Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture

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May 30, 2016

IICA-CONACYT scholarship program to benefit one thousand students by the end of the year

Between January and May 2016 alone, the academic initiative benefited 105 new professionals in the Americas, which speaks to the program’s success throughout its four years of operation.

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May 25, 2016

Central America and the Dominican Republic aim at strengthening the production of safer food

A course on food safety auditing, organized by IICA and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, will allow countries to update their capacities in this area.

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May 24, 2016

Central America and the Dominican Republic now have over 400 trained food inspection professionals

The training took place in 2015 and 2016 as part of the IICA project: Regional Virtual School for Food Inspectors (RVSFI).

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USA

May 12, 2016

FDA’s Judicious Use Policy for Medically Important Antimicrobials

Veterinarians play an important role in animal and human health and their oversight, as an integral part of the VFD process.

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USA

May 12, 2016

Commercialization Strategies that Add Value and Facilitate Market Access for Agricultural Producers

In this issue we are sharing the developments related to the definition of the proposed marketing strategies: local foods (short supply chains), agricultural supply chain linkages, and differentiated products.

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Regional

May 4, 2016

Vacancy Announcement-International Specialist in Agribusiness and Value Chain

Competitiveness and Sustainability of Agricultural Chains with focus on the Caribbean region and based in Trinidad & Tobago 

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Washington

May 2, 2016

IICA meets with the private sector to explore partnership opportunities

“The challenge that agriculture faces are significant and IICA cannot do it alone” stated Director General of IICA, Víctor M. Villalobos.

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April 27, 2016

New book promotes efficient energy use to improve competitiveness and sustainability in agricultural chains

The publication, produced by IICA, was launched today in the context of the Seventh Latin American and Caribbean Energy Efficiency Seminar held in Uruguay.

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April 26, 2016

Countries analyze possible implications of new trade provisions

Over 20 countries in the Americas participated in a virtual meeting to analyze how the decisions adopted at the Ministerial Conference in Nairobi could affect their trade policies.

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