Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture

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March 19, 2021

Despite the obstacles posed by the pandemic in Latin America, 125 coffee experts received virtual training through the International Diploma in Innovative Coffee Growing program.

The purpose of the course was to provide state-of-the-art information on good practices for the management of coffee cultivation within the new scenarios faced by families involved in this activity.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

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March 19, 2021

PROCAGICA boosts infrastructure used for wet coffee pulping in Nicaraguan municipalities

Over 100 coffee-growing families across seven municipalities will benefit from this joint European Union-IICA program. The municipalities are Matagalpa, Rancho Grande, El Tuma-La Dalia, San SebastiƔn de Yalƭ, Dipilto, El Jƭcaro and Jalapa.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

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March 18, 2021

Mercosurā€™s agri-food systems are strong, but in need of transformation to be sustainable

Closing deliberations at Mercosurā€™s international seminar on ā€œSustainable Agri-food Systemsā€, held in commemoration of the bodyā€™s 30th anniversary, centered on bloc member-country policies to guarantee food security.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

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March 17, 2021

Pandemic puts food policies center stage, strengthens Mercosurā€™s presence on the global scene

The ā€œSustainable Agri-Food Systemsā€ seminar was organized to mark Mercosurā€™s 30th anniversary and highlighted the central role of its member countries in addressing the issue of global food security and nutrition. The body is currently chaired by Argentina.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

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March 16, 2021

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.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

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March 16, 2021

Chelston Brathwaite launches ā€œMemories of Chinaā€: a book that sheds light on the role of this Asian country in the 21st century

Brathwaiteā€”the IICA Director General from 2002 and 2010ā€”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.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

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March 15, 2021

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.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

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March 12, 2021

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

VĆ­ctor Villalobos, Mexicoā€™s Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development, addressed members of IICAā€™s Advisory Council for Food Security in the Americas and specially invited guests, among them, winner of the Nobel Prize for Economics, Michael Kremer.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

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Roseau, Dominica

March 11, 2021

Micro financing as a mechanism to increase climate resilience in Rural women in Dominica

Microfinance Consultant Monica Rogers-Fletcher, based in Trinidad and Tobago engaged a Team of Consultants from Dominica and Guyana to develop a Gender Based Micro Financing Mechanism as a key product for the UNDP/IICA project, Strengthening Disaster Management Capacity of Women in the Commonwealth of Dominica. This project is expected to attract new levels of interest from rural women in the agriculture sector to engage and invest in productive activities and alternative livelihoods.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

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