Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture

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September 22, 2023

Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas to be held in Costa Rica will consolidate collective action among the countries and strengthen the sector that guarantees food security and global sustainability, affirms Director General of IICA

The summitā€™s key purpose is to create a partnership among the countries of the Americas to successfully address challenges related to food security and environmental changes.

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September 21, 2023

Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas 2023: at IICA, ministers from the region will discuss the most urgent issues on the food security and agricultural sustainability agenda

The Conference of Ministers will include a meeting of the Inter-American Board of Agriculture (IABA), IICAā€™s highest governing body. The Board is made up of the 34 Member States of the Institute, an agency of the Inter-American System specializing in agricultural and rural development.

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September 20, 2023

Experts convened by IICA and USDA share success stories in promoting a One Health approach in Latin America and the Caribbean

The approach aims to sustainably balance and optimize the health of people, animals and ecosystems.

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September 19, 2023

Israel launches 21st Global Agricultural Technology Summit from IICA headquarters in Costa Rica, with a focus on food and water security

The Embassy of Israel in Costa Rica launched the summit from IICA headquarters, where the Institute presented its hemispheric initiative on Water and Agriculture.Ā 

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September 18, 2023

Public health and animal and plant health specialists highlight need for increased inter-institutional collaboration, comprehensive policies, and information sharing among countries to strengthen the implementation of the One Health approach in the Americ

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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September 13, 2023

The participants in Dialogues organized by the Brazilian government and IICA conclude that cooperatives, science and technology, connectivity and financing should be core elements of policies designed to strengthen family farming

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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September 13, 2023

The participants in Dialogues organized by the Brazilian government and IICA conclude that cooperatives, science and technology, connectivity and financing should be core elements of policies designed to strengthen family farming

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.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

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September 11, 2023

Countries of the Americas presented their public policies to strengthen family farming and discussed how to advance faster and better, in Dialogues convened by the Brazilian government and IICA

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 countryā€™s capital, Brasilia.

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September 11, 2023

Yessica Yana, an indigenous woman who operates a drone that makes agriculture in the Bolivian Altiplano more efficient, named a ā€œLeader of Ruralityā€ by IICA

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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