{"id":7166,"date":"2023-09-19T17:53:47","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T17:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/?p=7166"},"modified":"2023-09-19T17:54:26","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T17:54:26","slug":"taking-action-on-biodiversity-for-food-and-agriculture-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/2023\/09\/19\/taking-action-on-biodiversity-for-food-and-agriculture-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking Action on Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/c1bf618b-5684-4466-b85f-f6c8bdb66b92.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-7167\" src=\"http:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/c1bf618b-5684-4466-b85f-f6c8bdb66b92-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A regional workshop organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the International Federation of Beekeepers\u2019 Association (Apimondia) and generously supported by the Government of Germany.<\/p>\n<p>This workshop was for Focal Points to primarily address the Commission\u2019s National Focal Points for Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture, which formed a part of a series of four (4) that was held at the FAO Regional Office, in Santiago, Chile from 11th to 13th September. The workshops are expected to be held between September 2023 and March 2024 in Latin America and the Caribbean, Near East and North Africa, Africa and Asia.<\/p>\n<p>The main objective of this workshop will be to focus on the implementation of the \u201cFramework for Action on Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture\u201d, endorsed by the Commission and the FAO Council in 2021, other related instruments, policy tools and countries&#8217; experiences with the implementation.<\/p>\n<p>According to The Antigua and Barbuda representative, Ms. MaudeVere Bradford, Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) Senior Research Officer, the workshop was very interesting, intensive and interactive. The working groups addressed the following:<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Setting the scene i.e., Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture \u2013 the global landscape<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 The status of Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Characterization, assessment and monitoring of Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture (GAPs and needs)<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Management of Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Creating an institutional framework and enabling cooperation on Biodiversity and Agriculture<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Implementing the framework for action on Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture within the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese sessions also afforded the Focal Points of the working groups the opportunity to discuss and develop outcomes for implementation\u201d, Bradford stated.<\/p>\n<p>The countries from this region in attendance were Antigua and Barbuda, Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Vincent and the Grenadines with Bradford as the rapporteur for the Caribbean working group.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/223e9dd8-bbbe-4887-a400-8b557b21f338.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-7168\" src=\"http:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/223e9dd8-bbbe-4887-a400-8b557b21f338-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/d782f34b-01d4-42f2-9498-9ac9408e470d.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7169\" src=\"http:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/d782f34b-01d4-42f2-9498-9ac9408e470d-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>\u00a0l- r: St. Vincent &amp; the Grenadines, Cuba, Jamaica, Antigua &amp; Barbuda, Haiti.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; A regional workshop organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the International Federation of Beekeepers\u2019 Association (Apimondia) and generously supported by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fao","category-news-notices"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7166"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7171,"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7166\/revisions\/7171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}