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Member and secretary of the Supervisory Board of the Agricultural Production Cooperative El Guarero (ACOPROGUAR), dedicated mainly to the cultivation of basic grains and vegetables.
In addition, she is a member of the cooperative’s Youth Committee[1] , an organization that has developed a business oriented to the production and commercialization of honey. As an innovative practice, the young people have incorporated flavors such as cinnamon, eucalyptus and ginger to the honey they produce.
At the national level, she participates in the Integral Association of Rural Youth Networks of El Salvador (AREJURES)[2].
She has extensive experience as a community extensionist, training at the National School of Agronomy, specializing in agroecology.
[1]Formed in 2014, from the implementation of a Learning Fund for the allocation of financial resources to rural youth in El Salvador, implemented by PROCASUR in coordination with IFAD-Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock projects in this country. The Committee received a non-reimbursable fund of US$1,250 as seed capital for the acquisition of assets for honey production.
[2] Organization implemented with technical and financial support from PROCASUR, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (El Salvador), the National Youth Institute of El Salvador (INJUVE) and World Vision (El Salvador). It is made up of nearly 3,000 young people, who are part of the 14 territorial networks that correspond to the 14 Salvadoran departments.
AGROECOLOGY
To provide technical assistance to producers for the agroecological management of their crops.
Implement demonstration plots of vegetables, with soil conservation practices and organic crop management.
I have increased my income by selling honey.
I have added value to the honey produced by the committee by blending it with different flavors.
I have developed as an extensionist, promoting practices based on social and ecological sustainability.
I have empowered myself as a youth and rural entrepreneur, leading the formation of a Youth Committee within an adult organization and developing a new production line in the organization.
I have been recognized as a rural talent, to share my experience and knowledge with other young people.
MY EXPERIENCE AS A TALENT:
INSTITUTION: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
WHO: 30 producers
SERVICE: capacity building
SUBJECT: organic fertilizer production
INSTITUTION: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
WHO: 30 producers
SERVICE: capacity building
ISSUES: establishment of home gardens
INSTITUTION: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
WHO: 30 producers
SERVICE: capacity building
TOPICS: soil conservation practices