The discussion took place at the Home of Sustainable Agriculture of the Americas, the pavilion installed by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) at the Olympic Stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan’s capital city – the venue of COP 29.
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The pavilion installed at the United Nations Conference in Baku, the capital city of Azerbaijan, brought together farmers, private sector players and senior agricultural officials of the Americas to discuss the future of the sector, with a particular emphasis on the economic, social and environmental sustainability of animal production.
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The impact of climate change on tropical agriculture and the need for science and innovation to play a leading role in protecting productivity were other key topics discussed.
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The AECID and IICA have an ongoing, intensive program of joint activities. They are implementing a number of international cooperation projects, especially in countries such as El Salvador, Paraguay and Bolivia, in addition to regional projects in the Central American Dry Corridor, one of the most vulnerable areas in the world, in both social and climatic terms.
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The production and livelihoods of farmers in Latin America and the Caribbean are affected by droughts, flooding, hurricanes and other events that are increasingly frequent and severe. In this context, nature-based solutions and innovative financial schemes have been effective in increasing adaptation to these phenomena and mitigating damage and losses.
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This is the objective of the technical cooperation agreement signed in the capital of Jujuy, which is designed to strengthen and enhance the province’s productive sector and contribute to food and nutrition security.
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The 2024 Energy Week, organized by the Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE) in Asunción, Paraguay, aimed to promote collaboration and innovation among the 27 member countries on key issues such as renewable energy, gender equity, and a just transition.
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During the event, held at IICA's headquarters, more than 20 representatives from official sanitary, phytosanitary, and food safety services participated in discussions aimed at strengthening countries’ capacity to understand and implement equivalence agreements on sanitary and phytosanitary measures, thus facilitating global and regional trade in agri-food products.
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IICA will have a pavilion at the most important global forum for negotiations and discussions on climate change for the third consecutive time, having previously operated one at COP27 in Egypt in 2022, and COP28 in the United Arab Emirates.
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