OCOP Webinar: Amaranth in Latin America
Virtual Event, 25/04/2024
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Join us for this insightful webinar titled Amaranth in Latin America, organized as part of the FAO One Country One Priority Product (OCOP) webinar series in collaboration with the government of Mexico and various stakeholders across Latin America.
This event aims to provide a platform for sharing knowledge, experiences, and lessons learned in the sustainable production, processing, and marketing of amaranth in Latin America. It serves as an opportunity to inform and inspire other countries interested in promoting amaranth or other special agricultural products.
FAO launched the OCOP initiative in September 2021 to support countries in developing sustainable value chains for selected SAPs, which are unique products with special characteristics tied to their geography and culture. The initiative helps countries identify products that fit their specific production systems and unlock the potential of their special products by getting access to new markets regionally and globally. Since its inception, over 85 countries from all five FAO regions have expressed strong interest in the sustainable promotion of more than 54 products.
English and Spanish interpretations will be available.
| TIME (CET) | ITEMS | COUNTRY/ ORGANIZATION | PRESENTER |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18:00-18:10 | Presentation of the Latin American Amaranth Network and objectives of the webinar | México | Adrián Argumedo Macías, Coordinator of the RedLAAM |
| 18:10-18:15 | Opening remarks | México | Mirna Yadira Aragón Sánchez, Chief Director of Agricultural Promotion, Ministry of Agriculture |
| 18:15-18:25 | Global implementation of the OCOP: progress and perspectives | FAO | Hafiz Muminjanov, Global Coordinator, OCOP Secretary, FAO |
| 18:25-18:35 | Strengthening the amaranth value chain in Mexico | México | Lina Pohl Alfaro. FAO Representative in Mexico |
| 18:35-18:45 | National strategy to promote cultivation, transformation and use of amaranth in Peru | Perú | Ángel Mauricio Holguer Mujica Sánchez, Research Professor, National University of the Altiplano, Peru |
| 18:45-18:55 | Status of amaranth in Bolivia and future perspectives | Bolivia | Verónica Bustillos Torrico and Mario Vargas Condori, Professor, Universidad Nuestra Señora de la Paz, Bolivia |
| 18:55-19:05 | Ecuador's strategy for amaranth development | Ecuador | Eduardo Peralta Idrovo, Ecuadorian Network of Friends of Amaranth, Ecuador |
| 19:05-19:15 | Projection of amaranth in Chile: production and consumption. | Chile | Cecilia Baginsky Guerrero and Cristina Pizarro Saavedra, Professor, University of Chile |
| 19:15-19:25 | Amaranth rescue efforts in the Achí Mayan Region | Guatemala | Cristóbal Osorio Sánchez, Co-founder, Qachuu Aloom “Mother Earth” Association, Guatemala |
| 19:25-19:35 | Situation and strategy to position amaranth in the agrifood system of Mexico | México | Diego Manríquez de Lara and Adrián Argumedo Macías, Colegio de Postgraduados Campus Puebla, Mexico |
| 19.35-19:40 | Remarks and closing of the event | México | José M. Mejía Muñoz, Director of Agricultural Planning and Agricultural Promotion, Ministry of Agriculture, Mexico |
Moderator: Cecilia Baginsky Guerrero and J. Andrés Herrera Corredor.