Tracking progress and links between water and food security in Latin America and the Caribbean

The concepts of water security (WS) and Food Nutritional Security (FNS) have evolved from narrow and well-defined goals of guaranteeing citizens' access to sufficient water and food resources into much broader concepts, embracing health, sustainability, efficiency and social equity aspects. Such wide visions go beyond the physical availability or productive value of water and food, and testify to its importance as key elements to human well-being.