Despite the limitations imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic, technical specialists have assisted producers in identifying farm needs and preparing their own fertilizer.
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Jens Mesa, Executive President of Colombia’s FEDEPALMA, and Hugo Sigman, CEO of the Grupo Insud in Argentina, participated in an IICA session to discuss how to create an enabling environment to increase the competitiveness of Latin American companies.
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High-level agricultural authorities of countries in the Northern Region of the Americas noted that technological innovation, transparency and joint work are key to boosting intraregional trade amidst the current health crisis.
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The gallery, which is available on IICA’s website, features paintings that depict different realities of rural areas in the Americas.
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This was announced by Brazil’s Minister of Agriculture, Tereza Cristina, at a ceremony in which the 2019 Nobel Prize winner for Economics was named an IICA Goodwill Ambassador. The focus will be family farming.
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The endorsement was in response to a presentation by Manuel Otero, Director General of IICA (Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture), summarizing the 2019 Annual Report, which outlines the accomplishments of the agency for rural and agricultural development of the Americas. Otero also referred to the rigorous efforts of IICA during the months of the pandemic.
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Manuel Otero, Director General of IICA, will present Kremer with the award during a ceremony that will include the participation of the ministers of Agriculture of Brazil and Colombia, Tereza Cristina and Rodolfo Zea Navarro.
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The project encourages youth across the hemisphere to propose ideas and solutions for overcoming post-pandemic challenges in agriculture.
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Carlos Manuel Rodríguez, Minister of the Environment and Energy of Costa Rica, who will become the CEO of the GEF in a few weeks, participated in a virtual tour of IICA’s facilities together with the Institute’s Director General, Manuel Otero.
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