LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
This section provides information about the Soil Doctors Programme implementation in the Latin America and the Caribbean region.
LIST OF COUNTRIES
Antigua and Barbuda, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (the), Argentina, Bahamas (the), Belize, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic (the), Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Plurinational State of Bolivia (the), Santa Lucia, Surinam, Uruguay.
- ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
- PLURINATIONAL STATE OF BOLIVIA (THE)
- COLOMBIA
- CHILE
- MEXICO
- SAINT LUCIA
- BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA (THE)
Antigua and Barbuda
| Antigua and Barbuda | Women | Men | Total |
| Soil Doctors' Trainers | 6 | 10 | 16 |
| Soil Doctors | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Farmers reached (estimated) | 72 | 108 | 180 |
TRAININGS:
📌 Dunbars Experimental Agricultural Station | Module 1 – RECSOIL in collaboration with Partnership Initiative on Sustainable Land Management (PISLM) and FAO Sub-regional Office for the Caribbean with funding from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) | English | November 2023 | Photogallery | Highlight
EXTERNAL LINKS
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the Plurinational State of Bolivia
PROMOTING INSTITUTION:
Central Regional Agropecuaria Industrial de Cooperativas El Ceibo; Asociación de organizaciones de productores ecológicos de Bolivia - AOPEB.
| Plurinational State of Bolivia (the) | Women | Men | Total |
| Soil Doctors' Trainers | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| Soil Doctors | 15 | 35 | 50 |
| Farmers reached (estimated) | 98 | 229 | 327 |
TRAININGS:
📌 Alto Beni, Caranavi, Magdalena, Palos Blancos and San Antonio | Module 1 - Soil fertility | Spanish | March 2022-Ongoing | Photogallery | Video
Colombia
PROMOTING INSTITUTION
Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria - AGROSAVIA, in collaboration with
| COLOMBIA | Women | Men | Total |
| Soil Doctors' Trainers | 3 | 29 | 32 |
| Soil Doctors | 4 | 37 | 41 |
| Farmers reached (estimated) | 99 | 230 | 329 |
TRAININGS
📌 Mosquera, Pasto, Uraba and Zona bananera
Module 1 Soil fertility | Spanish | July 2022 - December 2022 | Photogallery | Videos | Actualités
Chile
PROMOTING INSTITUTIONS:
Agriculture and Livestock Service from the Ministry of Agriculture (SAG) in collaboration with the University of Chile and the Institute of Agricultural Research.
| Chile | Women | Men | Total |
| Soil Doctors' Trainers | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Soil Doctors | 9 | 12 | 21 |
| Farmers reached (estimated) | 22 | 430 | 52 |
TRAININGS:
📌 LOS LAGOS | "What is Soil?" Module 1 adapted to Chile Livestock system | Spanish | March 2023 | Photogallery | Photogallery 2 | Highlight
Mexico
PROMOTING INSTITUTION
Programa Universitario de Estudios Interdisciplinarios del Suelo (PUEIS) de la UNAM, in collaboration with Secretaría de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural (AGRICULTURA)
LOCAL PROMOTORS
Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla and Instituto de Geología.
| Mexico | Women | Men | Total |
| Soil Doctors' Trainers | 252 | 99 | 351 |
| Soil Doctors | 639 | 180 | 819 |
| Actual farmers reached | 587 | 251 | 838 |
| Farmers reached (estimated) | 2866 | 1229 | 4095 |
TRAININGS
📌 Zona Norte (Baja California, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Durango, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Sonora, Sinaoa,Tamaulipas, Zacatecas) | Module 1 - What is soil in collaboration with Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRICULTURA) | Spanish | June -December 2023 | Photogallery | Highlight
📌 Zona Centro Occidente (Aguascalientes, Colima, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Michoacán de Ocampo, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí) | Module 1 - What is soil |Module 2- Recarbonization of soils in collaboration with Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRICULTURA) | Spanish | June -August 2023 and June 2023-December 2023 | Photogallery Module 1 | Photogallery Module 2 | Highlight
📌 Zona Centro (Estado de México, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Morelos, Puebla, Tlaxcala, Ciudad de México) | Module 1 - What is soil |Module 2- What are soil salinity and sodicity in collaboration with Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRICULTURA), Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla and Instituto de Geología| Spanish | May -June 2023 and June 2023-December 2023| Photogallery Module 1 | | Photogallery Module 2 | Highlight
📌 Zona Sur (Campeche, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Yucatán) Module 1 - What is soil in collaboration with Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRICULTURA) and Instituto de Geología| Spanish| June-December 2023 | Photogallery | Highlight
📌 Michoacán, Puebla, Sinaloa, Tlaxcala, Veracruz and Ciudad de México | Module 1 - What is soil in collaboration with Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development (SADER) | Spanish | November 2021-December 2022 | Photogallery | Highlight
External links
- Sanadores de suelos. La UNAM responde 771 – YouTube to ''soil healers. UNAM responds 771 – YouTube''
- Sanadores de suelos. La UNAM responde 771 – YouTube to ''soil healers. UNAM responds 771 – YouTube'
- ¿Por qué te gusta ser un Doctor del Suelo? (youtube.com) to ''why do you like being a Soil Doctor? (youtube.com)''
- ¿Por qué te gusta ser un Doctor del Suelo? (youtube.com) to ''why do you like being a Soil Doctor? (youtube.com)''
Saint Lucia
| Saint Lucia | Women | Men | Total |
| Soil Doctors' Trainers | 7 | 11 | 18 |
| Soil Doctors | 7 | 13 | 20 |
| Farmers reached (estimated) | 80 | 120 | 200 |
TRAININGS:
📌 Union Orchid Garden | Module 1 – RECSOIL in collaboration with Partnership Initiative on Sustainable Land Management (PISLM) and FAO Sub-regional Office for the Caribbean with funding from the Global Environment Facility (GEF)| English and Kweole| November 2023 - ongoing | Photogallery |Highlight
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (the)
PROMOTING INSTITUTIONS:
Ministry of Agriculture and Lands - National Institute for Rural Development (INDER) in collaboration with Ministry of Ecosocialism and Latin America Institute of Forestry
| Venezuela (bolivarian republic of) | Women | Men | Total |
| Soil Doctors' Trainers | 14 | 19 | 33 |
| Soil Doctors | 15 | 26 | 41 |
| Farmers reached (estimated) | 53 | 67 | 120 |
TRAININGS:
📌 Mérida | Module 1 – What is soil in collaboration with GEF project- Sustainable management of the Andean landscape | Spanish | December 2023 | Photogallery | Highlight