February 17, 2021
Bananas are the fourth most produced food crop in the world after wheat, rice and corn, and the fifth most consumed unprocessed crop on the planet.
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February 16, 2021
A banana “pandemic” caused by the Tropical Race 4 (TR4) strain of the Fusarium fungus is devastating the crop in several countries. Coordinated public-private efforts are needed to generate knowledge and build capacities to contain the disease.
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February 15, 2021
Joachim von Braun, President of the Scientific Group for the UN Summit, issued this appeal during a meeting of IICA’s Advisory Council for Food Security in the Americas.
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February 15, 2021
IICA has invited high-level public authorities, academics and private sector representatives to come together to assess how to create a roadmap for the full connectivity of rural areas in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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February 12, 2021
Rattan Lal has been ranked #111 among the 100,000 most productive scientists in the world, according to a specialized publication. Lal leads the “Living Soils of the Americas” initiative launched by IICA.
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February 11, 2021
This took place at a meeting of the Central American Agricultural Council (CAC), whose President Pro Tempore is Renato Alvarado, Minister of Agriculture and Livestock of Costa Rica.
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February 11, 2021
Rattan Lal, 2020 World Food Prize Laureate and IICA Goodwill Ambassador, underscored the relationship between soil quality and the sustainability of Latin America’s position as one of the major global food producers and exporters.
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February 10, 2021
The Director of the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) and the Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) will bring together the technical groups they lead to develop a joint work agenda.
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February 8, 2021
Speaking at IICA, Fernando Schwanke, Brazil’s Secretary of Family Farming and Cooperativism, outlined his country’s new generation of public policies to bolster a sector that is key to food security and territorial development.
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