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IICA Goodwill Ambassadors

  • Alysson Paolinelli

    IICA Goodwill Ambassador in Gender and Rural Youth Issues

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

    Paolinelli, who graduated as an agricultural engineer from the School of Higher Education in Agronomy of Lavras (Esal), previously served as the Secretary of Agriculture of Minas Gerais, Brazil. He received the World Food Prize in 2006. During his tenure as the country’s Minister of Agriculture, he masterminded the modernization of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa).

  • Dennis McClung

    IICA Goodwill Ambassador in Sustainable Development Issues

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

    McClung is the founder, President and Executive Director of Garden Pool, a non-profit organization headquartered in Arizona, dedicated to research on and the generation of educational strategies associated with sustainable food production methods.