Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture

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December 16, 2015

Caribbean specialists acquire new expertise for adding value to cassava

A meeting supported by IICA, the European Union, and Colombia’s Presidential Agency for International Cooperation enabled specialists engaged in promoting the crop to learn about new forms of marketing that could boost markets for the product.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

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December 10, 2015

In Belize: IICA signs cooperation agreement with the European Union

The goal is to strengthen the Sugar Industry Research and Development Institute.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

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San José, Costa Rica

December 10, 2015

Comisión Regional de ECADERT definirá nuevas acciones para impulsar desarrollo de los territorios rurales

El IICA es el coordinador técnico de la plataforma que apoya la ejecución de esta estrategia de desarrollo rural en los países miembros del Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

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December 9, 2015

Caribbean urges interagency effort to respond to black sigatoka emergency

-Disease poses threat to incomes, jobs, and the availability of food in the Caribbean.

-IICA, FAO, and CARDI have joined efforts to combat the emergency. IICA will be holding a regional seminar on August 16 to inform producers.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

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December 4, 2015

IICA and FAO prepare cooperation agenda for the Caribbean

Within the framework of the Caribbean Week of Agriculture, representatives of the two organizations agreed to create a plan of work for 2013, centered on food security, agribusiness, health and productivity.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

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Antigua

December 4, 2015

Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister praises work of IICA in the Caribbean

Spencer Friday, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, met with Victor Villalobos, Director General of IICA; Victor del Angel, Director of Management and Regional Integration; and Una May Gordon, IICA's Representative in ECS.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

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December 3, 2015

IICA and CGIAR research centers to work more closely together

Latin America and the Caribbean will receive the benefits of the agricultural research carried out by the centers in other parts of the world.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

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December 2, 2015

IICA delivers education strategy for biotechnology to the Costa Rican authorities

The Institute delivered the strategy to the country’s National Technical Commission on Biosafety, made up of the ministries of agriculture, environment, and science and technology, and representatives of other sectors.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

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December 2, 2015

Queso Turrialba: the story of a ‘tasty’ designation of origin

With support from IICA and other organizations, the Costa Rican cheese was granted the first designation of origin to be obtained by a Central American dairy product.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

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