Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture

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December 3, 2015

IICA launches food security observatory

This new site, which users can access free of charge, provides statistics, policies, programs, and other information related to food safety.

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December 3, 2015

IICAā€™s 70th anniversary celebration continued in Mexico

The Director General of IICA, VĆ­ctor M. Villalobos, qualified Mexico as a reference for agriculture in the hemisphere and underscored its importance in the history of the Institute. IICA was recognized by the Under Secretary of Agriculture in Mexico, Mariano Ruiz-Funes Macedo, as a driving force behind international cooperation and public-private partnerships for the improvement of the agriculture sector in the hemisphere.

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December 3, 2015

IICA Annual Event raised awareness of the contribution of small farmers to food security

The IICA Day was held in Washington to emphasize the importance and contribution of small farmers, including women, to the Latin America regional and national economies.

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December 3, 2015

Synergies between agriculture and the environment: vital for tackling climate change

In a technical forum held at IICA, cases in Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, and Uruguay were cited as examples of joint work on mitigation and adaptation.

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December 3, 2015

IICA and conservation organizations create partnership for work in Latin America and the Caribbean

The joint efforts will begin with the promotion of an agroforestry program in Haiti.

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December 2, 2015

It is vital that the importance of agriculture be recognized in the climate change negotiations

COP 18 gets under way this month and the Director General of IICA has sent the Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas a technical note in which he underscores the importance of the countries including agriculture as a key element in the efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change.

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December 2, 2015

IICA and GIZ support Costa Rican initiative designed to reduce emissions caused by the coffee industry

Working with the Ministry of Environment, the organizations are training officials from the agriculture, transport, and waste management sectors to develop a NAMA, a set of actions that helps reduce emissions and for whose implementation financing is available.

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December 2, 2015

IICA creates observatory of institutional innovations for the Americas

IICA launched the observatory at a forum on the innovative agricultural research models that exist in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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December 2, 2015

At COP 18, Costa Rica will be presenting the experience of its agriculture sector in addressing climate change

In Doha, Qatar, the MAG and MINAET, with support from IICA, CATIE, and GIZ, will showcase seven examples of how the public and private sectors can act together to deal with the effects of climate change.

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