Dominica farmer Gilles Carbon-Jno. Baptiste has been named among FAO’s 100 Women Heroes for her work in sustainable agriculture and rural development.
First ever Dominica farmer Gillies Carbon Jno Baptiste received the FAO Women Heroes Award on October 16,2026 in Rome
Gillies Carbon Jno Baptiste - a farmer and community leader hails from Capuchin and recently got awarded with the first ever inaugural FAO 100 Women Heroes in Agrifood Systems and Rural Development 2026 to honour the International Year of the Woman Farmer 2026. She was honoured with this award in Rome on October 16,2026.
She was honoured after getting selected from a total batch size of 600 other farmers participating along with her with 131 countries participating in the FAO Women Heroes Awards. She was accolodated and recognized for her work in sustainable farming and community leadership in Dominica from last 40 years of her service as a farmer of Dominica.
This whole award ceremony occurred in the World Food Forum flagship event at Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) headquarters in Rome , Italy from October 12,2026 to October 16,2026.
This is a milestone achievement for the whole Caribbean region as it not only recognizes the Caribbean farming and agriculture on the global platform but also appreciates and rewards it. The honorary award as FAO Women Heroes Award won by Gillies Carbon Jno Baptiste is a prominent example of it. This isn’t just an honour for her work in agriculture and farming industry of her homeland Dominica but it also consciously rewards her leadership,dedication, innovation in addition to the new dynamic developments she has reinforced on rural agrifood networks of Dominica.
Hailing from a family involved in farming and agriculture, Gillie Carbon Jno Baptiste was inspired by her family to become a farmer and started her farming career with a poultry business. With time, dedication, motivation and consistent effort she has developed her poultry business into a high yielding 7- acre farm which produces crops like citrus, plantains, avocados, turmeric, potatoes , onions and diversified vegetable along with a poultry farm that manages goats, broiler and layered poultry with her continuous efforts of sustainable farming.