Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture

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July 29, 2022

Africa-Americas Ministerial Summit calls for the creation of permanent mechanisms for integration and collaboration between the two continents to improve their agri-food systems

The States tasked three organizations the IICA, AGRA and AUDA-NEPAD with preparing a roadmap and developing a common agenda for that purpose.

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July 29, 2022

Multilateral lenders and private sector ratify partnership and joint work with IICA on food security, sustainability, green infrastructure, trade and integration

The callā€”conveyed in a joint commitment made at the first ever Africa-Americas Ministerial Summitā€”included the announcement of work in different areas.

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July 29, 2022

Ministers and experts taking part in Africa-Americas Summit are agreed that agriculture is an essential activity with enormous potential to contribute to the global fight against climate change

The Africa-Americas Summit aims to lay the groundwork for greater collaboration between the two continents in the face of the threats to global food security.

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July 28, 2022

Eliminating obstacles to agricultural trade is ā€œvitalā€ to guarantee global food security, warns WTO Director General at Africa-Americas Summit

Summit participants agreed that the war has worsened the distortions brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic and added to the impact of extreme climate phenomena that have affected farming in various regions of the world.

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July 28, 2022

Rural well-being depends on institutional modernization and functioning, warned experts at the Africa-Americas Summit

This was one of the conclusions of the debate on institutional aspects and policy innovations that took place at the Africa-Americas Ministerial Summit on Agricultural and Food Systems, a meeting that brought together ministers, deputy ministers and senior officials of Agriculture, Environment, and Science and Technology from 40 countries.

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CP Michael Kremer

July 28, 2022

Nobel prize winner Michael Kremer at Africa-Americas Ministerial Summit: The path for rural areas to overcome poverty is through digital agriculture

This was the key message of Michael Kremer, who was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 2019, to the ministers, deputy ministers, and senior officials of Agriculture, Environment and Science and Technology of 40 countries at the first ā€œAfrica-Americas Summit on Agricultural and Food Systemsā€, held in Costa Rica.

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Elise Golan CP

July 28, 2022

At the Africa-Americas Summit, the United States highlights increased agricultural productivity as an essential tool to reduce poverty

The data indicate that, in developing countries, productivity growth has slowed down in most regions over the past 20 years.

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July 27, 2022

Collaboration in science, technology and innovation must be at the center of Africa-Americas cooperation to leverage sustainable development

These conclusions were highlighted at the round table on Science, Technology and Innovation that was part of the first day of the "Africa-Americas Summit on Agri-food Systems", a meeting that brings together ministers, deputy ministers and senior officials of Agriculture, Environment and Science and Technology from 40 countries.

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CP Rattan Lal

July 27, 2022

The Americas can help Africa become the worldā€™s food basket, said scientist Rattan Lal at a Summit that brings together ministers from the two continents

Since December 2020, Dr. Lal and IICA have obtained positive results in different countries of Latin America and the Caribbean through the ā€œLiving Soils of the Americasā€ initiative, which has coordinated public and private efforts in combating soil degradation, a phenomenon that threatens food production and security.

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