Washington, D.C.
December 14, 2016
IICA and IFPRI hosted a seminar to analyze global trends and the current situation of agricultural mechanization in Latin America to identify factors that limit its use in agriculture and propose possible actions.
Tiempo de lectura: 3mins
December 14, 2016
Experts agree that governments play an important role in matters related to infrastructure, rural communication, and the development of policies and legal and regulatory frameworks that foster the financing of value chains.
Tiempo de lectura: 3mins
USA
December 14, 2016
Women make decisions that impact local food security every day. When it comes to advisory services, women tend to follow the advice of other women, and hence the importance of female extension agents.
Tiempo de lectura: 3mins
USA
December 14, 2016
Livestock activities occupy 13 million hectares in the Central American region, and is the main source of livelihood for thousands of rural families.
Tiempo de lectura: 3mins
USA
December 14, 2016
On this fifth note related to commercialization strategies that add value and facilitate market access for agricultural producers, we will share the third suggested strategy, commercial linkages for differentiated products.
Tiempo de lectura: 3mins
Costa Rica
December 14, 2016
The Americas can contribute effectively to feed the expected 9 billion people and contribute to the needed 70 percent increase in global food production. Public and private investments in research, development and innovation are key to increase agricultural productivity.
Tiempo de lectura: 3mins
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
December 13, 2016
WEF and IICA are exploring options to promote together this approach in Latin America.
Tiempo de lectura: 3mins
Georgetown, Guyana
December 13, 2016
The “One Health, One Caribbean, One Love” project was implemented by the University of the West Indies (UWI) with collaborating partners such as the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Pan-American Health Organisation (PAHO) and World Health Organisation (WHO), Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD) and the Ministries of Agriculture of Guyana, St. Kitts and Nevis and Grenada.
Tiempo de lectura: 3mins
Georgetown, Guyana
December 13, 2016
Under the 10th European Development Fund (EDF) Sanitary and Phyto-sanitary (SPS) Project, a highly-interactive course featuring an in-depth look at how you can gain a competitive advantage and improve your bottom line by enhancing your existing traceability system, was held public and private sector stakeholders. This comprehensive course also provided examples and case studies on traceability best practices. The Facilitators examined how food companies recognize efficiencies and gain market share by enhancing their traceability systems.
Tiempo de lectura: 3mins
Headquarters. 600 m. northeast of the Ipís-Coronado intersection. Vázquez de Coronado, San Isidro 11101 – Costa Rica. San José, Costa Rica
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