The ministers of Agriculture of the Americas were unanimous in their praise of Manuel Otero’s stewardship of IICA and stressed the need to drive science-based agricultural transformation and collective action in defense of farmers
The IICA Director General, in reflecting on his tenure to some thirty ministers of the Americas, described the agriculture sector of the region as the beacon of global food security and rural dignity
In Brasilia, Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas 2025 opened with a call to strengthen the region’s role as a key player in global food security
Raúl Ortiz, Venezuelan coffee grower who brought an innovative system to his region to promote agrotourism, recognized by IICA as a Leader of Rurality of the Americas
Seminar series on the use of digital technologies for the provision of technical advisory services and marketing of family farming products: Experiences from Latin America and the Caribbean