Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture

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IICA Highlights 2010-2014 Strategy for the Caribbean Region at OAS

The strategy seeks to improve sanitary conditions for plants and animals; to increase agriculture production; to promote agribusiness and agricultural tourism and to address climate change.

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IICA Updates U.S. State Department of Activities in Haiti

“Throughout 2010, IICA acted as a bridge for horizontal cooperation in efforts to begin rebuilding Haiti’s agriculture sector and improving food security.”– Victor M. Villalobos, IICA Director General.

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Scientific and technical network will work on the adaptation of agriculture to climate change

Mexico, Central America and Colombia will be taking part in an IICA initiative designed to increase the institutional capabilities for managing the impact of climate change in the region.

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Central American countries agree on the need for regional responses to food price hikes

High-level dialogue in El Salvador concludes with recommendations for the development of a regional agenda to help bolster agricultural production and food security in the isthmus.

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Director General of IICA visits Chile

He attended the presentation of the Institute’s technical cooperation strategy for Chile and participated in an intersectoral dialogue on policies for addressing the rise in food prices.

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South America should take advantage of high food prices to reduce inequality

Representatives of the governments of this region agreed to develop a joint agenda for addressing the principal challenges posed by the rise in and volatility of food prices.

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Costa Rica and IICA sign agreement to organize hemispheric agricultural meeting

Ministerial will be held in San Jose on October 19-21 and has been declared an event of public and national interest.

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Governments will discuss measures for dealing with volatility and hike in food prices

FAO, ECLAC and IICA will promote two high level intergovernmental forums in Chile and El Salvador to examine the threats and opportunities arising from this situation.

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USDA to donate US$8.5 million worth of agricultural inputs to IICA cooperation projects in Haiti

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it will distribute agricultural goods in Haiti among projects supervised by IICA, and acknowledged the Institute’s assistance work in Nicaragua and Honduras.

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