San José, Costa Rica
August 4, 2025
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August 1, 2025
The Dominican Republic has achieved a historic reduction in the undernourishment rate, which has fallen to 3.6 percent, well below the global average of 8.2 percent, according to the SOFI 2025 report.
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San José, Costa Rica
July 31, 2025
The letter underscores the importance and achievements of IICA’s actions. It also describes the Institute’s history promoting scientific and technological advancements since its creation at the Inter-American Conference of Agriculture, held in 1942 in Maryland, United States, to discuss the repercussions of World War II on trade and production.
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San José, Costa Rica
July 31, 2025
The creation of the Manuel Otero Inter-American Chair on Tropical Agriculture was announced by CATIE’s Director General, Luis Pocasangre, during the opening ceremony of the International Conference on Tropical Agriculture, held in San José, Costa Rica, with the participation of renowned specialists on the subject from around the world.
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San José, Costa Rica
July 30, 2025
The three-day event, which combines debate and experience-sharing, focuses on pathways to scale up sustainable and resilient agricultural production in tropical regions by building bridges between production, education, science, innovation, and finance.
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Tegucigalpa
July 29, 2025
An agricultural engineer, Suazo specialized in Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness at Escuela Agrícola Panamericana El Zamorano. She holds a Master’s degree in Agricultural Education and Rural Sociology from Louisiana State University in the United States, and a Doctorate (PhD) in Agricultural Extension with a specialization in International Agriculture and Environmental Sociology from Cornell University in New York.
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San José, Costa Rica
July 28, 2025
Representatives of these American companies met virtually with IICA Director General Manuel Otero to convey their support. They also sent a letter to senior U.S. government officials, commending the hemispheric organization’s efficiency and transparency. The letter also praised IICA’s concrete results in preventing the spread of animal and plant diseases across the continent and its collaboration with the private sector.
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San José, Costa Rica
July 24, 2025
The consensus was formalized at the 2nd Meeting of Agricultural Federations of the Americas, organized by the Institute and the Federation of Chambers of Agriculture.
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San José, Costa Rica
July 24, 2025
Kip Tom, Vice Chair of Rural Policy at the America First Policy Institute (AFPI), took part in the Second Meeting of Agricultural Federations of the Americas, held at IICA’s headquarters in Costa Rica.
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