Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture

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St. Kitts and Nevis

August 16, 2017

IICA supports the development of agro-entrepreneurs in St. Kitts and Nevis

After 2 workshops, 30 participants are now fully aware of the importance of labelling as part of their market strategy.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

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Integrated and differentiated agricultural policies can contribute to achieving sustainable development objectives

A new IICA publication brings together experiences in the Americas, China and the EU on this topic; readers are urged to take advantage of it to replicate actions in other countries around the hemisphere.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

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Candidates for Director General of IICA outlined their work plan to the Executive Committee

Carlos Furche from Chile and Manuel Otero from Argentina are the candidates for the position. The election will be held in October 2017 during the meeting of the Inter-American Board of Agriculture (IABA).

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

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IICA’s stamp on agriculture in the Americas

The Institute is pleased to present a digital version of its 2016 Annual Report, a productive harvest of IICA’s contributions to agriculture in its member countries.

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IICA and Bayer Crop Science collaborate on a new virtual course to support agricultural producers in complying with food safety standards

The parties signed a cooperative agreement to develop an online course based on training material created by Bayer. The course will be available on IICA’s virtual campus.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

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Our results

We are pleased to present the 2016 Results of the Flagship Projects and the Agricultural Health and Food Safety program. 

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

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Countries strengthen capacities around the application of sanitary and phytosanitary measures and good regulatory practices

A Regional workshop held in Costa Rica was attended by 18 IICA member states and Cuba to share experiences in the subject and take good practices back to their countries.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

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Pamaribo

July 3, 2017

New agreement promotes linking of applied agricultural research to rural development

The IICA Delegation in Suriname and the Centre for Agricultural Research in Suriname (CELOS) have formalized their collaborative framework for the benefit of agricultural development.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

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13 Caribbean countries improve their capacity to analyze and develop international food safety standards

IICA and the Government of Canada strengthened the capacities of the Codex Focal Points from thirteen Caribbean countries with a view to enhancing their participation in the international standard setting process.

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