Children, Youth & Women Organizations in Agriculture Climate Action & Sustainability
Fecha de publicación
14-06-2023Autor
Caroo, Keithlin
Sennon, Alpha
Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA)
Caribbean Climate Responsive Agriculture Forum (CCRAF)
Programa de Acción Climática y Sostenibilidad Agropecuaria (PACSA)
Helen's Daughters (HD)
Caribbean Soil-Centric Actions
Living Soils of the Americas
EbA Project - Strengthening Coastal and Marine Climate Resilience through Upland and Coastal Ecosystem Based Adaptation and Community Engagement
UNOSSC Project - Building bridges of knowledge in LAC_South-South exchange of experiences to strengthen resilience and adaptation of food systems facing climate change
International Network of Innovative Partners for Sustainable Intelligent Systems (Inipsis Ltd.) - Trinidad y Tobago
Ubicación
Dominica
Objetivos de desarrollo sostenible
ODS 2 - Hambre cero
ODS 3 - Salud y bienestar
ODS 5 - Igualdad de género
ODS 10 - Reducción de las desigualdades
ODS 11 - Ciudades y comunidades sostenibles
ODS 12 - Producción y consumo responsables
ODS 13 - Acción por el clima
Tipo
Seminario web
Metadatos
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Guest speakers: Keithlin Caroo, Executive Director at Helen's Daughters, Helen's Daughter - St. Lucia, Mr. Alpha Sennon, Founder of WHYFARM, WhyFarm - Trinidad & Tobago
Resumen
Mr. Keithlin Caroo, Executive Director at Helen's Daughters and IICA Goodwill Ambassador for Sustainable Development shares the experiences of Helen's Daughters, which is a non-profit organisation based in St. Lucia and is now expanding to other islands of the Caribbean including St. Kitts & Nevis, focuses on the economic development of rural women through improved market access, adaptive agricultural techniques, and capacity-building. Helen's Daughters works at a grassroots level providing training, mentorship, micro-investment, access to high-value markets, and a structured care system for rural women farmers, who have largely been unacknowledged and under-supported in the agricultural sector. They also use advocacy to address gender inequalities by seeking opportunities for female farmers, and to put food security and climate resilience in the public and policy agenda. Helen's Daughters' advocacy involves leveraging media opportunities and partnerships with the public and private sectors to position rural women as key actors in driving sustainable development in the Caribbean. Ms. Caroo speaks on the program that Helen's Daughters offers to help empower women in agriculture which includes, the Agri-Apprenticeship Programme, FarmHers Market, Rural Women’s Ag-cademy and Women’s Farmers Academy among others. Mr. Alpha Sennon, Founder of WHYFARM shares the experiences of WHYFARM (We Help You-th Farm), an NGO in Trinidad and Tobago that pioneers Agricultural Educational Entertainment (Agri-Edutainment) with a mission to promote the importance of sustainable agriculture among youth and children, build their capacity in Agricultural Entrepreneurship, and empower them to contribute to achieving global food and nutrition security by the year 2050. WHYFARM has developed AGRIMAN and PhotosyntheSista, the 1st Food and Nutrition Security Superheroes, that inspire future feeders. Mr. Sennon speaks on strategies for getting children and youth more engaged in agriCOOLture, and delves into some of the agricultural educational entertainment that WHYFARM develops including comic and activity books for youth and children which are equally enjoyed by adults, motion comics, Farm visits, and Agriman School tours among others.
Palabras clave
Diseño de proyectos||project design||design de projectos||conception de projet, Proyectos de desarrollo||development projects||projecto de desenvolvimento||projet de développement, Agricultura sostenible||sustainable agriculture||agricultura sustentável||agriculture durable, Organizaciones de agricultores||farmers organizations||organização de agricultores||organisation paysanne, Seguridad alimentaria||food security||segurança alimentar||sécurité alimentaire, Seguridad nutricional||nutrition security||sécurité nutritionnelle, Política agrícola||agricultural policies||política agrícola||politique agricole, Mujeres||women||mulher||femme, Agricultoras||women farmers||agricultoras||agricultrice, Participación de la mujer||women's participation||participação da mulher||participation de la femme, Agroindustria||agro-industry||agroindústria||agro-industrie, Cambio climático||climate change||mudança de clima||changement climatique, Niños||children||criança||enfant, Juventud||youth||juventude||jeunesse, Trinidad y Tabago||Trinidad and Tobago||Trinidad e Tobago||Trinité-et-Tobago, Santa Lucia||Saint Lucia||Santa Lúcia||Sainte-Lucie, Caribe||Caribbean||Caraíbas||Caraïbes, 4864-00, Programas de Cooperación Técnica,
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Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)
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