LATIN AMERICA
EU-LAC Agri-Food Dialogues
In collaboration with the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), AL-INVEST Verde is organising the "EU-LAC Agrifood Dialogues" series. This cycle consists of at least two thematic virtual workshops and two face-to-face workshops in 2025. The first two workshops address the issue of sustainable livestock farming in the framework of the EU Regulation on EU supply chains free of deforestation and forest degradation (EUDR). In 2026, one to two more workshops are expected to be organised.
Implementation period: April 2025 - 2026.
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Expected results
- Encourage the EU-LAC dialogue and mutual knowledge on EU legislation and best practices on sustainable agri-food value chains.
- Continue the policy dialogues on various elements of sustainable agriculture and the exchange of good practices between countries.
- Organisation of policy exchanges and workshops on sustainable agriculture to deepen cooperation with countries in Central America and MERCOSUR, among others.
- Exchange best practices on specific issues between Latin American and Caribbean partners through, for example, a platform provided by the EU and/or another organisation such as the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA).
Chronology
DIALOGUES
Reduction of GHG emissions.
- Josefina Eisele. Regional Director of Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (GRSB). "Synergies and targets for GHG emission reductions from the global agenda". View presentation.
Lessons and perspectives.
- Daniel Azeredo. Federal Public Prosecutor's Office (MPF) of Brazil. TACsda Carne: atuaçãoambiental resolutiva junto à cadeiaeconômicada pecuária. View presentation.
- Fernando Sampaio. Sustainability Director of the Brazilian Association of Meat Exporting Industries (ABIEC). Sustentabilidade no sistema agroindustrial da carne bovina. View presentation.
- Verónica Durán. Director of the Office of Programming and Agricultural Policy of Uruguay. Policies to promote sustainable livestock farming: Uruguay's experience. View presentation.
Mitigation of methane emissions.
- Valerio Abadessa. Policy Officer of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI). EC AGRI R&I on sustainable livestock systems. View presentation.
NEWS
The EU-LAC Agri-Food Dialogues cycle, organised by AL-INVEST Verde and IICA, begins
14 May 2025. Under the title "Strategies and instruments to promote sustainable livestock farming in the EU and LAC", the 1st EU-LAC Agri-Food Dialogue, organised by AL-INVEST Verde in collaboration with the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), was held on 13 May. The event, in an online format, brought together almost 300 people from Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean.
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