During a forum organized by IICA, public and private sector representatives agreed that efforts must be geared towards establishing national regulations to ensure that more rural areas have full connectivity at a lower cost.
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Launched by IICA and Rattan Lal, the world’s leading authority in soil sciences, the initiative combines efforts to tackle soil degradation, while improving productivity, agricultural sustainability and the well-being of the population.
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During a forum organized by IICA, ministers, regulators and private sector representatives emphasized the importance of laying the groundwork for a digital agricultural revolution in order to guarantee a better quality of life in the countryside.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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