What are we doing in Latin America?
New Zealand committed NZ$5 million (2022-2026) in funding to the nine activities below. This involved partnering with 17 countries and focused primarily on impact in National GHG measurement (Improving agricultural inventory systems to better understand national emissions, and to meet international climate commitments) and Mitigating GHGs (through research to unlock new technologies).
See Latin America Projects
What are we doing in the Caribbean?
New Zealand committed NZ$5 million (2022-2026) in funding to the six Caribbean activities below. This involved partnering with 13 countries and focused primarily on impact in National GHG Measurement, Climate-smart Livestock practices and Healthy Soils.
Programme Highlights
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