The Americas, through agriculture and biofuels, will be the main provider of abundant, affordable, and sustainable raw materials for SAF production, a key tool for decarbonizing the sector.
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The goal of the joint work is to strengthen the agri-food systems in the region as providers of solutions in a global scenario of a growing population, political conflicts, and climate crises. The debate took place at Columbia University’s Forum, a venue for events that often shape the international public debate agenda.
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Decision-makers and professionals from the agri-food sector learned, among other topics, how to manage organic farm waste to convert it into raw material for energy generation.
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During the “Aviation Day,” organized in Buenos Aires by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the International Airports Council for Latin America and the Caribbean (ACI-LAC), which brought together more than 450 participants.
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The Congress included “Ethanol Day,” reserved for a discussion of a new biofuels agenda for Argentina. Among those taking part were the IICA and the Pan-American Liquid Biofuels Coalition (CPBIO), made up of the main business and industrial associations of the Americas dedicated to the production and processing of sugar, alcohol, corn, sorghum, soybean, vegetable oil, grains, and other agricultural products.
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On day one, it was emphasized that the main objective of DAW is to generate ideas and recommendations for concrete actions for the inclusive and sustainable transformation of agrifood systems based on the use of new technologies.
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The banana disease poses a threat to global food security and to the incomes of millions of small farmers around the world.
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With food security having become one of the most important issues on the international public agenda, in New York this week the Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Manuel Otero, is taking part in high-level discussions on sustainable agriculture and climate action, parallel to the sessions of the United Nations General Assembly.
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The planned exchange is the result of a major effort by Columbia University's School of Climate and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA). The partnership is designed to shed light on the true contribution of agriculture in the region to food security, environmental balance and global social stability.
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