December 10, 2018
Xavier Lazo Guerrero, Minister of Agriculture and Livestock of Ecuador, had a meeting in Costa Rica with the Director General of IICA, Manuel Otero, and expressed his intention to strengthen the agriculture and livestock sector through cooperation.
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Georgetown, Guyana
December 6, 2018
Georgetown, Guyana. The Women Agro-processing Development Network is a registered economic venture comprising thirteen(13) Community-based Women’s Groups, whose formation was facilitated through the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture Increased Market Access and VSO’s (now CUSO) Making Markets Work 4 You Project in 2010 during a workshop held in Hosororo.
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Georgetown, Guyana
December 6, 2018
Two Member Groups of the Women Agro-processors Development Network located in Wowetta Village and Moco Moco Village, Rupununi, received assistance from CIDA which facilitated the construction and equipping of their farine processing facilities. Both upgraded facilities became operational earlier in 2018.
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December 1, 2018
Victor Villalobos, Mexico’s new Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development (SADER) met with Manuel Otero, Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), during the latter’s visit to attend the inauguration of the new President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
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November 30, 2018
In 2018, IICA initiated the process to become certified by the Ecological Blue Flag Program under the eco-diplomacy category, by adopting measures to utilize resources in an efficient manner and encouraging other institutions to join the initiative.
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November 29, 2018
The Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) signed an ambitious cooperation agreement to foster public and private investment in the agriculture, forestry and fisheries sectors, and, in turn, improve the quality of life in rural areas across the continent.
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November 28, 2018
A regional conference organized by the University of the West Indies (UWI) enabled IICA, researchers, representatives of the academic sector, progressive trainees, as well as national, regional and international development agencies to share experiences in order to analyze progress achieved and opportunities as well as identify strategies for overcoming challenges, with the aim of guaranteeing food security in one of the regions that is most vulnerable to climate change.
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November 23, 2018
While speaking at the Week of Agriculture and Food in Buenos Aires, Manuel Otero maintained that Latin America can make a significant contribution, by creating sustainable businesses.
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November 22, 2018
IICA brought together specialists to discuss how to fully capitalize on the potential of the bioeconomy in Latin America and the Caribbean, in order to drive the production development of agriculture and rural territories.
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