Global Soil Partnership

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, Trinidad and Tobago, Surinam, Uruguay. 

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

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

 

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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

Saint Lucia

PROMOTING INSTITUTIONS:

Ministry of Agriculture

 

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

Trinidad and Tobago

PROMOTING INSTITUTIONS:

Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries (MALF) and its Extension Training and Information Services Division (ETIS)

LOCAL PROMOTERS:

The National Agricultural Marketing and Development Corporation (NAMDEVCO), Regional Administration North and South, and Research division under the Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries (MALF) and MAFAS LTD.

 

Trinidad and Tobago Women Men Total
Soil Doctors' Trainers 5 16 21
Soil Doctors 5 14 19
Farmers reached (estimated) 47 143 190

TRAININGS:

📌 Sugarcane Feeds Center, Longdenville  | Module 1 – What is soil in collaboration with FAO Trinidad and Tobago with funding from Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries, FAO  and  the  SOILCARE Phase 1 Project titled "Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS) multicounty soil management initiative for Integrated Landscape Restoration and climate-resilient food systems" funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF-7) | English | October 2024 | Photogallery | Highlight