Browsing by Author "Witkowski, Kelly"

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    • Stakeholder Engagement Course 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); GCF CARICOM AgReady (2023)
      This course on Stakeholder Engagement teaches students about accurately identifying and engaging with stakeholders in the agriculture sector. The course includes 4 modules covering fundamentals, inventory and mapping, GCF ...

    • NDC Scoping Report for 9 Caribbean Countries: Policy Analysis 

      Hayman, Alicia; GCF CARICOM AgReady (Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 2023)
      The report refers to the threats of climate change facing the countries of the Caribbean Community, despite producing relatively small amounts of greenhouse gas emissions. To address this, CARICOM nations have committed ...

    • Building Climate Resilient Agriculture in Caribbean Countries: Belize 

      Hayman, Alicia; GCF CARICOM AgReady (Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), 2023)
      Belize's Initial Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) did not include agriculture in its mitigation targets, but it was identified as a priority sector for adaptation measures. However, implementing climate resilient ...

    • Building Climate Resilient Agriculture in Caribbean Countries: The Commonwealth of Dominica 

      Hayman, Alicia; GCF CARICOM AgReady (Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), 2023)
      Agriculture is the second-largest sector in Dominica, contributing between 11.5% and 15.2% of the country's GDP from 2010 to 2020. However, several barriers to implementing the country's NDCs have been identified, including ...

    • Building Climate Resilient Agriculture in Caribbean Countries: Trinidad and Tobago 

      Hayman, Alicia A; GCF CARICOM AgReady (Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 2023)
      Trinidad and Tobago's agriculture sector contributes only 1.2% to the country's GDP, but it employs over 4% of the population and plays a crucial role in diversifying the economy. However, the sector faces challenges in ...

    • Enhancing Mitigation Ambition in Caribbean Agriculture: Opportunities and Challenges 

      Stevens, Luanne; Greenhouse Gas Management Institute (GHGMI). Washington, DC, United States of America; GCF CARICOM AgReady (Greenhouse Gas Management Institute (GHG), 2023)
      The AgREADY study evaluates agricultural mitigation efforts in the nine countries covered in the CARICOM AgReady Project by analyzing their NDC submissions. The report identifies barriers and opportunities for reducing ...

    • National Action Plan for Agriculture GHG Inventory Improvement The Bahamas 

      Stevens, Luanne (Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), 2023)
      The IICA-GCF Readiness Project is aimed at improving climate action in the agricultural sector in nine Caribbean countries. It improves the agriculture GHG inventory by assessing the status of the national inventory, ...

    • Validated Guidelines for Stakeholder Engagement with the Agriculture Sector in Select Countries of the Caribbean 

      St. Ville, Lyndell; St. Ville, Arlette; GCF CARICOM AgReady (Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), 2023)
      This document provides an overview of the Guidelines for Stakeholder Engagement in the Agriculture Sector in select Caribbean countries, developed as part of the IICA Green Climate Fund Readiness Support Project. The ...

    • Assessing Impacts of Climate Change on Farming Systems in the Caribbean: A Pilot Study 

      Valdivia, Roberto; Antle, John; Oregon State University; GCF CARICOM AgReady (Oregon State University, 2023)
      This Pilot Study aims to use a stakeholder-driven, multi-disciplinary methodology to assess the impacts of climate change and adaptation on environmental, social, and economic outcomes in three case studies: sugarcane ...

    • National Action plan for Agriculture GHG Inventory Improvement: Trinidad & Tobago 

      Stevens, Luanne; Greenhouse Gas Management Institute (GHGMI). Washington, DC, United States of America; GCF CARICOM AgReady (Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 2023)
      The IICA-GCF Readiness Project aims to enhance climate action in the agricultural sector in nine CARICOM sub-region countries by strengthening policies, capacities, frameworks, methods, and institutional arrangements for ...

    • National Action plan for Agriculture GHG Inventory Improvement: Suriname 

      Stevens, Luanne; Greenhouse Gas Management Institute (GHGMI). Washington, DC, United States of America; GCF CARICOM AgReady (Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 2023)
      The CARICOM AgREADY project, funded by the Green Climate Fund, aims to improve the enabling conditions for climate action in the agricultural sector in nine Caribbean countries. The objectives of the project include ...

