Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture

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July 22, 2022

Full supply of fertilizers and energy through public-private partnerships and greater investment in agricultural innovation are key to maintaining food production in the Americas

The Director General of IICA participated in a dialogue with members of the Wilson Centerā€™s Latin American Program. They agreed on the need for greater investment in science, technology and innovation in agriculture, with active participation by the private sector.

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July 22, 2022

Director General of IICA highlights opportunities for cooperation between Africa and the Americas in facing global food security challenges

The first Summit of Africa and the Americas on Agrifood Systems will seek to enhance bi-regional cooperation amid global threats to food security. The forum is being organized by IICA, the African Union Development Agency - New Partnership for Africaā€™s Development (AUDA-NEPAD) and the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA).

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July 20, 2022

The President of AGRA informed IICAā€™s Executive Committee that the Americas and Africa are working together to produce more and better-quality food

Kalibata, former Minister of Agriculture of Rwanda and the UN Secretary Generalā€™s Special Envoy for the 2021 Food Systems Summit, addressed the ministers, secretaries, and other representatives of more than 20 countries in the Americas taking part in this yearā€™s meeting of the Executive Committee of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), in Costa Rica.

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July 20, 2022

Countries of the Americas ask IICA to increase support for the design of public policies to foster and develop innovation, science and technology

The decision was reached through a resolution adopted at the IICA Executive Committee meeting, where Member State representatives heard a presentation by the Argentine scientist Raquel Chan on the importance of science, technology and innovation in agriculture.

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July 20, 2022

Countries of the Americas defined actions to enhance food security and agricultural resilience

The members of the Executive Committee reiterated the importance of innovation, science and technology to make agrifood systems of the Americas more productive, sustainable and inclusive, and urged the Instituteā€™s member countries to continue strengthening their capabilities in these areas and their linkages with the agriculture sector.Ā 

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July 20, 2022

Countries express broad support for IICAā€™s renewed roadmap to address global food security challenges

Ministers and representatives of more than 20 countries in the Americas who participated in the Forty-second Regular Meeting of the Executive Committee of IICA agreed that, in order to guarantee the continuity of technical cooperation of excellence, it is crucial to correctly interpret the current scenario, which shines the spotlight on the hemisphereā€™s role as a guarantor of the planetā€™s food, nutritional and environmental security.

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July 20, 2022

Secretary of Agriculture of Honduras assumes chairmanship of IICA Executive Committee with an urgent call to combat poverty among farmers and foster sustainability

The Secretary indicated that agriculture in her country offers the best means of achieving development, feeding the population and generating foreign exchange.

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July 14, 2022

Ministers of Africa and the Americas to hold first summit to enhance cooperation on agrifood issues

The meeting, to be held on 27, 28 and 29 July in Costa Rica, will outline the role of Africa and the Americas in global food and environmental security. It will provide opportunities for bi-regional cooperation in science, technology and innovation, with a view to building resilient and sustainable food systems.

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July 12, 2022

Cooperative member Chito Quintero, a role model for peasant and indigenous communities in Panama, recognized by IICA as a ā€œLeader of Ruralityā€

Quintero, who forms part of the NgƤbe-BuglĆ© indigenous community, lost his mother at the age of 6 and had to work from an early age to support his siblings. He became a union leader shortly after becoming a banana farmer, and in 1991, he co-founded the banana cooperative Cooperativa de Servicios MĆŗltiples Bananera del AtlĆ”ntico (COOBANA), which currently has 220 members and more than 600 workers.

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