Washington, D.C.
July 18, 2016
Dr. Maria Andrade of Cape Verde; Dr. Howarth Bouis of the United States; Dr. Jan Low of the United States, and Dr. Robert Mwanga of Uganda were announced as the winners of the World Food Prize. The four individuals are being honored for their work in biofortification that has helped to curb hunger and malnutrition for millions of people.
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USA
July 18, 2016
Family Agriculture has the potential for improving food security, generating employment and reducing poverty.
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Costa Rica
July 18, 2016
Drawing on the agricultural outlook documents produced jointly by IICA, FAO and ECLAC main conclusions were shared.
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Port Vila, Vanuatu
July 8, 2016
IICA was instrumental in facilitating the first Agritourism Workshop in the Republic of Vanuatu, a pacific island nation located 1750 kilometers east of Australia.
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Santo Domingo, República Dominicana
July 4, 2016
In response to a request from the Mango Cluster in the Dominican Republic, Mr. Frank Lam, IICA Representative in the Dominican Republic gave the presentation: "Niches and New Markets for Mango in the Dominican Republic" in the cycle of conferences of the Mango Fair, from June 9th to 12th in Bani, Peravia.
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Santo Domingo, República Dominicana
July 4, 2016
The IICA Representative in the Dominican Republic, Mr. Frank Lam and FAO Representative in the country, Mr. Carmelo Gallardo have been working since early March to coordinate efforts and resources and present an unified technical cooperation agenda to the public and private institutions in the Dominican Republic.
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Santo Domingo, República Dominicana
July 4, 2016
During his recent visit to the Dominican Republic, the IICA Director General, Dr. Victor Villalobos had a meeting with Mr. Angel Estevez, Minister of Agriculture to share different topics related to the IICA technical cooperation agenda in the country.
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Santo Domingo, República Dominicana
July 4, 2016
In an effort to continue the planning and coordination of the technical cooperation activities of the different donors and cooperation agencies in the agricultural sector of the Dominican Republic, IICA and FAO have retaken the working meetings among the different agencies.
In the most recent meeting of this group, representatives of FAO, Spanish Agency for International Cooperation for Development (AECIED), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the European Union Delegation (DUE) in the country discussed the operation and initial strategy of the group.
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Santo Domingo, República Dominicana
July 4, 2016
The IICA Director General, Dr. Victor Villalobos made a warm and enthusiastic visit to the IICA Delegation in the Dominican Republic during his participation in the 46th OAS General Assembly during June 2016.
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