Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture

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Washington, D.C.

August 2, 2017

Infographic: Trends and Policy Innovations for Agriculture in Light of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda

View an inforgraphic based on the new report Trends and Policy Innovations for Agriculture in Light of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda

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Washington, D.C.

August 1, 2017

From the Desk of the Representative – IICA Delegation in the USA Newsletter — May – June 2017

Welcome to our third edition of 2017!

 

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Washington, D.C.

August 1, 2017

Countries seeking to strengthen their evaluation systems to improve public policies for agriculture

IICA and the Southern Agricultural Council brought together 6 LAC countries in an international workshop to promote the implementation of systems for the evaluation of public policies for agriculture.
 

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Washington, D.C.

August 1, 2017

2017 World Food Prize Laureate announced at ceremony at the U.S. Department of Agriculture 

Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank was announced as the winner of the 2017 World Food Prize. He is the 46th person and the sixth African to win the World Food Prize.

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Washington, D.C.

August 1, 2017

Scientists analyzed innovations to adapt family agriculture to climate change

Scientists met with authorities from national agricultural research and innovation institutes to analyze progress made by over 20 ongoing projects.

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Washington, D.C.

August 1, 2017

System of Rice Intensification (SRI) project seeks to overcome high costs of labor

With the support of the private sector, farmers in the Dominican Republic have been working to mechanize the transplanting process and the weeding to overcome this obstacle

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Washington, D.C.

August 1, 2017

Climate change adaptation planning in agriculture: analyzing challenges and opportunities in Central and South America

Over 35 representatives from the Ministries of Agriculture, Environment and Planning, from 11 countries spent several days analyzing the processes used to design, develop, and evaluate sectoral climate change adaptation plans.

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Argentina

August 1, 2017

Strengthening the Competitiveness of the Horticultural Value Chain in Corrientes Province in Argentina

In 2015, IICA responded to a request from the Ministry of Production of Corrientes to develop a partnership to improve the competitiveness of the horticultural value chain of Corrientes Green Belt.           

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July 27, 2017

Integrated and differentiated agricultural policies can contribute to achieving sustainable development objectives

A new IICA publication brings together experiences in the Americas, China and the EU on this topic; readers are urged to take advantage of it to replicate actions in other countries around the hemisphere.

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