Actors from the continent reported on the results already being achieved through bioethanol and biodiesel in reducing greenhouse gas emissions from transportation, at the world's largest environmental forum.
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Faced with this scenario, during COP29 IICA launched a groundbreaking mechanism aimed at mobilizing financial resources to strengthen producers across the continent. Lloyd Day explained that the Hemispheric Fund for Agricultural Resilience and Sustainability (FoHRSA) was developed in response to the difficulties that farmers face in accessing mechanisms that afford them protection, such as insurance, and new technologies that help them produce more with less.
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These were some of the most powerful messages that emerged from one of the technical events held at the Home of Sustainable Agriculture of the Americas pavilion, set up by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and its partners at the Olympic Stadium in Baku
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The conversation conveyed an optimistic outlook on the future of agriculture, an activity that is already contributing adaptation and mitigation solutions.
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The development of circular bioeconomy can help reduce waste, create new jobs and income, and contribute to sustainable development, according to concrete examples shared by leaders from the Americas at COP29.
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The conversation highlighted the need to strike a balance between meeting the growing global demand for food and preserving natural resources while combating climate change.
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The presence of the head of EMBRAPA at the IICA pavilion in Baku follows the signing of an agreement between the two institutions to facilitate international technical cooperation actions and promote the sharing of public policies, technologies and knowledge for the benefit of the agriculture sector.
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IICA has been working to build this narrative by bringing together political and academic authorities, as well as experts, technical experts, and farmers, to emphasize the indispensable role of rural producers and reposition this strategic sector for the development of Latin America and the Caribbean.
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The Hemispheric Fund for Agricultural Resilience and Sustainability (FoHRSA) aims to mobilize, manage, and execute resources to strengthen the institutional, technical, and administrative capacities necessary to enhance the adaptation of the agricultural sector in the Americas to climate change, whose impact severely affects productive activities.
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