Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture

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June 9, 2023

IICA-supported cooperative program highlights its contributions to agricultural research and knowledge exchange between Canada, the United States, Mexico and the rest of the Americas

At an event in Mexico, authorities and technical officers of the Cooperative Program in Research and Technology for the Northern Region (PROCINORTE) outlined its achievements in animal and plant health, genetic resources, climate change, soils and water.

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June 9, 2023

IICA to promote greater coordination among AgTechs, financial entities and public authorities in order to galvanize digitalization in the agrifood sector of the Americas

Fifteen AgTechs, companies specializing in the development of digital solutions for agriculture, from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, the U.S., Sweden, Uruguay and Venezuela, took part in Digital Agriculture Week 2023.

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June 8, 2023

NASA Harvest and IICA enhance capacities for the use of technological tools that will improve agricultural statistics and the monitoring of climate impacts in the countries of the Americas

The organizations trained ministry of agriculture officials from Latin American and Caribbean nations in the use of tools based on free-access satellite data designed to facilitate decision-making on food security and agricultural resilience in the region.

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June 8, 2023

IICA’s female “rallies” have trained more than 250 Costa Rican rural women in drone operation, electronic prototyping and 3D printing, to address challenges in their communities

This 8th of June, the latest event of this kind, entitled “Chicas a Volar”—or in English, “Girls Let’s Fly”—was held on place in Puntarenas, the major city on Costa Rica’s Pacific coast.

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June 7, 2023

At FONTAGRO commemoration and other high-level meetings in Spain, IICA Director General highlights the key role of Latin America and the Caribbean for global food security

During a visit to the Spanish capital, Otero also met with the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA) of Spain, Luis Planas, as part of a series of high-level bilateral meetings in which he reaffirmed the key role of Latin America and the Caribbean for global food security and its commitment to transforming agrifood systems to foster a more productive, sustainable and inclusive agriculture sector together with farmers.

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June 7, 2023

El Salvador team conducts technical mission to Argentina, aiming to promote best practices among dairy small farmers, under a South-South Cooperation project coordinated by IICA

The Salvadorian technical mission to Argentina will involve visits to small dairy farmers that have organized themselves into cooperatives in Misiones, a province in northern Argentina.

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June 5, 2023

Microsoft and IICA launch Minecraft-based technology challenge for high school students in Costa Rica

Registration is already open for the challenge, which seeks to foster digital and soft skills development among young people for application in agriculture.

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June 5, 2023

Costa Rica designates IICA as a carbon neutral organization

As part of its strategy, IICA sought to become a carbon neutral organization, recognized by the Costa Rican Ministry of the Environment and Energy (MINAE), in line with global climate action targets and based on the values of sustainability and environmental responsibility.

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Herbert Lewy, General Manager of Microsoft Smart Agriculture and Bioeconomy for Latin America; Guilherme Belardo, Business Development and Partnership Lead at Bayer; and Manuel Pérez, Director of Public Sector Business Development at Veolia.

June 2, 2023

Fostering partnerships between stakeholders that promote digitalization is key to accelerating the development of technological solutions for agriculture in the Americas

This was one of the conclusions of representatives from Microsoft, Bayer and French firm Veolia who participated in a roundtable discussion aimed at sharing ideas for dynamic and inclusive digitalization in the sector, during Digital Agriculture Week at IICA Headquarters.

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