Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture

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October 13, 2023

IICA launches new competition to recognize agro-biotourism initiatives in Latin America

Entries close on October 30, 2023, with the award ceremony scheduled to be held one month later.

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October 13, 2023

School feeding programs provide an avenue for Caribbean countries to achieve a healthier population, conclude participants in panel organized by IICA and the World Food ProgrammeĀ 

Moderated by Ā Gregg Rawlins, IICA Representative in the Eastern Caribbean States, the panel discussion enabled various Caribbean and Latin American countries to exchange knowledge and share positive experiences.

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October 12, 2023

Colombia leads the Andean region in AgTech development, followed by Peru and Ecuador, according to an IDB-IICA study

The report is seeking to drive the use of digital solutions in the regionā€™s agrifood systems, having analyzed 10 businesses to understand the challenges and opportunities that they face.

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October 11, 2023

Caribbean Week of Agriculture kicks off in The Bahamas with a call to further the regionā€™s progress towards reducing food imports by strengthening producersā€™ sustainability and resilience

La Semana de la Agricultura del Caribe 2023 comenzĆ³ con un fuerte llamado a acelerar y consolidar los esfuerzos para reducir en la regiĆ³n la dependencia de las importaciones de alimentos, objetivo en el que ya se han hecho importantes avances.

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October 10, 2023

Business leaders call for strategic work with the public sector to enhance sustainability, technological innovation and natural resource preservation in agriculture sector of the Americas

Representatives of the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) and the Central American Federation of Agricultural and Agroindustrial Chambers (FECAGRO) participated in the Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas organized by IICA.

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October 6, 2023

Agricultural health experts agree that the One Health approach is key to resolving agrifood system challenges in the Americas

The forum promoted efforts to propose the One Health concept as a mainstay in the process of strengthening food security in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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October 6, 2023

The IICA Leaders of Rurality reflect on their challenges, in addressing the Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas

Eodora MĆ©ndez, who has tirelessly championed the well-being of Hondurasā€™ small farmers; Rosamund Benn, a farmer who has encouraged dozens of rural women in Guyana to process and market their crops to improve their income and standard of living; and Alfredo Carrasco, a promotor of inclusive and integrative agriculture in Chile, were the three farmers honored at the meeting.

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October 6, 2023

ECLAC, FAO and IICA call for actions to strengthen regional cooperation in order to promote sustainable, inclusive and resilient agrifood systems in Latin America and the Caribbean

The recommendation is made in The Outlook for Agriculture and Rural Development in the Americas 2023-2024, a report prepared by the three institutions and presented in Costa Rica during the Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of the hemisphere.

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October 5, 2023

The Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas ends with an endorsement of IICAā€™s proposed hemispheric partnership, declaring that regional agriculture is equal to the challenges facing the world

The conference sought to provide a forum to facilitate discussion, drive collective action and reinforce the regionā€™s role as a guarantor of global food security and environmental sustainability, in a world that is currently grappling with converging crises and uncertainty.

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