Miguel Gómez, Director of RUTA, presented the Work Program for RUTA V at the meeting of the Central American Agricultural Council (CAC) held on 6 October 2005. Support for the formulation of the regional agricultural policy was highlighted as a priority in the Work Program.

The RUTA V Work Program focuses on agricultural trade, harmonization of international cooperation, analysis of potentialities of the rural sector (drivers of growth) and socioeconomic vulnerability, the agro-environmental agenda, environmental services and competitiveness, and the environment for business and entrepreneurship in rural areas.

For further information, click here to see Programa Anual de Trabajo RUTA 2006

Public policies directed at the rural finance sector in four Central American countries and Mexico have been compiled as part of a study on the subject of public policies.

This effort was carried out with the support of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and its regional programs, SERFIRURAL and RUTA. In order to share the results, this interesting study will be disseminated during 2006 among the cooperating agencies, governments and civil society.