This is a thoughtful statement representing a genuine Latin American perspective of the goals and strategies relating to food, agriculture, and the environment as we head toward the year 2020. This document represents a synthesis of documents prepared by three working groups participating in a workshop on Latin America, jointly sponsored by IFPRI, the Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) and the Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), in Cali, Colombia, March 20-22, 1995.