February 19, 2021
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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February 19, 2021
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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February 17, 2021
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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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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