Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture

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April 29, 2021

The Minister of Agriculture of the Dominican Republic underscored the key role of the sector in the recovery and boosting of this country’s economy

Minister Limber Cruz announced a record production of beans, rice, vegetables, tomatoes and onions, as well as cooperation actions with Costa Rica to modernize the coffee industry. "We will be self-sufficient in coffee and we will export this product again," he said. Major support was also given to the fruit growing sector.

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April 29, 2021

Agreement between Vázquez de Coronado and IICA to embark on the construction of the Plaza of Agriculture of the Americas

Roland Méndez, Mayor of the Costa Rican municipality that is home to IICA Headquarters and Manuel Otero, the Director General of the international organization, signed a document of understanding regarding the construction of an ambitious project, which was declared a site of Public Interest, by the President of the Republic of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado.

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April 27, 2021

Specialists propose participatory review of the Latin American and Caribbean territorial development model

The occasion was the VI Conference and XIII Territorial Development Forum, organized by IICA, in collaboration with the Territorial Management Networks (GTD) of Mexico, Colombia, Brazil and Spain.

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April 26, 2021

IICA supports the Honduran Secretariat of Agriculture in a project to spur improved food safety in Honduras and Belize

The initiative— “Piloting the Use of Voluntary Third-Party Assurance Programs in Central America (Belize and Honduras)—will receive technical and administrative support from the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA).

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April 23, 2021

Together with SENASICA, IICA contributes to strengthening agrifood health and safety in Mexico

The Institute presented reports on the operational programs it implements with the Mexican Government to help safeguard the country’s phytosanitary status.

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April 21, 2021

Family farmers should have access to new technologies to fuel greater productivity, sustainability and income

Luciano Braverman, Director of Education for Microsoft Latin America spoke with the Agro América program, airing on Brazilian TV channel Agro Mais. about the role of rural schools in technology incorporation processes.

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April 20, 2021

Alarm bells sound in Peru and Ecuador amidst the banana “pandemic”: experts call for public-private cooperation to battle the scourge

The Global Alliance for Cooperation in the Fight against Fusarium TR4 informed Peruvian authorities that it stands ready to collaborate in planning actions to tackle the crisis.

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April 19, 2021

U.S. grain and soybean associations and IICA trained Latin American and Caribbean technical specialists on biofuel to foster a sustainable energy matrix in the region

Under the sponsorship of the U.S. Grains Council (USGC) and the U.S. Soybean Export Council (USSEC), IICA delivered courses to foster public policymaking on this topic in the Americas.

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April 16, 2021

PROCAGICA is banking on production chain integration to improve the quality of El Salvador’s coffee

The program involves the transfer of the relevant technology and the development of activities to diversify income streams, while also introducing the appropriate mechanisms to respond to threats identified in the coffee sector.

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