Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture

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November 4, 2019

World Tourism Organization and IICA to strengthen rural tourism in Latin America and the Caribbean

The institutions seek to declare 2020 as the International Year of Agrotourism and Rural Tourism.

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November 1, 2019

Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas agree to strengthen IICA’s health program to drive trade

They also called for the expansion and replication of the new Interpretive Center for Tomorrow’s Agriculture (CIMAG) - the product of a Microsoft-IICA partnership, aimed at revaluing the agriculture sector in the eyes of upcoming generations.

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November 1, 2019

New Atlas for Agriculture in the Americas: an attractive and accurate portrayal of the agriculture sector

It presents the main indicators with respect to agricultural activity in the hemisphere and is available in print or on the web at atlas.iica.int. The ebook version will be launched in the next few days.

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Colombia

November 1, 2019

Deputy Minister of Agricultural Affairs of Colombia: IICA can assist in strengthening family farming

The Deputy Minister of Agricultural Affairs at the Ministry of Agriculture of Colombia, Marcela Urueña Gómez, stated that her country could benefit from the work programs of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) in areas such as family and peasant farming as well as bioeconomy.

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October 31, 2019

The digitalization of agriculture, sustainability and trade: key topics during the debate by the Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas

Governments, international and civil society organizations, research entities, scientists and academics discussed key topics for the agriculture sector during the 2019 Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas. The Director General of IICA commented on the diversity of the group, calling for ongoing dialogue between the ministers of Agriculture, Environment, Social Development and Telecommunications, with a view to strengthening agriculture.

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October 30, 2019

Director General of IICA: “Agriculture can be the best social policy”

Manuel Otero, Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), in opening the 2019 Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas, emphasized the role of agriculture as an engine for economic and social development.

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October 30, 2019

The President of Costa Rica and the Director General of IICA opened the 2019 Conference of Ministers of Agriculture

In opening the 2019 Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas, the President of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado, and the Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Manuel Otero, appealed for agriculture to be accorded priority in public policies.

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Distribution of materials and inputs to Family Farmer in Grand Bahamas (1)

Nassau, Bahamas

October 28, 2019

IICA’S rapid response team delivers supplies to affected farmers in Bahamas

Farmers from Abaco and Grand Bahama received drip irrigation tape, lay flat hoses, seedlings, promix (potting soil), seeds, animal feed, seedling trays, fertilizer bags and other supplies.

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St. George, Grenada

October 28, 2019

IICA held training sessions to operationalize Grenada’s national abattoir

The first phase of this AHFS Programme in Grenada, in June 2019, involved an assessment of the equipment at the abattoir.

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