Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture

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March 16, 2020

Small-scale producers in Central America build solar dryers to preserve and improve coffee quality

35 leading producers in Central America have installed these technological models, thus improving the processing of their coffee for the 2019-2020 harvest season, enhancing the quality of the bean, and in turn boosting their income through better sale prices, the total capacity of the dryer is between 14 and 15 quintales.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

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St George's, Grenada

March 12, 2020

IICA donates safety equipment to the Mirabeau Abattoir in Grenada

2020 will be the year where a Livestock Strategy will be developed for the Livestock Sector in Grenada

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

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March 10, 2020

A new photographic exhibition on rural women, The Soul of Rurality, opens in Canada

As a result of the partnership between IICA and Vogue, the photographs exhibited in Ottawa depict the essential role played by women in agriculture throughout the Americas.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

CIRAD2

March 3, 2020

IICA and CIRAD renew agreement to drive the bioeconomy and agricultural innovation in Latin America and the Caribbean

The organizations have a long history of joint work, which includes the PROMECAFƉ and PROCAGICA programs that support coffee farming in Central America.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

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St. Johnā€™s, Antigua and Barbuda

February 28, 2020

Small ruminant producers in Antigua and Barbuda will benefit from an IICA project funded by the Australian Aid Programme

The project seeks to address small ruminant producers access to sustainable nutritious protein-sources in Antigua who are signiļ¬cantly aļ¬€ected by climate risks (droughts and ļ¬‚oods), poor soils, ineļ¬ƒcient water use and poor management practices.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

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February 27, 2020

IICA joins Argentina in the fight against food insecurity and health problems in the wichis communities of Salta

IICA Representative in Argentina, Caio Rocha, led a technical mission to the northern province of Salta to assist national and local government efforts to tackle the social and health emergency that has been declared in the departments of the district.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

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February 27, 2020

IICA and the Bioversity International-CIAT Alliance provided training in gene editing to researchers in Central America and the Andean region

The course covered technical foundations, genome editing applications and regulatory developments.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

CATIE_CAFE

February 26, 2020

Stakeholders in Central Americaā€™s coffee sector study techniques for vegetative propagation of coffee

A training session organized by CATIE, IICA and the European Union, will facilitate the development of a roadmap to devise propagation models for varieties with greater climate change resistance potential.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

FAO

February 26, 2020

IICA and FAO define joint agenda that calls for dialogue between the ministers of Agriculture and the Environment of Central America and the Dominican Republic

The organizations also proposed actions to prevent Fusarium Tropical Race 4 and a swine fever outbreak on the continent.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

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