LATIN AMERICA
EU-LAC Agri-Food Dialogues
AL-INVEST Verde is organising the "EU-LAC Agrifood Dialogues" series, in collaboration with the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA). This series 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 production in the framework of the EU Regulation on 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.
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". SEE PRESENTATION.
Lessons and perspectives.
- Daniel Azeredo. Federal Public Prosecutor's Office (MPF) of Brazil. TACsda Carne: atuaçãoambiental resolutiva junto à cadeiaeconômicada pecuária. SEE PRESENTATION
- Fernando Sampaio. Sustainability Director of the Brazilian Association of Meat Exporting Industries (ABIEC). Sustentabilidade no sistema agroindustrial da carne bovina. SEE PRESENTATION.
- Verónica Durán. Director of the Office of Programming and Agricultural Policy of Uruguay. Policies to promote sustainable livestock farming: Uruguay's experience. SEE 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. SEE PRESENTATION.
OPENING PANEL:
- Andreas Pilzecker. Policy officer at the European Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (DG-AGRI). Mitigation of methane emissions from agriculture in the European Union. SEE PRESENTATION
- Donald Moore. Executive Director of the Global Dairy Platform. Responsible and sustainable food production in livestock farming. SEE PRESENTATION
- Diego Gauna. Technical Coordinator of the IICA-IDB Sustainable Livestock Platform. Perspectives and characteristics in the transition of cattle systems in Latin America and the Caribbean. SEE PRESENTATION
TECHNICAL PANEL I:
- Sylvanie Jardinet. Cooperation Officer of the Delegation of the European Union in Costa Rica. Mechanisms and instruments for sustainable livestock production: experience in Costa Rica. SEE PRESENTATION
- Bruno Jacquet. Senior Rural Development Specialist at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Mechanisms and instruments for sustainable and resilient livestock production in LAC. SEE PRESENTATION
- Hugo Sanchez. Director of the Paraguayan Roundtable for Sustainable Meat. Strategic priorities to favour sustainable investment in cattle farming. SEE PRESENTATION
TECHNICAL PANEL II
- David Yáñez-Ruiz. Research Professor at the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) of Spain. European Re-Livestock Project: Combining innovations for more sustainable livestock farming. SEE PRESENTATION
- Cristóbal Villanueva. Sustainable Livestock Specialist of the Livestock and Environment Programme of the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Centre (CATIE). Experience in the implementation of Silvopastoral Systems in Mesoamerica. SEE PRESENTATION
- Humberto Sorio. Expert in regenerative livestock farming. Regenerative Livestock by Voisin Grazing System. Brazil. SEE PRESENTATION
- Uruguay PROCRÍA. SEE PRESENTATION
The EU Water Resilience Strategy.
- Dagmar Behrendt Kaljariková. International Relations Officer of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Environment (DG ENV). SEE PRESENTATION.
Coming soon.
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News
The EU-LAC Agri-Food Dialogues cycle, organised by AL-INVEST Verde and IICA, begins
Costa Rica, 15 May 2025. The 1st EU-LAC Agri-Food Dialogue was held on 13 May. The event, in an online format, brought together almost 300 people from Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean.
Costa Rica hosts the Second EU-LAC Agri-Food Dialogue, with representatives from more than 20 countries
Costa Rica, 30 June 2025. Costa Rica hosted the Second EU-LAC Agri-Food Dialogue. The event took place on 25 June in San José, while on 26 June participants visited the facilities of the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Centre (CATIE) in Turrialba.
The Third EU-LAC Agri-Food Dialogue is being held in Chile as part of Regional Water Week
Santiago de Chile, 09 October 2025. The Third EU-LAC Agri-Food Dialogue was held at the ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile, as part of the 2025 Latin American and Caribbean Regional Water Week.
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