Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture

IICA Goodwill Ambassadors

Maris Llorens

IICA Goodwill Ambassador on issues of Sustainable Animal Production

In recognition of her contribution to the development of innovative livestock farming and environmental preservation.

A livestock businesswoman and philanthropist, Llorens is committed to the conservation and protection of biodiversity. She is the Director of the Zoological and Botanical Gardens of Asunción, Paraguay, and President of the Maris Llorens Foundation. She holds a number of positions in other organizations of the livestock and meat sector.

Keithlin Caroo

Goodwill Ambassador of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) for sustainable development issue

In recognition of her work to promote the socioeconomic development of rural women through adaptive agricultural techniques, capacity-building and improved market access

Founder and Executive Director at Helen’s Daughters, non-profit that promotes the socioeconomic development of rural women through adaptive agricultural techniques, capacity-building and improved market access.

Hipólito Mejía Domínguez

IICA Goodwill Ambassador in Sustainable Agricultural Development Issues

In recognition of his contributions to Agricultural Development and Agribusiness in Latin America and the Caribbean

The former President is an Agricultural Engineer, who served as Secretary of State of Agriculture and coordinator of the overall agriculture sector. He has completed studies in Business Administration and Agribusiness at the University of North Carolina in the United States.  He has dedicated his professional life and political career to democracy and to poverty reduction, by modernizing the production infrastructure and supporting areas such as Education, Health, Food and Rural Development. He is also someone with an interest in social protection of the Environment.

Michael Kremer

IICA Goodwill Ambassador for Sustainable Development

In recognition of his contributions to the use of science as the basis for anti-poverty programs

Winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics and Professor of Economics at Harvard University. Co-founder of Precision Agriculture for Development (PAD).

Hugo Sigman

IICA Goodwill Ambassador for Sustainable Development Issues

In recognition of his contribution to promoting the ideals of the Institute as well as his personal commitment to the development of agriculture and rural areas in the Americas.

An Argentinean psychiatrist and businessman, Sigman is the founder and CEO of Grupo Insud and founder of Chemo, a global pharmaceutical company with 14 industrial plants, more than 4,000 employees, and a presence in more than 40 countries.

Beatriz Paredes

IICA GOODWILL AMBASSADOR FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL EQUITY

In recognition of her contributions to rural development in the Americas and the inclusion of rural women.

Mexican Senator and Chair of the Senate’s Committee on Science and Technology. She is a member of the Committee’s on Foreign Affairs; Agriculture; Livestock; Fisheries and Rural Development; Education and Migration, as well as of the Bicameral Committee on National Security.

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