    • Building Bridges of Knowledge in LAC: South-South Exchange of Experiences to Strengthen Resilience and Adaption of Food Systems Facing Climate Change. 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Witkowski, Kelly (2023)
      As the largest food exporting region in the world (28% of all global agri-food exports) the Americas are particularly important for global food and nutrition security. Agri-food systems are a fundamental economic activity ...

    • COP27 Growing Roles for Agriculture and Food Security 

      Witkowski, Kelly (Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 06-12-2022)
      Agriculture has not had a significant presence in the national and international climate processes. Yet as COP27 ended there was a strong push by many public, private and civil society actors for agriculture to have a ...

    • Serie de seminarios web: Los mercados de carbono y el sector agropecuario en las Américas. 

      Witkowski, Kelly; Seasley, Erín; Montero López, Ricardo; de León Deneri, Felipe; Ortega, Daniel; Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) (23-08-2022)
      El IICA está organizando dos seminarios web para actualizar actores del sector agropecuario sobre los avances de los mercados de carbono – tanto nacionales como internacionales – y su relevancia para el sector. En el ...

    • Webinar: El Acuerdo de París y el agro -Una mirada a la implementación de las NDC en América Latina 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Witkowski, Kelly; Altamirano Tinoco, Miguel Andrés; Bunge, Verónica; Cascante Ocampo, Ronny; Gonzales, Javier; Paredes, Tatiana; Lacerda, Federico (17-08-2022)
      Objetivo: Presentar las principales reflexiones y lecciones obtenidas del análisis regional realizado, desde la perspectiva de acción del sector agropecuario y la participación de la agricultura familiar.

    • GCF CARICOM AgReady Project Consultation 

      Gregoire Carai, Nekelia; Witkowski, Kelly; St. Ville, Lyndelle; St. Ville, Arlette; Ramessar, Candice; Dormer, Dianne; Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Caribbean Climate Responsive Agriculture Forum (CCRAF); Programa de Acción Climática y Sostenibilidad Agropecuaria (PACSA); EbA Project - Strengthening Coastal and Marine Climate Resilience through Upland and Coastal Ecosystem Based Adaptation and Community Engagement; Caribbean Soil-Centric Actions; Living Soils of the Americas; The Green Climate Fund (GCF); GCF CARICOM AgREady Project (Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), 13-07-2022)
      Mrs. Kelly Witkowski, Manager of IICA's Agricultural Climate Action and Sustainability Program provides a brief overview of the agriculture readiness and preparatory support project titled 'Strengthening the Foundation for ...

    • I Reunión del Comité Directivo de la Iniciativa Suelos Vivos de las Américas 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Otero Justo, Manuel Rodolfo; Lal, Rattan; Villarreal, Federico; Mello, Francisco Fujita de Castro; Witkowski, Kelly; Martin, Chaney St.; Jimenez, Martha (25-03-2022)
      Los logros y avances de la iniciativa Suelos Vivos de las Américas fueron presentados en la primera reunión del Comité Directivo del programa, que nuclea a actores de los sectores público y privado, universidades, organismos ...

    • El acuerdo de Paris y el agro: una mirada a la implementación de las NDC en América Latina 

      Gonzales- Iwanciw, Javier; Witkowski, Kelly; Borda Ipus, Andrea Carolina; INNOVA Agricultura Familiar; Programa Acción Climática y Sostenibilidad Agropecuaria (PACSA) (Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 2022)
      El presente análisis regional expone el estado de la implementación de los elementos agropecuarios de las NDC en ocho países Latinoamericanos, producto de un proceso de entrevistas con autoridades y especialistas público ...

    • Conversatorio 1: Bioeconomía en el marco de las Contribuciones Nacionalmente Determinadas 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Witkowski, Kelly; Borda Ipus, Andrea Carolina; Ortega, Daniel (08-12-2021)
      Temas a tratar: Bioeconomía y agricultura Acción climática Contribución al cumplimiento de las metas climáticas nacionales

    • Conmemoración del Día Mundial de los Suelos 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Otero Justo, Manuel Rodolfo; Valverde Mendez, Jesus; Cristina, Tereza; Villarreal, Federico; Witkowski, Kelly; Bonica Henderson, José Eduardo; Betancourt, Rommel; Day, Lloyd; Duran, Arturo; Llobet, Juan Pablo; Santos, Natasha; Lal, Rattan; Undurraga, Maria Emilia (03-12-2021)
      Importancia de conservación de suelos para la actividad agropecuaria y estrategias de uso sostenible.