January 29, 2021
The agreement will focus on facilitating trade and farmers’ access to different markets and consumers, via a technological platform that enables transparency and equity.
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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
January 28, 2021
In this country, IICA is assisting the Moruga Hill Rice Multipurpose Cooperative Society to launch its Red Gold Hill Rice brand, under the IICA Director General’s special COVID-19 initiative – the Single Fund for Technical Cooperation.
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January 28, 2021
At the invitation of Agnes Kalibata, Special Envoy of the UN Secretary General to the 2021 Food Systems Summit, IICA Director General, Manuel Otero, will represent the agriculture and rural sectors of the Americas in one of the four main support mechanisms of the global meeting.
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January 27, 2021
The virtual training course will be available in Spanish and English on IICA’s e-learning platform during the first half of the year.
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January 22, 2021
A projected funded by the Green Climate Fund will benefit the agriculture sectors of The Bahamas, Belize, Dominica, Haiti, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago
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January 22, 2021
In Brasilia, Delgado met with Tereza Cristina, Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply of Brazil, who described the partnership with IICA as “crucial” for Brazilian family farming and regional consensus-building.
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January 21, 2021
In a letter addressed to the President, Otero referred to the key role of international cooperation in mitigating and overcoming the hardships facing countries in the Americas, such as climate change and mass migration. Otero also underscored IICA’s joint work with the government, the private sector and universities in the United States.
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January 21, 2021
The initiative was launched by the IDB, IICA, the Government of Costa Rica and Microsoft, with a donation of 1.2 million dollars from the Special Fund for Poverty Reduction Program (JPO) of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The partnership is aiming to develop an educational model that incorporates the needs of rural areas into the curriculum of rural schools and to heighten interest in agriculture-related professional careers.
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December 17, 2020
An IICA webinar on connectivity in Brazil analyzed the connectivity gaps brought to light by recent studies. Only half of this South American country’s rural population has internet access. A new law is aiming to drive investments.
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