Rural leaders, producer organizations and public authorities involved in agricultural research all agreed on the need for a new narrative to demonstrate how farmers in the Americas are transforming their activities, by way of science, technology and innovation, to become guarantors of the world’s food, energy and environmental security, while also increasing resilience and protecting biodiversity.

The Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Manuel Otero, stressed his organization’s commitment to work with strategic partners to demonstrate how through innovation and the support for science and technology, tropical agriculture in the hemisphere plays a fundamental role in ensuring food security and the sustainability of the planet.

Through its Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAPA) and the Executive Commission of the Cocoa Farming Plan (CEPLAC), and in partnership with the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), the Brazilian government will implement the project entitled “Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation through Cocoa Farming Agroforestry Systems in the Amazon and Atlanic forest biomes”, with funding from the Green Climate Fund (GCF).