Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture

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December 4, 2015

IICA concludes participation in Caribbean Week with the presentation of its results

The Instituteā€™s Director General met with the regionā€™s Ministers of Agriculture to analyze the progress of ongoing projects and those programmed for 2013. He also had a meeting with the Prime Minister of Antigua.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

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December 4, 2015

Antigua and Barbudaā€™s Prime Minister praises work of IICA in the Caribbean

Spencer Friday, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, met with Victor Villalobos, Director General of IICA; Victor del Angel, Director of Management and Regional Integration; and Una May Gordon, IICA's Representative in ECS.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

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December 4, 2015

IICA to participate in global conference on agricultural innovation

Six hundred researchers will gather next week in Uruguay to discuss ways to assist producers in accessing the real benefits of innovation in agriculture.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

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December 3, 2015

The road to the agricultural research summit: Agriculture in the Americas favorably positioned to meet the challenge of feeding the world

IICA delegation at worldā€™s most important global meeting on agricultural innovation will stress urgency of strengthening agriculture through more robust national innovation systems.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

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December 3, 2015

Director General of IICA: ā€œResearch and innovation are essential to the new agricultural paradigm.ā€

Victor M. Villalobos made a call at GCARD2 for greater alliances, modernization of research entities and improvement in extension services in order to strengthen agriculture in the Americas.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

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December 3, 2015

Technology package applied to the growing of soybeans generates environmental and economic benefits for the Southern Cone

The Argentine Ministry of Agriculture and IICA are publishing, within the framework of GCARD2, a comparative study of the advantages of genetically modified and conventional soybean crop.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

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December 3, 2015

IICA and CGIAR research centers to work more closely together

Latin America and the Caribbean will receive the benefits of the agricultural research carried out by the centers in other parts of the world.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

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December 3, 2015

IICA will promote greater attention to the rational use of natural resources in the agricultural sector

The results of GCARD2 were positive, with the strengthening of partnerships, recognition of the contribution of women to agriculture, and promotion of private participation in research, while some key issues had to be postponed, according to the Director General of IICA.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

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December 3, 2015

New FAO, ECLAC and IICA report provides in-depth study of agriculture and rural development in the region

Report analyzes land ownership in Latin America and the Caribbean and provides a sectoral study of agriculture, livestock, fisheries, forests, and rural well-being.

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