The Climakers Séminaire Régional – Amerique Latine

Septembre 2020

On September 30th, 2020, the Latin America Climakers community, including farmers and other stakeholders, will convened digitally for a special regional workshop “Farmers’ Solutions to Climate Crisis: Latin American Stories in the era of COVID19″.

Jointly organised by the World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO) and the International Cooperation and Development Fund of Taiwan (Taiwan ICDF), this one-day digital event aimed at collecting, discussing and validating farmers’ best practices and solutions to climate change from Latin America, in times of COVID-19 pandemic. 

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

• Best Practice from Guatemala

Josue Raxtu, President, ALIAR Farmer’s Cooperation

• Best Practice from Honduras

Emanuel Hernández, Vice president, Association of Producers of Intibucá (APRAIN)

• Best Practice from Ecuador

Yadira Nerexi Gonzalez, President, Oyster Cooperative

• Best Practice from Nicaragua

Julio Adolfo Lara Mendieta, President, Carazo Seed Bank

• Best Practice from Belize

Daniel Juan, President, Cayo District Sheep Farmers’ Organization

• Best Practice from Paraguay

Aldo David Cabrera Ayala, President, Orchid Production and Marketing Group

• Best Practice from Brazil

Barbara Adalgiza Nogueira Lopes, Advisor at International Relations Office, CNA

• Financial services in POST-COVID19

Hernan Danery Alvarado, Chief Financial Officer, Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI)

• Region Needs and potential opportunities to expand the best regional practices

Efraín Medina Guerra, Executive Director, Organismo Internacional Regional de Sanidad Agropecuaria (OIRSA)

• Integrated climate smart agricultural technologies

Tomas Y. C. Peng, Specialist, Taiwan Technical Mission in Nicaragua