Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture

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Georgetown, Guyana

June 13, 2017

National Codex Committee Stakeholders’ Information Forum

Globally, food and nutrition security are of paramount importance to many countries, Guyana being no exception. One body which is assisting in the fight to maintain food and nutrition security in Guyana is the National Codex Committee(NCC)whose mandate it is to facilitate national discussion on food safety issue and present positions on food safety issues affecting producers and consumers.

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Georgetown, Guyana

June 13, 2017

MANAGING OUR INDEPENDENCE AND CREATING NEW POSSIBILITIES

This was the theme of the recently concluded Annual General and Network Meetings of the Women Agro-processing Development Network (WADN) which has evolved after several years of agro-process being done mostly from the kitchen of our parents and grandparents and the products sold from small stands near the homesteads or directly from the kitchen door.

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Georgetown, Guyana

June 13, 2017

Cost of Production Training

The IICA Delegation in Guyana in collaboration with the New Guyana Marketing Corporation for the past few months executed Cost of Production training sessions targeting both farmers and agro processors, so that they can adequately negotiate realistic and competitive prices on the market.

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Flagship Project Competitiveness and sustainability of agricultural chains: progress made in 2016

As part of the Institute's policy of transparency and accountability, we share the main advances of this Flagship Project.

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Belize

June 9, 2017

International Cooperation Roundtable on Agriculture June 8, 2017

On June 8, 2017, the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture Delegation in Belize hosted a roundtable for international development partners interested in aligning efforts and exploring opportunities for collaboration on joint initiatives to strengthen the agriculture sector in the country, based on the priorities of the Government.

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Kingston, Jamaica

June 9, 2017

​Innovations for sustainable production seek to propel the beekeepers sector

Agricultural authorities expressed their satisfaction with the Institute’s support, especially with its focus on supporting the Ministry, youth entrepreneurship and resource mobilization.

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Washington, D.C.

June 7, 2017

From the Desk of the Representative – IICA Delegation in the USA Newsletter — March – April 2017

Welcome to our second edition of 2017!

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Washington, D.C.

June 7, 2017

Dupont Pioneer shares insight into CRISPR-Cas Technology

Dr. Gutterson shared how his organization is using CRISPR-Cas and how they are collaborating with international partners to bring the benefits of the technology to smallholder farmers.

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Washington, D.C.

June 7, 2017

IICA supports the World Economic Forum’s New Vision for Agriculture to promote public private partnerships in agriculture in Latin America.

IICA’s Director General Dr. Victor Villalobos attended the 12th World Economic Forum in Latin America in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 

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