Guatemala’s Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Food, María Fernanda Rivera Dávila, presented the country’s progress in bioeconomy, agricultural health, and digital agriculture at the 2025 Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas in Brazil. The presentation took place during a meeting of the Continental Alliance for Food Security, an initiative led by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) to promote collaboration among countries in strengthening agri-food systems.
The session included a discussion focused on three key areas: bioeconomy, agricultural health, and digital agriculture. Minister Rivera Dávila outlined Guatemala’s advancements and perspectives in these fields, emphasizing the importance of science, innovation, and regional cooperation in transforming the sector.
On bioeconomy efforts, Rivera Dávila said: “We are working with taxonomy at a semi-detailed level for the entire country as part of the National Water and Soil Program for the Future, as well as in ethnoedaphology—a combination of ancestral knowledge and science. This information will soon be available on the Geoportal so it can be analyzed strategically.”
Regarding agricultural health, she highlighted the need to strengthen inter-institutional coordination and regional cooperation to prevent and address sanitary emergencies. “Transport is an important factor in the advance of the Screwworm and in breaking natural barriers due to irregular movement of people. In response, Guatemala presented a proposal to the Central American Agricultural Council: the Green Border initiative, which we have led since May,” she explained.
Guatemala’s participation at this event reaffirms its commitment to food security, environmental sustainability, and modernization of its agricultural sector through knowledge sharing, innovation, and joint work with other Latin American and Caribbean countries.
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