IICA Director General, Manuel Otero, has announced that in the coming days, the Institute will present a conceptual document about the future of agrifood systems to the ministers and secretaries of agriculture of the Americas. The document will reflect on possible courses of action, seeking to arrive at a common position in the Americas to take to the Summit.
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At a meeting of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Minister Saboto Caesar asked for support and solidarity, and stated that "access to food in the country is in jeopardy" after the volcanic eruption that compromised the productive capacity of local agriculture.
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Speaking at a keynote lecture for Paraguay, the scientist, who is considered the world’s leading authority on soil sciences, established a direct relationship between environmental degradation, deteriorating living conditions and chronic poverty.
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Luciano Braverman, Director of Education for Microsoft Latin America spoke with the Agro América program, airing on Brazilian TV channel Agro Mais. about the role of rural schools in technology incorporation processes.
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Restoration of coffee plantations, crop diversification to increase food security, strengthening of early warning systems and scientific research to improve the resilience of coffee plants are among the program’s most significant impacts.
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The Global Alliance for Cooperation in the Fight against Fusarium TR4 informed Peruvian authorities that it stands ready to collaborate in planning actions to tackle the crisis.
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Under the sponsorship of the U.S. Grains Council (USGC) and the U.S. Soybean Export Council (USSEC), IICA delivered courses to foster public policymaking on this topic in the Americas.
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The program involves the transfer of the relevant technology and the development of activities to diversify income streams, while also introducing the appropriate mechanisms to respond to threats identified in the coffee sector.
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A newly released document compiles the technical perspectives of experts convened by the GDP, USDEC and IICA to discuss dairy’s role in healthy food, nutrition and socioeconomic development in the Americas.
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