Paramaribo, Suriname
June 28, 2022
The Indigenous Maroon Governing Council and Maroon communities in the Upper Suriname River basin benefited from emergency support from IICA’s Director General to rehabilitate agricultural production in direct response to damages to their agricultural farms due to massive flooding occasioned by unusually high seasonal rainfall.
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Paramaribo, Suriname
June 27, 2022
The IICA Representative in Suriname reported to the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries and other key stakeholders in agriculture and the rural milieu the main achievements in 2021.
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This self-proclaimed entrepreneur and promoter of no-till farming, which he considers a tool to care for soil health, is convinced that one of the upcoming transformations is the growth of the bioeconomy, understood as a model of industrialization of biology.
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The theme of the joint session convened by the Permanent Council and the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI)—a forum for discussion on key challenges facing the region that brings together authorities from across the Americas, from different branches and levels of government, along with other stakeholders and partners—was food insecurity in the Americas and lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The “Soul of Rurality” award recognizes her efforts to raise awareness among farmers of the municipality of Itá of the importance of associative undertakings as a means of achieving a better quality of life.
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The international organizations jointly organized the virtual meeting, mainly to share various perspectives on the situation in the region and to discuss the extent to which the critical situation is endangering food security, by severely and negatively impacting agricultural production costs.
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The Executive President of CAF—The Development Bank of Latin America—met with IICA Director General, Manuel Otero.
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Zulfikar Mustapha, Agriculture Minister of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, affirmed his country’s support during an official visit to IICA headquarters, describing the proposal as innovative in bringing countries together, working as a team and collaborating with food security in the region.
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Students from technical schools in the country attended workshops and engaged with female leaders about issues related to STEM – the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
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