Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture

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Speaking at IICA, the winner of the 2018 World Food Prize analyzed the challenges in feeding the world sustainably

The private sector must participate if we are to improve the population’s access to a balanced diet. Healthy food must be delicious and visually appealing in order to compete with nutrient-poor foods, said Lawrence Haddad at IICA Headquarters.

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Global conference in Costa Rica receives ecological award in recognition of its sustainability and food waste reduction efforts

The UN Sustainable Food Systems Program event, which was held at the headquarters of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), received the Ecological Blue Flag (BAE) award in the special events category.

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February 8, 2019

Partnering to improve productivity and environmental sustainability for small-holder farmers

The agreement will accommodate sharing of knowledge and innovations, agricultural exchanges and joint research internships to respond to the increasing productivity challenges being faced by farmers across the hemisphere.  The agreement will accommodate sharing of knowledge and innovations, agricultural exchanges and joint research internships to respond to the increasing productivity challenges being faced by farmers across the hemisphere.  The agreement will accommodate sharing of knowledge and innovations, agricultural exchanges and joint research internships to respond to the increasing productivity challenges being faced by farmers across the hemisphere.  

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IICA will collaborate with the Brazilian government to foster dam safety

The Ministry of Regional Development disseminated Brazil’s Strategic Action Plan for the Rehabilitation of Dams, a product of technical cooperation with the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA).

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Bayer-IICA Agreement will promote food security and sustainable development in agriculture

Access to technology, health, and training are the salient features of an agreement that was signed at Fruit Logistica 2019.

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Experts assembled at IICA to discuss how to develop sustainable food systems

One hundred and fifty specialists gathered at the Headquarters of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) to attend the II Global Conference of the UN Sustainable Food Systems Program. Discussions focused on the need to ensure a balance between food production and the health of the planet.

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Ten countries in the Americas to be equipped with an integrated early warning system to tackle coffee leaf rust

Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Peru, Jamaica and Dominican Republic are part of this initiative, which will benefit 5,000,000 people in the region who directly depend on the production of this crop.

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The Director General of IICA expresses his concern regarding the situation in Venezuela and offers the Institute’s support for a democratic transition

Manuel Otero will make the organization’s technical capacity available to the country’s constitutional authorities to contribute to rebuilding Venezuela’s food production and trade system.

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Costa Rica will host the Second Global Conference of the United Nations Sustainable Food Systems Programme

The event will bring together more than 150 participants from around the world, to discuss how to address the urgent challenge of transforming our currently unsustainable food systems through a more systemic approach, which can simultaneously address all forms of malnutrition, environmental degradation, and inclusive prosperity.

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