Tune in to the latest IICA podcast featuring the Hon. Senator Robert Black as we discuss the vital role of soil health in Canada and its importance for our future . Don’t miss it!
Listen to it now: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6gB27WwOfbwo27OzuhVXad?si=UsN4OPwiT0yNoxLO0_Kt5w
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San José, Costa Rica
September 10, 2025
Erick Geovany Ac Tot—a prominent Guatemalan cocoa entrepreneur who has been assisting small farmer organizations, promoting high-quality cocoa production and preserving heirloom trees for years, in addition to being a cocoa taster—has been named a Leader of Rurality of the Americas by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA).
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San Salvador
September 9, 2025
The leaders who participated in the meeting were Macarena Valdés and Marco Aceituno from Chile; Elvia Monzón, Gustavo Rivas and Erick Ac from Guatemala; Katy Moncada and Eodora Méndez from Honduras; and Odette Varela and Salomón Zelada from El Salvador.
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Santa Fé, Darién, Panamá
September 4, 2025
As part of the efforts to curb the spread of the New World screwworm (NWS), a current health threat in Central America and Mexico, the Ministry of Agricultural Development (MIDA) of Panama, the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and the Panama-United States Commission for the Eradication and Prevention of Screwworm (COPEG) organized a meeting with livestock farmers in the city of Santa Fé de Darién to strengthen health surveillance and better protect local livestock production.
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