Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture

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October 5, 2023

Minister Saboto Caesar of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines highlighted IICAā€™s technical support to CARICOM to tackle the challenges in agriculture

During his statement, the minister emphasized the importance of strategic actions taken to assist farmers, with the support of IICA.

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October 5, 2023

Agriculture ministers and international credit agencies propose how to provide financial resources to countries in the Americas to strengthen food security in the face of climate change

Agriculture ministers of the Americas explained to representatives of IDB, CAF and the World Bank that support mechanisms are required for family farming, to incorporate advanced water management and soil regeneration practices, among others that foster sustainability.Ā 

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October 5, 2023

Rattan Lal, 2020 World Food Prize laureate, urges the ministers of Agriculture of the Americas to advocate for laws to guarantee soil health in their countries

Lal was addressing the Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas at IICA Headquarters in San Jose, Costa Rica.

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October 5, 2023

Family farming is of strategic importance to the continent, and cooperativism can serve as a tool to strengthen it, agree ministers of Agriculture of the Americas at IICA

The panelists emphasized the social and productive contributions of family farmers who, nevertheless, are the weakest link in the chain, often suffering from poverty and facing multiple obstacles to access basic services.

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October 5, 2023

Meeting in Costa Rica, the ministers of Agriculture of the Americas reflect on IICAā€™s role in placing small farmers front and center in the global debate on the future of agriculture

Discussions on the first working day of the Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas 2023 focused on the transformations taking place in agriculture and its role as an engine of economic development and social inclusion in the countries of the hemisphere.

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October 4, 2023

Technologies can offer small farmers tremendous benefits for a small cost, maintained Nobel Prize laureate for Economics, Michael Kremer, addressing the Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas at IICA Headquarters

The meeting of ministers, which opened with an appeal to strengthen the role of the hemisphere in guaranteeing global food security and environmental sustainability within the context of the climate and economic crises, will end on Thursday, 5 October.

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October 4, 2023

World Food Prize Foundation and IICA agree to establish a partnership to foster sustainable agricultural development and food and nutritional security in the Americas

The agreement was signed by Terry Branstad, CEO of WFP, and Manuel Otero, Director General of IICA, during the opening ceremony of the Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas 2023.

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October 4, 2023

IICA recognizes presidents of Guyana and Panama, Mohamed Irfaan Ali and Laurentino Cortizo, for their leadership and commitment to agriculture and regional food security

The presidents of both countries, for their part, recognized the contribution of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) to incorporating digital technologies and fostering the resilience and sustainability of production processes in the Americas.

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October 4, 2023

Minister of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries of Uruguay elected as Chair of the Inter-American Board of Agriculture (IABA) for 2023-2025

Uruguay will take over from the previous Chair, Brazil, which exercised this role over the last two years. The Brazilian government was represented at the meeting by the sectorā€™s highest authority, Paulo Teixeira, the Minister of Agricultural Development and Family Farming.

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