Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture

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The Member States of IICA expressed their strong endorsement of the Institute’s initiative to align the position of the Americas at the UN Summit

Senior officials from almost 30 countries agreed that the region, considered the world's largest producer and exporter of agricultural products, should make its voice heard at the Summit, which seeks to lay the foundations for a positive transformation of food systems.

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Chelston Brathwaite launches “Memories of China”: a book that sheds light on the role of this Asian country in the 21st century

Brathwaite—the IICA Director General from 2002 and 2010—who later served as Ambassador to China for his country, Barbados, provides an essential view of the economic rise of the Popular Republic of China from a perspective that is at once Caribbean and universal.

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Caribbean countries are working steadily to increase production and reduce food imports, said Minister Saboto Caesar

The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, Rural Transformation, Industry and Labor of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saboto Caesar, indicated that the island country is encouraging its consumers to buy Caribbean products. "There is only one market and only one economy in the Caribbean Community, and we must promote interregional trade", he explained.

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Mexico: a giant in the agriculture sector that is determined to bridge social divides in rural areas

Víctor Villalobos, Mexico’s Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development, addressed members of IICA’s Advisory Council for Food Security in the Americas and specially invited guests, among them, winner of the Nobel Prize for Economics, Michael Kremer.

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FAO and IICA partnered to strengthen the production and market access capacity of the Dominica Beekeepers Cooperative Society

The project was to build capacity of farmers organization in six Caribbean countries including Dominica

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“Rural Chronicles”: the latest exhibition in AgroArt, IICA’s Virtual Art Museum

It features photographs by Mexican artist Amaury Barrera and Brazilian photographer Cecilia Duarte, which form part of the TLAOLI and “Soul of Rurality” exhibitions, respectively.

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Regenerative agriculture: you can produce food while also contributing to environmental health

Scientist, Ohio State University professor and IICA Goodwill Ambassador, Rattan Lal, delivered an address on regenerative agriculture to Latin American and Caribbean farmers.

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INNOVA AF will support knowledge exchange among producers to improve the quality of life of rural families in Colombia.

The program includes a Rural School for Ecological Restoration, which will provide growers with knowledge and information on ecological restoration and community-based water management.

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IICA to support organic production in the Peruvian region of Huancavelica and the Brazilian municipality of Santa Clara do Sul

One of the objectives of the agreement is to increase the number of regions participating in the organic agriculture system, as an example of social, productive, commercial and environmentally sustainable production.

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