More than 1,600 students benefited from the project "Relevance of Secondary Education in Science and the Environment in Rural Agricultural Communities of Costa Rica”.
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Mia Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados; Laura Suazo, Secretary of Agriculture of Honduras; Manuel Otero, Director General of IICA; Alejandra Castro, Vice President of International Affairs and Sustainability Strategy at Bayer; Lucas Gallitto, Director for Latin America at GSMA; Jorge Werthein, Special Advisor to the IICA Director General; Sandra Ziegler, IICA Specialist in Connectivity and Education and author of the study; Trigidia Jiménez, Bolivian Leader of Rurality recognized by IICA; Nancy Andrea Moreno Lozano, Head of the Directorate of Rural Women at Colombia’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development; and María Eduarda de Lima Vasconcelos, a 25-year-old rural woman and General Coordinator of Rural Youth at Brazil’s Ministry of Agrarian Development and Family Farming.
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Through the dissemination of this research, IICA reaffirms its belief that technology and innovation must be at the heart of technical cooperation efforts. The goal is to generate knowledge for the formulation of public policies that improve living conditions in rural areas.
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The report presents the results of thirty-one interviews conducted in fourteen countries of the region and provides recommendations on the development of policies for the public and private sectors to foster the incorporation of digital technologies in family farming.
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The meeting made it possible to introduce the issue of biofuels as a key element of the energy transition, within the framework of the G20, regarded as the largest global forum for international cooperation, whose Summit of Heads of State and Government will be held on November 18 and 19 in Rio de Janeiro.
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This was agreed upon in Rome by WFP Deputy Executive Director, Valerie Guarnieri, and IICA Director General, Manuel Otero.
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The dialogue called on governments to develop policies that promote a results-oriented, technologically neutral and evidence-based approach to agricultural solutions.
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At the meeting, Qu Dongyu, accompanied by FAO Chief Economist Máximo Torero and senior members of his team, and Otero, with his special advisors Jorge Werthein and Carlos Cherniak, reviewed IICA and FAO’s joint cooperation actions, which include the preparation of a report on the outlook for agricultural and rural development in Latin America and the Caribbean, and support for CELAC’s food security plan.
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IFAD President Alvaro Lario and IICA Director General Manuel Otero reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening rural communities in Latin America and the Caribbean. They ratified their commitment in Rome, during a roundtable with ambassadors from the LAC region.
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