The aim of the studies being carried out in countries of the region is to find commercial varieties of Jatropha that can be used to produce pure vegetable oil, biodiesel and biokerosene.
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IICA’s Energy and Environment Partnership (EEP) Programme, financed with resources from the Government of Finland, demonstrates how renewable energies can be used to improve living conditions in rural areas.
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The European Commissioner for Agriculture and the Director General of IICA will inaugurate the international seminar of Red INNOVAGRO, due to take place in Spain from April 23-25.
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New measures designed to protect US farmers, which took effect in February, pose a major challenge to the competitiveness of agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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IICA and the ceiA3 signed an agreement to produce materials and courses related to innovation management in the agrifood sector.
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The Secretariat of Agriculture of Mexico and IICA signed an agreement to train 150 technical personnel from the Caribbean in priority areas for the agricultural development of the region.
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Working with the Global Harvest Initiative, the IDB and other international organizations, IICA contributed to the production of a new report on agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean that underscores the region’s importance as a global breadbasket.
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IICA presented its Annual Report for 2013 to the Permanent Council of the OAS and pledged to continue to offer verifiable results of its technical cooperation actions.
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At a meeting in Costa Rica, representatives of the ministries of agriculture of the Americas have been discussing IICA’s new medium-term plan and ways of strengthening the institution.
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