Latin America & Caribbean

IPC is represented by the Nyéléni Food Sovereignty Movement . Nyéléni ECA is a political and social alliance of grassroots, community based movements and organizations, representing small-scale food producers.

Facilitation
  • Facilitator: Eva Gamboa – Enlace Continental de Mujeres Indígenas de las Américas (ECMIA), Argentina

  • Alternate: Alberto Broch – Confederación de Organizaciones de Productores Familiares del Mercosur Ampliado (COPROFAM), Brazil

Secretariat
  • Rodolfo Gonzalez Greco – Coordinadora Latinoamericana de Organizaciones del Campo (CLOC – La Vía Campesina), Argentina


IPC organizations are
present and active in:

Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, México, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Perú, Uruguay, Venezuela

Our work in the region

  • Working space

    In the region, the IP is represented by the Alianza por la Soberanía Alimentaria de los pueblos de América Latina y el Caribe (Alliance for Food Sovereignty of the Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean). It brings together 23 regional and continental networks, movements and organizations, and 11 national organizations of peasants, artisanal fishing, family agriculture, rural workers, youth, indigenous peoples, afro-descendants, agroecological movements, human rights and environmentalists.

    The Alianza emerges from a historical process of almost two decades of collective construction, which culminated with its foundation in March 2012 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It consolidated its commitment and the path to follow during its First Assembly on August 5 and 6, 2013 in Bogotá, Colombia.

  • What do we do?

    Strategic axes:
    • Food Sovereignty and the Right to Food

    Agroecology

    Defence of our Territories and struggle for a Comprehensive Agrarian Reform

    Defence of our Biodiversity, patrimony of the people

    Preservation of ancestral knowledge

    Fighting climate change

    Right to work, decent employment, and fair wage

    Popular communication

Regional Consultation of the CSOs

The IPC Regional Process participates in the Steering Committee decided by CSOs, which is responsible to organize independently at the regional level the Regional Consultation of Civil Society Organizations.

These consultations are organized before the FAO Regional Conferences to work on a shared and common declaration to be read during the Conferences.

The CSOs participate as observers to the FAO Regional Conferences. The participants are decided among the different CSOs (IPC and non IPC organizations) present at the Consultation.

Last CSOs Regional Consultation

26 – 27 of March 2020 in Panama.

Last LARC

The 38th Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean will take place in two phases:

  • Senior Officers Meeting (virtual) 11-13 March 2024
  • Ministerial Session (Hybrid) 18-21 March 2024

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Last CSOs Regional Consultation

VI Consulta y Conferencia Regional de los Pueblos, Movimientos Sociales y ONGs por la Soberanía Alimentaria y la Justicia Social, from the 31st of January to the 2nd of February 2018, Kuna Yala, Panama.

Last LARC

The 37th Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean was held in Quito, Ecuador, 28 March‑1 April 2022

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MULTIMEDIA

Latest updates on our work

Oct 2021

Handbook on Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) for small-scale fishing communities

Handbook on Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) for small-scale fishing communities...
Oct 2021

Civil Society Report on the use and implementation of the Tenure Guidelines

Synthesis Report on Civil Society experiences regarding the use and implementation...
Dec 2020

Ten Years of Nyéléni – Much to celebrate!

A decade ago, the movements of peasants, fisherfolk, shepherds, women, migrants,...
LATEST NEWS

Latest updates on our work

May 2024

International Statement: World Bank Out of Land!

On the opening day of the World Bank’s 2024 Land Conference,...
Jan 2024

Small-Scale Fishers overlooked at the 1st COFI Sub-Committee meeting

The inaugural session of the Sub-Committee on Fisheries Management unfolded virtually...
Jan 2024

The IPC at the 1st Sub-Committee on Fisheries

The IPC Working Group on Fisheries is participating in the 1st...
Who we are

A group fighting for the right to food

IPC is represented by the Nyéléni Europe and Central Asia Food Sovereignty Movement (Nyéléni ECA). Nyéléni ECA is a political and social alliance of grassroots, community based movements and organizations, representing small-scale food producers.