Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture

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May 27, 2019

Costa Ricaā€™s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to provide training to diplomats via IICAā€™s online courses

Sustainable development and coffee production will be the first IICA courses that will be made available to diplomats from this Central American country.

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May 24, 2019

Colombiaā€™s National Council of Secretaries of Agriculture (CONSA) underlines the importance of IICAā€™s technical support for the countryā€™s agriculture sector

The point was made during the first meeting between President IvĆ”n Duque and the countryā€™s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, AndrĆ©s Valencia, and representatives of all the agencies involved in agriculture.

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May 23, 2019

Central America and the Dominican Republic seek to harmonize standards for pesticide registration and maximum residue limits

The Foreign Agricultural Service of the United States and IICA are working together to drive technical capacity building in the countries of the region.

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May 23, 2019

IICA and Bayer launch joint actions to boost agricultural sustainability

Efforts will focus on empowering small-scale producers, promoting good agricultural practices through demonstration plots, and fostering youth leadership, among other areas.

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May 21, 2019

IICA and Mexicoā€™s agrarian registry strengthened legal frameworks for and land use planning by rural families

Two programs executed since 2015 have benefited more than one million users of agrarian information and of Mexicoā€™s rural cadaster.

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May 20, 2019

IICA supports Evidence-based Decision Making for Organic Market Development in Saint LuciaĀ 

The improved availability of specific information/intelligence to guide decision-making in agriculture has substantial value in allowing stakeholders to take the best possible course of action.

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May 17, 2019

Innovators from Costa Rica, Spain and Mexico win the 2019 INNOVAGRO award

A total of 36 initiatives from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Spain, the Netherlands, Mexico and Peru participated.

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May 17, 2019

IICA and French cooperation organization will renew partnership to strengthen agriculture in the Americas

Agreement will capitalize on the work carried out by the PROCAGICA program, which is executed by IICA in Central America to combat coffee leaf rust, and in which CIRAD is involved as a strategic partner. 

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May 16, 2019

After receiving a strong endorsement from the OAS for its institutional activities, IICA held talks to strengthen its work program with the USDA

The Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Manuel Otero, strengthened the joint work program with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), which focuses on the promotion of the intensive use of technology to raise productivity, and Codex Alimentarius standards.

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