Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture

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Hugo Sigman, founder and CEO of Grupo Insud, named new IICA Goodwill Ambassador for Sustainable Development

In conferring the title on him, IICA’s Director General, Manuel Otero, highlighted the social contributions of the entrepreneur and Grupo Insud CEO through science, innovation and development. On the same occasion, the Institute introduced its new Representative in Argentina and paid tribute to Argentina’s Ambassador-designate to Brazil, Daniel Scioli.

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IICA will support the Argentinian government’s efforts to achieve food and nutritional security

IICA’s Director General and Argentina’s Minister of Agriculture crafted a work agenda focusing on issues such as territorial development, family farming and the strengthening of regional economies.

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Bayer, IICA and global fruit industry stakeholders to join forces to tackle the Fusarium R4T banana disease

Prevention and training; reproduction and genetics, as well as control methods will be the three main pillars of a global strategy, which IICA helped to design.

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San Jose, Costa Rica

January 21, 2020

Caribbean countries take advantage of their waste to produce development opportunities

Six countries will participate in the program that impulse bioeconomic models to create better opportunities in rural territories

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IICA supports research aimed at simulating food production on Mars

With support from IICA, a Costa Rican scientist will participate in a U.S. mission that simulates conditions on Mars, in order to conduct research on blue corn farming.

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

December 19, 2019

Trinidad and Tobago enhances its agricultural risk management with the support of IICA

The Institute handed over to the Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries in Trinidad and Tobago their first resistograph to evaluate trees health and prevent risks under heavy rains, winds and floodings.

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Castries, Saint Lucia

December 18, 2019

IICA supports capacity building of Technicians in Saint Lucia for control of the Citrus Greening Disease

The training drew on the experiences of Jamaica for the control of HLB, applicable to Saint Lucia as another developing state with similar resource and human capacities.

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San Jose, Costa Rica

December 18, 2019

Cocoa producers in Trinidad and Tobago join forces to overcome limitations and to capitalize on successes

Intersectoral coordination and the support of organizations, such as IICA, are part of a strategy to capitalize on the global consumption of cocoa and its by-products

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IICA maintains that tackling climate change requires decisive inter-sectoral action

Speaking at COP25, Manuel Otero, Director General of IICA, maintained that actions on climate change should involve ministers from various sectors, civil society and the business sector, thereby incorporating these efforts into the agendas of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.

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