Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture

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March 13, 2023

Krysta Harden, President of the U.S. Dairy Export Council and promoter of a central role for women in the agrifood industry, receives recognition from IICA as a Leader of Rurality in the America

Harden’s passion for agriculture started when she was a girl, growing up on her family’s peanut farm in the southern state of Georgia. She has come a long way since then in private sector work and public service, taking her to the highest levels of decision-making and responsibility. For instance, she was Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for three years.

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March 9, 2023

SENASICA and IICA endorse partnership to protect agriculture sector in Mexico and the Americas

At a meeting with IICA Director General Manuel Otero and IICA’s Representative in Mexico, Diego Montenegro Ernst, SENASICA Director in Chief Javier Calderón Elizalde said that the partnership has been vital in protecting the agriculture sector in Mexico and throughout the Americas, and in strengthening the safe production and trade of healthy and safe foods.

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March 7, 2023

On International Women’s Day, IICA launches virtual entrepreneurship course for rural women

Registration will begin on March 8, and 45 women from Andean countries will be selected to participate in the training course as of March 22.

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March 3, 2023

IICA launches second edition of Digital Agriculture Week with special invitation to AgTechs in Latin America and the Caribbean

The event will be held from 29 May to 1 June with a hybrid format. The Institute’s initiative is supported by Microsoft, Bayer, The Yield Lab, IFAD and CAF.

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March 2, 2023

IICA recognizes the work of the Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development of Mexico, Víctor Villalobos, and highlights the country’s key contribution to global food security

Around 5.4 million people are employed in Mexico’s agricultural sector and 145 million hectares are dedicated to agriculture and livestock.

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From right to left: Manuel Otero, IICA Director General. Daniel Werner, Director of the Department of Foreign Relations and International Cooperation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Israel. Kleber Santos, President of the Confederation of Agricultural Engineers of Brazil. Octavio Pérez, APIA President. Mario Lubetkin, Deputy Director General and Regional Representative of the FAO for Latin America and the Caribbean.

March 1, 2023

Science and innovation are pillars for transforming agriculture and resolving the crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean, stated specialists at a regional conference of agricultural engineers

The event was part of the 2023 APIA Conference Series and was organized together with the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA). This online conference was followed by over one hundred agricultural engineers and other professionals from 23 countries in the region.

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February 28, 2023

With its new State Agri-food Policy, Panama seeks to transform its economy to incorporate food production as a driving force for growth and development and to safeguard its future, Minister Salcedo claims

These were the words of Carlos Augusto Salcedo, the Minister Counselor for Agricultural Affairs of the President’s Office of Panama, who gave an interview on the Agro América program broadcast by the Brazilian TV channel AgroMais.

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The platform is an online support system for climate-resilient decision making for projects carried out in Caribbean countries.

February 24, 2023

Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) launches virtual platform on climate adaptation and risks with support from IICA

The platform is an online support system for climate-resilient decision making for projects carried out in Caribbean countries.

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February 23, 2023

The STDF and IICA launch project to promote reduced pesticide residue in agricultural exports from 12 Latin American and Caribbean countries, and to facilitate international trade

The three-year project will be financed by the Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) and implemented by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA).

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