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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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Paramaribo, Suriname

June 29, 2022

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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Paramaribo, Suriname

June 28, 2022

IICA Supports Indigenous Maroon Communities in Emergency Food Security Response Efforts due to Devastating floods in Suriname

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

IICA Delegation in Suriname Reports the Results of its 2021 Technical Cooperation Agenda

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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The food crisis provides Latin America with an opportunity to transform its agriculture, says Argentine entrepreneur Grobocopatel in dialogue with IICA Director General

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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