A new vision of innovation must recognize farmers as agents capable of observing, discovering new ways of doing through experimentation and learning (Van der Ploeg, J.D. 1990). Instead of 'technology transfer' processes, thought should be given to improving farmers' ability to learn and experiment (Leeuwis, C. 1999). Therefore, innovations at the level of complex systems, in which the human being is an integral part, are no longer conceived as external but are developed and designed in their context of application and with the participation of those who manage the systems and make decisions (Gibbons, M. et al., 1997; Leeuwis, C. 1999). This ensures the relevance, applicability and adoption of potential solutions to the problems detected. The Resilient Family Farming project, based on previous experiences developed by INIA and CNFR, promoted joint work between producers, technicians, organizations and researchers, using the co-innovation approach, to generate a cyclical process of characterization and diagnosis, implementation, monitoring and evaluation that would allow innovation to emerge from interactive learning among the actors involved.

Project oversight plays an important role in implementing lessons learned, and there is a constant flow of information between our team in Congo and the UK office. Beyond the core team access to other key professionals is also continuously available, such as our UK veterinary team, should their advice be needed. Setting effective baselines at the start of the project is an effective tool when evaluating progress. The project has no defined end date, and future planning is always under review. Information and data gained through oversight and evaluation are key elements of future planning.

Camera traps are an important tool for monitoring and gathering information, and have been used by the team for a number of years. More recently we have been able to train, and equip patrol teams in using the Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool (SMART).

Call issued by the authorities to accredit guides and captains to work in Protected Areas.

The regent in Ambiente is the Ministry of Environment and we have been working with them since 1998, but in 2017 we signed a cooperation agreement to minimize the jaguar-human conflict through a preventive management project to seek solutions. We have also achieved an alliance with USFWS to work farm management plans, anti-predation measures, monitoring with cameras and collars with the jaguar. We work with the Small Grants Program/UNDP/GEF and are working on a camera trap monitoring project in Darien and support/advice to community-based organizations, so that communities know how to solve and take to another level what is happening in their areas. Nat Geo supports us in the most extensive camera trap monitoring project in Panama in Darien, in addition to helping us in outreach and communications at the international level. With the Howard Huge Medical Institute (HHMI) we work in scientific research with camera traps, in addition to disseminating, communicating and educating through their digital platforms what we find in the Darien National Park. Other important alliances are the Ministry of Tourism, ANAGAN, ISA, University of Panama, UNEP. We work with some indigenous groups and more than 10 community-based organizations distributed throughout the country.

For the Yaguará Panama Foundation, communication is vital at all levels, even though we are a science-based organization. Science must be translated to the community and to other scientists, but also in media that have real impact with communities, decision makers, students of all levels and people from a child to a senior citizen. In order to reach everyone, we communicate in international impact magazines such as National Geographic, which is seen by millions of people around the world. This project is related to the topic of agriculture and since 2014 every month we publish in a national magazine called Ecos del Agro, which reaches more than 10,000 people. We also publish in the traditional written press several articles a year. We go on radio and TV about 10 to 20 times a year, in addition to our social networks. We give virtual talks (in pandemic: more than 11,000 people have listened to our presentations), and face-to-face, workshops. If we REALLY want to reach the majority of people we must communicate in all available media, because those who watch or see one, do not see others and so on.

One of the interesting aspects of this project is to measure the biodiversity in each of the farms and to know how many jaguars there are or cross the farms. For this we monitor them with camera traps. As each jaguar has unique spotting patterns for each individual, it is possible to know how many there are and record when they are in the different farms. In addition, we combine the camera traps with GPS collars that we place on the jaguars on the farms to know where they move, how many farms they visit and how much time they spend on the farm. This helps us understand the jaguar dynamics in an environment dominated by cattle ranchers and forest corridors between farms.

With the data from the camera traps and GPS collars we have been able to give the community a better understanding of the jaguar and why it is an important species for the ecosystems and for our own existence as human beings.

Based on the information collected we can measure indicators such as: number of jaguars per year and abundance of other mammals that are important prey for the jaguar, and we can help local and national decision makers and farm management decision makers.

Through various trainings, exercises and case studies, local stakeholders such as technicians, firefighters, secretaries of agriculture and planning were guided in developing skills for the management and use of information built through Geographic Information Systems - GIS. For this purpose, we illustrated and practiced with free access and digital tools such as Q-Gis, to strengthen the analysis of information and cartographic graphic outputs for processes such as land use, water network, planning, zoning and municipal ordinance. In addition, brochures were prepared with the information obtained at the technical-cartographic level to facilitate the information to the stakeholders.

The nesting of the trainings within the AGRICULTURE Secretariat was a strong factor, since they were completely appropriate as they were installed within its internal platform and available to all staff. In this way, they were not perceived as an external intervention, but rather as integrated and promoted within the Secretariat itself, giving them complete control over their management and evaluation. In addition, as an incentive, they were made equivalent to double the number of hours taken in order to make them more attractive to users and to reach as many people as possible.

One of AESAC's first objectives as an organization was to promote the replicability of its sustainable production model by supporting the training of other producer groups in the Bajío region. The workshops provided by its members had a very important multiplier effect when other producers in the region felt identified and felt more confident in sharing their experiences and asking their questions. The members' plots functioned as demonstration plots, where they could show the results of the practices implemented and thus motivate other producers to initiate processes of improvement and conditioning of their productive areas.