Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture

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Argentinian Manuel Otero reelected as Director General of IICA

The veterinarian, who is an expert in sustainable development issues, will lead the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) for an additional term, from 2022 to 2026. The Ministers and Secretaries of Agriculture of the Americas elected Otero by acclamation.

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IICA’s Interpretive Center for Tomorrow’s Agriculture (CIMAG) was inaugurated in the presence of government authorities and private sector executives

CIMAG is one of the flagship projects of an IICA of open doors and includes innovations from companies like Bayer and Microsoft in a bid to demonstrate the benefits that cutting-edge technologies have for agriculture. 

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American farmer to receive IICA “Leaders of Rurality” award for innovative initiatives linking education and agriculture

Phillip “Chip” Councell will receive the award for his innovative initiatives that work to raise awareness about the importance of agriculture and how it relates to food security and environmental protection.

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UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy to the Food Systems Summit to participate in Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas

It is expected that during her presentation to the ministers of Agriculture of the Americas, Agnes Kalibata will report on the course of the Food Systems Summit, a forum for which the countries of the Americas—mobilized with the support of IICA—reached a common position.

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IICA launches 3D virtual platform and consolidates open door policy to the community

The new digital tool, was which launched the week of the Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas 2021, synthesizes IICA’s vision as a bridge between actors, themes, countries and subregions, and its desire to be closer to its counterparts in the Hemisphere.

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UN Deputy Secretary-General to participate in Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas

Amina J. Mohammed, former Minister for Environment of Nigeria, is both sitting UN Deputy Secretary-General and Chair of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group.

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PAHO and IICA to support food safety, food security, and One Health projects in the Americas

The entities have worked together since 1983 and renewed their alliance to promote actions related to the protection of animal, environmental and human health.

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Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas to discuss position toward UN Summit, threats to trade and the contribution of agriculture to post-pandemic recovery

The ministers will meet on 1-2 September in the framework of the Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas, at which the Inter-American Board of Agriculture, the highest governing body of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), will also hold its regular meeting.

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AgroArt, the IICA Virtual Art Museum, exhibits the “Molina Campos Collection” from Las Lilas Museum in Argentina

"Costumbrismo Argentino: The Molina Campos Collection from Las Lilas de Areco Museum" is comprised of 32 works by master Florencio Molina Campos, one of the great portrait painters of rural Argentina in the early 20th century.

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