Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture

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July 14, 2017

IICA and Bayer Crop Science collaborate on a new virtual course to support agricultural producers in complying with food safety standards

The parties signed a cooperative agreement to develop an online course based on training material created by Bayer. The course will be available on IICA’s virtual campus.

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July 7, 2017

Our results

We are pleased to present the 2016 Results of the Flagship Projects and the Agricultural Health and Food Safety program. 

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July 6, 2017

Countries strengthen capacities around the application of sanitary and phytosanitary measures and good regulatory practices

A Regional workshop held in Costa Rica was attended by 18 IICA member states and Cuba to share experiences in the subject and take good practices back to their countries.

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Pamaribo

July 3, 2017

New agreement promotes linking of applied agricultural research to rural development

The IICA Delegation in Suriname and the Centre for Agricultural Research in Suriname (CELOS) have formalized their collaborative framework for the benefit of agricultural development.

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July 3, 2017

13 Caribbean countries improve their capacity to analyze and develop international food safety standards

IICA and the Government of Canada strengthened the capacities of the Codex Focal Points from thirteen Caribbean countries with a view to enhancing their participation in the international standard setting process.

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Trinidad and Tobago

June 22, 2017

IICA bolsters the competitiveness of the dairy goat value chain in Trinidad and Tobago

The Trinidad and Tobago Goat and Sheep Society as well as other entities are demonstrating the potential of the nation’s small ruminant sector and implementing significant changes to drive its development. 

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June 15, 2017

IICA presents actions carried out to develop agricultural chains in the Americas

A new document systematizes the contributions made in 2016 by the institutional Flagship Project responsible for fostering progress in this topic.

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June 13, 2017

Antimicrobial Resistance: an emerging issue for the livestock sector and food safety services

Six South American countries prepare a regional strategy and national surveillance plans to prevent and control antimicrobial resistance in food animals.

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June 9, 2017

Flagship Project Competitiveness and sustainability of agricultural chains: progress made in 2016

As part of the Institute's policy of transparency and accountability, we share the main advances of this Flagship Project.

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