The program will focus on collaboration with governments and social, economic and entrepreneurial family farming (FF) cooperatives, with a view to promoting the design and application of public policies aimed at fostering systemic competitiveness in rural areas, mid-sized cities, production units and businesses. The program will also seek to integrate various concepts into cooperation activities, such as the notion of institutional quality, public investment policies and the promotion of private investment and associative efforts.
To this end, the program will continue to contribute to the design and implementation of policies, programs and projects to facilitate the inclusion of FF production in agrifood systems, as well the development of a new generation of public policies. There will be a focus on associative strategies that facilitate agricultural competitiveness, ecosystem sustainability, mitigation of and adaptation to climate change, the reduction of depopulation and migration, and coordination and investment in public and private enterprises in rural areas. The program will work with countries to:
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June 10, 2022
San José, Costa Rica
May 29, 2025
The ministers are accompanying more than twenty rural youth and women from the region on a study trip to IICA, organized by the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS).
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Madrid
May 29, 2025
For the fifth consecutive year, IICA will award tuition scholarships to Latin American youth up to the age of 30 to pursue the Master's in Digital Transformation of the Agri-food and Forestry Sector (Digital Agri) at the University of Córdoba (UCO) in Spain. Applications for admission will be open from 2 to 11 June 2025.
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San Jose, Costa Rica
May 28, 2025
The award was presented during a study and training mission to IICA Headquarters in San Jose, Costa Rica, by rural women and youth of the Caribbean, accompanied by various ministers of Agriculture of the region.
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