What are we doing in Latin America and the Caribbean?
New Zealand has committed NZ$10 million (2022-2026) in funding to Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) activities in the initiative. For this region the Initiative is targeted towards measurement and mitigation of agricultural greenhouse gas emissions.
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Improving national agricultural inventory systems to better understand national emissions, to meet international climate commitments.
Regional research activities to generate estimates of agricultural GHG emissions.
Improving resilience in agriculture and food security.
Improving institutional and human capability through training and research grants.
Catalysing investment in mitigation research to unlock new technologies.
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As of November 2024, the Initiative has completed the ‘LAC Needs Analysis’.
The Programme has initiated projects to support indigenous communities in Patagonia; to support inventory capability in Latin American countries; and to reduce On-farm emissions from waste in St Lucia.
Four projects have been selected for regional funding as part of the NZ- FONTAGRO joint research call, to develop on-ground technologies that grow more food without increasing emissions.
Regional projects are in development with other partners to support mitigation options for agrifood systems, and improve agricultural greenhouse gas management in Latin America and the Caribbean.
NZCSA representatives meet with GHG inventory specialists from across the Caribbean at the Sixth Annual Meeting of the Caribbean Cooperative MRV Hub. This was a kick off for the MRVHub project. (Apr 2025)
Planning meeting for the Mapuche project, including The Regional Director, the Director of the Bariloche Experimental Station of INTA Argentina, the Vice President of CONICET, together with representatives from New Zealand (Mar 2025).
Mapuche community leaders, with INTA Argentina, INIA Chile and New Zealand’s LAC CSA initiative representatives during the technical meeting at the INTA Bariloche Experimental Station, Argentina, where climate-smart livestock farming and GHG emissions reduction (Mar 2025)
New Zealand representatives at a planning meeting for the SECAC project.
View of the Mapuche community in Chile, where climate-smart livestock farming and sustainable tourism are key opportunities being explored under the project (Mar 2025)
Leaders from across the Mapuche communities meet with INTA Argentina and representatives from New Zealand’s Latin America and the Caribbean Climate Smart Agriculture initiative (Mar 2025)
NZCSA project kicks off in Saint Lucia. The project’s New Zealand funded technical staff alongside staff from Saint Lucia’s Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Rural Development.
Creole Goats and Angora Goats raised at the INTA experimental field in Pilcaniyeu, Argeniina, under a genetic improvement programme aimed at increasing production and enhancing adaptation to climate change without increasing greenhouse gas emissions (Mar 2025)
The 8 projects cofunded by New Zealand and FONTAGRO under the NZCSA