Mexico
September 29, 2017
In this article, Dr. Joe Munyaneza, National Program Leader from the USDA talks about Zebra chip, an emerging and damaging disease of potato in U.S., Mexico, Central America, and New Zealand that has caused millions of dollars in losses to the potato industry, often leading to the abandonment of entire fields.
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Ottawa, Ontario
June 30, 2017
The IICA Delegation in Canada was pleased to co-host two international workshops to strengthen capacity of countries for participating in the international standard setting body for food, Codex Alimentarius.
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Ottawa, Ontario
June 29, 2017
With a mandate on focussing on the poorest and most vulnerable and on fragile states, the International Development Minister recently unveiled the much anticipated policy indicating the country’s priorities for addressing international development. Resulting from broad consultations involving some 65 countries, the policy seeks to tackle inequality and exclusion as root causes of poverty.
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Ottawa, Ontario
June 29, 2017
Social media is powerful! Nowadays people of all ages, businesses and organizations use some form of social media. It is particularly powerful for organizations to engage their customers and stakeholders in the organization’s activities.
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Ottawa, Ontario
June 29, 2017
The second quarter of any year tends to be a chockful of activities for most organizations. This proved to be the case for the IICA Delegation in Canada. We had several significant events, all focussed on delivering tangible results on our Country Strategy.
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Ottawa, Ontario
June 29, 2017
On April 5, 2017 the IICA Delegation in Canada and the Embassy of Peru in Canada hosted an event on “Cacao production in the Americas – A rewarding path to trade and development”.
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Ottawa, Ontario
June 29, 2017
IICA Canada’s Annual Accountability Seminar in May 2017 highlighted the potential for Latin American and Caribbean region to achieve productivity gains and position itself to be the world’s breadbasket.
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April 19, 2017
The average consumption of cacao in Canada amounts to 6.4 kilos per person each year, making the country as the ninth largest consumer of chocolate in the world.
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