Innovation, sustainability and climate action: This is how the AgriLAC Resiliente initiative is progressing in Guatemala

On June 23 and 25, 2025, two workshops were held in Guatemala, focused on the Exchange of Progress and Results of the initiative. Led by the CGIAR AgriLAC Resiliente Initiative and financially supported by the Norwegian government through NORAD, this key event brought together over 70 people and more than 15 institutions and organizations. The goal was to review the achievements of the past two years, share experiences from the field, and collectively build strategies for sustainability and scaling innovations.

The purpose of these events was to amplify the results achieved during 2023 and 2024 in Eastern and Western Guatemala, exchange knowledge, and co-design strategies to scale sustainable technologies, practices, and innovations within the region’s agri-food system.

This initiative promotes climate-adapted agri-food solutions across Latin America and the Caribbean. In Guatemala, the focus has been on strengthening local capacities, encouraging participatory research, promoting digital tools, and integrating gender and social inclusion perspectives, with the aim of transforming production systems in areas vulnerable and highly exposed to extreme climate conditions.