are to prevent and control this disease, the countries must rethink their agricultural health and food safety systems, with an eye to making them more effective.

The GIRH YQ Project constitutes a frame of reference and a proposal for action aimed at creating the conditions necessary for the economic and social development of the Yacambu-Quibor region.

Establishing a common market is a medium-term goal; the immediate priority is to create the Central American Customs Union, for which there is a lot of political and technical support.

Small farmers, campesinos or family farmers are a very important part of the agricultural sector of Latin America and the Caribbean, irrespective of the strong differences that exist between the agricultural economies of the region.