Technical cooperation of excellence
Gender Equality and Youth
26 panelists participated in the Permanent Forum of Female Ministers, Deputy Ministers and Senior Officials of the Americas.
Development of a methodology for the selection of youth ambassadors, in collaboration with the NGIN coalition.
Youth in the Dairy Sector: Event with I4Nature to commemorate World Milk Day.
Latin American Meeting of Youth for Rural Development, held in Palmira, in partnership with FAO, GIZ, the EU, the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research and the Colombian Agricultural Research Corporation.
Together with the Young Americas Business Trust (YABT), participation in high-level forums, such as the International Youth Entrepreneurship and Innovation Symposium, the Policy Laboratory at the 2023 Summit for Democracy and the ICT Americas event – a virtual event that sought to highlight the key role of rural youth in agrifood systems.
Courses
Training program for rural women
56 women from the Andean and Central regions completed the course on “Entrepreneurship for Rural Women”.
Climate change and green recovery
Training of 70 rural women, organized in collaboration with the General Directorate of Rural Development of Uruguay.
Platform of Rural Women of MERCOSUR (REAF/IICA)
It provides information, training and the promotion of knowledge exchange, and is available in Spanish, Portuguese and Guaraní
The platform designed, structured and offered a sustainable business course targeting female entrepreneurs in rural Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay and Uruguay.
The course was completed by 33 women leaders, representing community enterprises in grass-roots organizations, with a membership of approximately 500 rural women.
Training of 34 tutors to prepare them to teach the course at the national, organizational and rural levels.
Strengthening the Local Institutional Framework for Women and for Individual and Collective Microenterprises
124 women from three organizations benefitted
In partnership with the Guatemalan authorities
Individual and Collectiv
Funded by the 2021 Global Equity and Equality Fund (GEEA) of the U.S. State Department
Selected in the Empower Innovation Challenge
Rural Women
The is a virtual space that promotes participation, inclusion and equity for rural women in the Americas. It facilitates the exchange of experiences and knowledge, the creation of networks and the visibility of activities. In addition, it offers training, association and empowerment opportunities, and stands out for its scope in networking and impact on public policies.
Young leaders in Honduras
IICA established the School of Agricultural Leaders in Danlí to train young people in digital agriculture and leadership.
Gender
The Institute joined forces with global women's associations, meeting in New York City, during the 67th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, to focus on gender gaps faced by rural women and girls in the Americas.
United States
+25 women and youth strengthened their agricultural processing capacities for the local market, under a training program aimed at raising gender awareness among agribusiness service providers.
Antigua and Barbuda
80 participants from different regions underwent intensive training through the DreamBuilder program of the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs, thanks to a partnership with the national chapter of WeLead Caribbean. The Guyana School of Agriculture sought to integrate the gender perspective into its curriculum.
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Guyana
Suriname
Solutions were designed to increase resilience to the impacts of climate change in the production of women's groups in the Kapasikele area, in collaboration with the IDB Lab.
