Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture

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Argentina and IICA join forces to cooperate with Haiti

They will work together to relaunch INTA’s Pro Huerta Program, which was implemented successfully between 2006 and 2015. With the participation of IICA specialists, the two institutions aim to improve the food security situation in the Caribbean country.

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Brazilian Fernando Camargo takes office as IICA’s new Representative in Argentina, at a ceremony attended by two ministers

In this new position, Camargo will seek to strengthen Mercosur’s agricultural agenda and integration between Argentina and Brazil, South America’s top two food producers. Camargo, who holds degrees in Law and Public Administration, as well as a Master’s in Business Management, has extensive experience in the public sector, particularly in agricultural matters.

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IICA recognizes Brazilian Francisca Neri as a “Leader of Rurality” for inspiring young people and helping to revolutionize sheep and goat farming in a municipality in northeast Brazil

The daughter of rural farmers from Betânia, a municipality in the state of Piauí, Francisca is now 25 and is Secretary of Family Farming, a position from which she promotes associativism and cooperativism to improve income and quality of life for small-sized farmers.

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IICA took presence and message of rural women of the Americas to the European Union through photography exhibition in Brussels

The exhibition entitled “Rural Women of the Americas: Sowing Tomorrow’s Agriculture Today” was on display at the European Development Days 2022 organized by the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium.

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Five thousand students from Argentine agrotechnical schools to be trained in digital technologies through Agroedutec, a program promoted by the Argentine government and developed by IICA in collaboration with Microsoft, Bayer and the World Bank

The initiative seeks to develop digital skills in young people in order to carry out projects tied to the different productive environments of each area of the country. During the first phase, the program will benefit high school juniors and seniors in the provinces of Buenos Aires, Córdoba and Tucumán.

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Rural youth from across the globe met in Costa Rica to share experiences on regenerative agriculture

At IICA headquarters in Costa Rica, ambassadors from the NextGen Ag Impact Network (NGIN) were in no doubt that agriculture is key to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

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Knowledge-intensive agriculture is essential for transforming agriculture and addressing global food insecurity, says IICA Director General

IICA Director General gave a talk to around 60 participants at the headquarters of this organization specializing in rural and agricultural development, in San Jose, Costa Rica, as part of the sessions for the 32nd Global Conference of the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association (IFAMA) and the dialogue with the coalition NextGen Ag Impact Network (NGIN).

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“IICA in Action”: New IICA podcast for Spotify will discuss challenges and opportunities for the agriculture and rural sector  

En alrededor de 15 minutos, cada capítulo del podcast rescatará temas y elementos informativos con una dinámica renovada, voces diversas y acciones relevantes para la actividad agropecuaria y la vida rural. 

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IICA, RKBO and AUSAID collaborate to make water accessible to primary schools in rural communities in Suriname

Three primary schools in three rural villages in the hinterland of Suriname now have access to water through the installation of water harvesting and storage systems.

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