In order to transform the territories, communities must be listened to
Rimisp presented at an international seminar celebrating 10 years of the “Small Localities” program in Chile.
The Director of Rimisp in Chile was part of the Expert Commission that delivered to President Boric the new proposal for poverty measurement
The President of Chile, Gabriel Boric Font, received this Thursday, July 3, the final report with recommendations for the update of the Poverty Measurement in Chile. The Expert Advisory Commission Chair, of technical and transversal character, included the participation of Rodrigo Yáñez, director of the Chile office of Rimisp – Latin American Center for Rural Development.
Successful 1st Agroecological Productive and Healthy Food Fair in Torotoro, Bolivia
The event, held as part of the Networks for Agrifood Transformation project, took place in the Rancho Pampa community.
Opportunity and mobility: what Latin American families teach us about inequality
Facebook Instagram X-twitter Youtube Linkedin Text written by the researchers Chiara Cazzuffi, Thibaut Plassot and Isidro Soloaga authors of papers developed within the framework of Rimisp’s project “Transforming Territories”.. In Latin America, most parents want their children to go on to higher education. However, many do not believe that this will actually happen. This gap […]
Unlocking the Territory! A practical day in Cali to accelerate PDETs
In the city of Cali, Colombia, an intense and transforming working day was held in conjunction with the Agency for Territorial Renewal (ART), the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and the United Nations Multidonor Peace Fund (MPTF).
Rimisp concludes cycle of workshops with indigenous youth from Mexico, Guatemala and Bolivia
About 15 young people participated in the third and last cycle of virtual workshops that took place between May 7 and June 11, 2025.
Guatemala: Building bridges between ancestral knowledge and public policies
Rimisp researchers, together with Sank’s local partners and Mayan Q’eqchi’ communities in the department of Alta Verapaz (Guatemala), carried out a series of advocacy activities within the framework of the Networks for Agrifood Transformation project.
Rethinking rural development: A new language for a new agrarian Colombia
In the forum “The Future of Agrarian Colombia”, recently organized in Bogota, Diego Bautista Rios, Director of the Colombia Office of Rimisp – Latin American Center for Rural Development, gave a keynote speech that made an urgent call: Colombia needs to renew the conversation regarding the countryside and rural development.
Between the desire to act and the reality of achieving the objective: indigenous rural youth and agroecology
New Rimisp paper explores the tensions limiting the adoption of agroecology by rural indigenous youth in Mexico, Guatemala and Bolivia.
Brazil: Rodrigo Yáñez speaks on agroecological transitions at the international seminar on family farming
The director of Rimisp in Chile participated in the panel “Agroecological Food Transition” at the International Seminar: “Family Farming: Challenges and Perspectives 10 years after the International Year of Family Farming”, held from March 25 to 27 in Porto Alegre.