Technical cooperation of excellence
Territorial Development and Family Farming
Contribution to political discourse through the following activities:
Hemispheric Advisory Committee on Family Farming
A technical-political forum to facilitate the identification and coordination of joint actions, with the participation of representatives from the public sector, the Executive Secretariat of the Central American Agricultural Council (SECAC), Confederation of Family Farmer Organizations of the Expanded MERCOSUR Region (REAF), Confederation of Family Farmer Organizations of the Expanded MERCOSUR Region (COPROFAM), the Rural Regional Dialogue Program (PDRR-CA), Cooperatives of the Americas (COOP) and the Public Policies and Rural Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (PP-AL) Network .
Hemispheric Meetings on Family Farming
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An event organized with the Ministry of Agricultural Development and Family Farming of Brazil, attended by 120 representatives of family farming, academia and international organizations.
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Working group for public policy analysis on family farming in the REAF of the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR)
A group comprised of technical authorities in public policy design, execution and evaluation from the ministries of Agriculture of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay, which evaluates trade, financial, environmental and gender-related policies.
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New generation of public policies
Panama
IICA’s technical teams coordinated with 17 institutions to develop guidelines for the State Agrifood Policy (PADE), resulting in the approval of Law No. 352, which promotes access to healthy food, agricultural competitiveness and economic, social and environmental sustainability, The Institute also provided advisory services to support the development of the National Agricultural and Rural Development Plan, aligned with PADE.
Ecuador
The Family Farming Seal is a state policy designed to differentiate the production of this sector and to improve the income it generates in the northern frontier provinces, in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock.
Honduras
+473 000 small farmers from 17 departments were beneficiaries of the Technology Productivity Incentive, increasing the productivity of their maize, rice, bean and sorghum crops. Other presidential programs were also implemented, such as the Coffee Bonus and Livestock Bonus programs in 2023.
National achievements
• Food Vulnerability Reduction Project in Gonâve​
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Distribution of 7.44 tons of sorghum and beans to +2,000 farmers.
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The nutrition of 8,000 families was improved, thanks to the distribution of 16,000 food kits.
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Funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Haiti
Perú
Facilitation of dialogue between multiple stakeholders, levels and sectors, in partnership with the Ministry of Agricultural Development and Irrigation (MIDRAGI):​
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Improved economic fortunes for +7,000 small farmers, with the dissemination of the “For a Peru that Flourishes” campaign.
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Development of a work plan to establish a governance model for the cocoa and chocolate chains in 2024 (Multisectoral Working Group on Cocoa).
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Assessment and characterization of family farming (Multi-sectoral Commission on the Promotion and Development of Family Farming).
IICA disseminated updated technical information through the following studies:
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farmers in the Lolol, Pumanque and Paredones communities acquired new knowledge and adopted more than 32 new sustainable practices for water use efficiency and digital management, with the support of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso.
Family farming in the O’Higgins region of Chile
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entrepreneurs with an interest in creating cooperatives or social enterprises in Mexico’s rural areas were assisted, through a partnership with the International Labor Organization.
México
sensitized people from the public and private sectors
XIV Foro Internacional de Desarrollo Territorial
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