Guatemala

  1. CIMMYT’s Bram Govaerts Receives 2014 Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application
    The 2014 Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application, Endowed by the Rockefeller Foundation was presented to Dr. Bram Govaerts during the awards ceremony of the World Food Prize (WFP) Borlaug Dialogue international symposium.   The third annual US $10,000 award given by the World…
  2. World Food Day: Innovation Must Support Family Farmers
    The Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR) welcomes a new UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) report in its call for the design of agricultural innovation systems that recognize the importance of family farmers and supports them in innovating and achieving sustainable productivity…
  3. Strengthening the implementation of farmers' rights in Guatemala
    Following the request made by the government and farmers’ organizations of Guatemala to support the rights of farmers to achieve food security and livelihood security of the most vulnerable population in the country, the Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR) commissioned a study to…
  4. Farmers’ Rights Capacity-Building Workshop in Honduras
    The XII National Encounter of Smallholder Farmer Innovators of Honduras was held in the city of Siguatepeque from 3-5 September 2014.  One hundred twenty smallholder men and women farmers, as well as decision makers participated at this meeting.   The meeting was a space to…
  5. Training of local farmers in Guatemala
    A workshop was held in Huehuetenango-Guatemala on 16 June 2014 with the participation of 30 smallholder farmer leaders - men and women - from the farmer communities of Progreso Quilinco; Cacerío Las Milpas; Climentoro, among others; and representatives of ASOCUCH and FUNDIT (local partners for…
  6. International Encounters: Agricultural Research and Family Farming
    There are over 500 million family farms spread across the world, on all continents. Family farmers are the main producers of foodstuffs in many regions and vitally contribute to the variety and quality of diets. Paradoxically, many family farmers are also food and nutrition insecure.…
  7. Strengthening the implementation of farmer's rights in Guatemala
    <p>Following the request made by the government and farmers’ organizations of Guatemala to support the rights of farmers to achieve food security and livelihood security of the most vulnerable population in the country, the Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR) commissioned a study to…
  8. Capacity-building material for local and indigenous agricultural communities
    The Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR), the Collaborative Programme of Participatory Plant Breeding in Mesoamerica, implemented in local communities of the Sierra de los Cuchumatanes by the Farmer Organization Asociación de Organizaciones de los Cuchumatanes (ASOCUCH) and the Foundation…
  9. A national policy of seeds recognizing farmers’ rights: Guatemala, an example to be followed
    Guatemala, a rich country in cultural diversity and center of domestication of important crops for food security, such as maize, has advanced in the development of legal and policy frameworks relevant for the implementation of Farmers’ Rights.   In 2013, a committee, lead by the…
  10. Los Derechos del Agricultor - Legislación nacional de Guatemala relevante para la implementación delos derechos del agricultor: Cuaderno 5
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