I CONGRESS OF TROPICAL AGROECOLOGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE (CATyCC)

The development of the career is coherent with the national conservation and development strategy promoted by state agencies and institutions at the national and regional level; In particular, this program takes into account the development plan of the municipality of León, prepared by the mayor's office, whose guidelines in this area are aimed at increasing production levels and creating rural and urban employment, the rational management of water, soil and forest resources; as well as the conservation and development of the ecosystems of the territory (Informative Magazine of the Agroecology career, Year I Vol. I 2002). This initiative arises from the perspective of the Department of Agroecology of the School of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences (ECAV) of UNAN-León; Therefore, it is organized by this Department, a scientific institution dedicated to contributing to sustainable local development, through agroecological production models, aimed at guaranteeing human well-being and improving the ecosystems of the Nicaraguan/Central American agricultural sector. In this sense, since 2022 and as a product of strategic alliances, links and coordination are strengthened with the National Board of Agroecology, Climate Change and Soils (MACCS) was formed in 2015 in the context of the National System of Research and Innovation Agricultural "SNIA" of INTA, with the purpose of promoting public-private alliances at all levels of producers, academics and public and private entities. In 2022, the Roundtable will be reactivated as a space for articulation with the project "Strengthening institutional and technical capacities in the agricultural and forestry sectors of Nicaragua to respond to the requirements of the transparency framework reinforced under the Paris Agreement - CBIT-FAO" approved in August 2020. The National Autonomous University of Nicaragua, León, (UNAN-León) organizes the National Congress of Tropical Agroecology and Climate Change (CATyCC) which constitutes a successful space for scientific and technological debate between specialists and national and international producers from member countries of the REBICAMCLI network that works on this issue. The main themes of the event will be: Agroecological Experiences (agroecological management of farms, crops, varieties, pests, animals, sustainable agricultural alternatives, food and nutritional security, among others); Soil, Water and Agro-forestry Management (fertilization and fertility, conservation tillage, soil conservation, protection of water sources, water harvesting, water management and irrigation for small and medium producers, experiences of small producers, among others) ; Food security, Post-harvest Management and Market Development (post-harvest technologies, commercialization of agroecological products, territorial management of agro-technologies and agro-businesses, among others) and Agroecological Bioeconomy and Climate Change applied to productive paths Eco-intensification , Biotechnology Applications, Improving efficiency in the value chain. Consequently in this work dynamic, UNAN-León, through the Department of Agroecology, presents to the actors involved and interested in rural development in the country the call for the I National Congress of Tropical Agroecology and Climate Change to be held in the facilities of the School of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences of the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua, León. II. GOALS General Share advances and results of current research, experiences of development projects and agroecological testimonies with the various protagonists who develop the promotion, generation, innovation and ventures of Agroecology, aimed at achieving the eco-intensification of agroecological agriculture for food security. and nutrition in Nicaragua; as well as analyze current approaches and technologies. specific  Analyze approaches, innovations, technologies, national policies and strategies, current agroecological methodological tools, including academic ones as a basis for food and nutrition security and agroecological management of productive systems.  Share knowledge for a comprehensive approach to soil and water technologies, based on experiences of small and medium producers, academic institutions, the public sector, producer associations, companies and national and international organizations, committed to the rural development of Nicaragua.  Analyze and agree on knowledge and experiences on Food Security, Post-harvest Management and Market Development leading to a strategy of Agroecological Rural Extension, in the short and medium term for the ecological regions of Nicaragua.  Exchange scientific-technological knowledge, innovations and successful experiences of the protagonists, academics, researchers in Agroecological Bioeconomy and popular knowledge as a response to technological needs for human development from an intercultural approach.   ​