Ottawa, ON
March 30, 2017
Did you know that by eating chocolate you could be supporting farming communities in developing countries? From cacao seeds to cocoa beans to chocolate bars – a value chain that provides opportunities for trade and development in cacao producing countries.
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Ottawa
March 28, 2017
The year was off to a great start for the IICA Delegation in Canada in the 3 main themes reflected in our revised Country Strategy - technical cooperation projects with Canadian partners, technical addressing technical capacity in member states and maintaining interest and support of Canadian Government.
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March 23, 2017
The report highlights the improvement of socio-economic conditions for workers and their families, and stresses the need to improve knowledge transfer from Canadian farm businesses to the home countries of participants.
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Canada
March 1, 2017
These tutorial-style videos are intended to increase a viewer’s understanding of basic concepts of food science.
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Ottawa, Canada
December 15, 2016
IICA Canada was an invited guest for an agri-food trade consultation hosted by The Conference Board of Canada and PROCOLOMBIA -Canada in Toronto.
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Ottawa, Canada
December 15, 2016
Vanessa Zamora visited the Delegation in Canada from her home office in IICA headquarters during the week of the October 17 - 21 with the goal of supporting the delegation in project management. Staff appreciated her contribution to their efforts in managing the FonCT project "Enhancing Value-added opportunities of small cocoa producers in Peru and Dominican Republic".
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Ottawa, Canada
December 15, 2016
The McGill Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE), in conjunction with the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) and the Micronutrient Initiative (MI), launched the 2016 Global Nutrition Report (GNR) in November with an engaging panel and a backdrop of exciting food start-ups. The GNR was however sobering. It underscored the stark realities regarding malnutrition security facing many in the world. Even in Canada, it was recognized that obesity, micronutrient deficiency, and nutrient-related non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, and some cancers have affected millions of individuals and produced significant social and economic costs.
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Ottawa, Canada
December 15, 2016
A member of IICA’s delegation in Canada attended the November 28 – 29, 2016, Canadian Food & Drink Summit 2016, hosted by the Conference Board’s Centre for Food in Canada (CFIC) in Toronto Ontario. The two-day event provided an opportunity to explore the future of Canada’s food sector, and to leverage new opportunities to enhance the food sector’s performance—both provincially and globally.
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Ottawa, Canada
December 15, 2016
A mission aimed to strengthen relationships and promote future collaboration between Jamaica and Canada in the area of Small Ruminant genetics was organized by IICA Canada in collaboration with IICA Jamaica, Mr. Robert Lang from Rural Routes international, Grasshill Genetics and the Canadian Livestock Genetics Association (CLGA) Small Ruminant members. Participants of the week-long mission comprised the President of Jamaica’s Small ruminant Association, Mr. Kenneth King, Vice President Mr. Devon Sayers and associated member Mr. Terrence Johnson.
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