The incorporation of producers and rural communities is key to the drafting of actions designed to simultaneously protect human, animal and environmental health, according to IICA Director General Manuel Otero and specialists taking part in a meeting organized by the Institute and the USDA.
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The Dialogues on Family Farming in the Americas held at the Itamaraty Palace in Brazil involved senior officials and representatives of governments, international agencies and peasant and indigenous organizations, as well as experts from various countries.
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The Dialogues on Family Farming in the Americas held at the Itamaraty Palace in Brazil involved senior officials and representatives of governments, international agencies and peasant and indigenous organizations, as well as experts from various countries.
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This multi-stakeholder, high-level debate, in which experiences were exchanged on programs to promote family farming that are being carried out in the hemisphere, took place at the Itamaraty Palace, headquarters of the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in the country’s capital, Brasilia.
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Yana grew up in Villa Puni, a small community in the department of La Paz, on the shores of Lake Titicaca and more than 3800 meters above sea level. Most of the people who live there engage in fishing and the production of crops such as potatoes, quinoa, broad beans and barley, despite having to contend with the poor quality of soils in the area.
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Argentina's action plan is being developed with the participation of family farmer organizations from across the country, who are key players in a process that seeks to empower and listen to them to generate new public policies.
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Experts from IDB, ECLAC, FAO, IFPRI and IICA consider collective action by the countries in the hemisphere necessary to strengthen the agrifood trade in the face of a challenging international outlook
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IICA and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Tech, USA, published the executive summary of the 2022 GA Report “Troublesome Trends and System Shocks,” explaining how sustainable agriculture is being consolidated in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Aimed at technologies applied to agriculture, the call for projects will be open until 6 October and will exclusively prioritize areas related to the development of biomaterials, waste biorefineries, bioenergies, bioinputs and bioventures.
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