Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture

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In a ministerial meeting in Costa Rica, IICA launches the Hemispheric Fund for Agricultural Resilience and Sustainability in the Americas.

The Fund is aimed at improving the resilience of agri-food systems, supporting sustainable agricultural innovations, and optimizing the planning and execution processes of programs and projects, primarily in lower-income countries in the region.

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IICA recognizes Bayer Crop Science’s contribution to attracting youth and incorporating digital technologies into agriculture of the Americas

Manuel Otero, Director General of IICA, thanked Ronald Guendel, Global Vice-President of Smallholder Farming at Bayer, for his support in projects aimed at driving the transformation of the region’s agriculture.

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At IICA Executive Committee meeting, experts emphasize the key importance of preventive actions to halt the advance of animal diseases and ensure they do not impact food security in the Americas

Specialists from Chile’s SAG, the WOAH, OIRSA, APHIS-USDA and the Southern Cone Standing Veterinary Committee described the situation in the region in depth and urged governments to strengthen surveillance and rapid response systems for dealing with health emergencies.

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At IICA Executive Committee meeting, participants agree on the need to support small-scale farmers, expand access to technologies and improve the quality of life in the countryside to guarantee the future of agriculture

To ensure agriculture’s role as part of the solution to the challenges facing humanity, it is crucial to support small-scale farmers, foster cooperation among various stakeholders and improve access to technologies and the quality of life of rural communities. This was the consensus reached by participants in a discussion on the future of agriculture, which was held at the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA).

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Brazilian academic and researcher, Marcos Jank, is awarded the title of IICA Chair, for his contribution to agrifood trade development in the Americas

In recognition of his more than thirty-five years devoted to global agrifood trade issues, Marcos Jank, Senior Professor of Agribusiness at INSPER and Coordinator of Insper Agro Global, was conferred with the title of “IICA Chair” by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), during the annual meeting of its Executive Committee in Costa Rica.

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“The Americas has the power to tackle this climate crisis, said Colombia’s Minister of Agriculture at the IICA Executive Committee Meeting in Costa Rica

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Colombia, Martha Carvajalino, attended the Executive Committee Meeting of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) in Costa Rica on Tuesday. Eight agricultural ministers and six deputy ministers of the Americas attended the session, where the hemispheric organization announced that it would strengthen technical actions to benefit rural areas, producers and small farmers in the country.

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Strengthening global food security requires free, transparent international trade based on rules and science, experts warn at IICA Executive Committee

A free, transparent international trade based on rules and science is indispensable for ensuring global food security and mitigating the imbalances between the natural resources available in different regions of the world, experts warned during a panel on the global agricultural trade situation and the positioning of the continent’s countries. The debate took place within the framework of the 44th meeting of the Executive Committee of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), the governing body of the organization, which meets for two days with the presence of Agriculture Ministers of the Americas and other high-ranking sector officials.

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Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas attending the IICA Executive Committee Meeting warn that the region will need to bolster its agrifood systems in view of the challenging international context 

The agricultural authorities of the Americas and representatives of the academic and private sectors began a two-day working session at IICA Headquarters in San Jose, Costa Rica, on the occasion of the 44th Regular Meeting of the Executive Committee, one of the governing bodies of the hemispheric organization. The discussions will address the most transcendental issues affecting the future of agriculture.

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The next 25 years will be the most important in the history of agriculture, warns Jack Bobo, agrifood system specialist, who has been named as the world’s leading expert on science communication

“The next 25 years will be the most important in the history of agriculture. Therefore, we must take the right actions and if we succeed during that period, we will be all right forever”.

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