Washington, D.C.
July 18, 2016
Dr. Maria Andrade of Cape Verde; Dr. Howarth Bouis of the United States; Dr. Jan Low of the United States, and Dr. Robert Mwanga of Uganda were announced as the winners of the World Food Prize. The four individuals are being honored for their work in biofortification that has helped to curb hunger and malnutrition for millions of people.
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USA
July 18, 2016
FONTAGRO, with support from IICA and the IDB, are promoting partnerships between public and private organizations to develop and undertake high quality research to complement other efforts. The emphasis is on research that develops into innovations for small farmers.
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Italy
July 18, 2016
Farmers, academia, governments, businesses, research organizations, civil society, and NGOs from around the world met to discuss current actions, shape the alliance and analyze how to best promote CSA.
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Chile
July 18, 2016
Through a training course, 21 extension agents working in the Valparaiso region of Chile developed their capacities to understand and address how climate change is affecting agriculture in the region.
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USA
July 18, 2016
Family Agriculture has the potential for improving food security, generating employment and reducing poverty.
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Costa Rica
July 18, 2016
Drawing on the agricultural outlook documents produced jointly by IICA, FAO and ECLAC main conclusions were shared.
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Caribbean
July 18, 2016
Participants in the Caribbean Climate Smart Agriculture Forum met for the third time this year.
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Washington, D.C.
July 18, 2016
Dr. Henríquez will have an opportunity to make recommendations concerning program development, identify new and emerging issues of interest and comment on policies or processes that impact FFAR and its ability to meet its mission.
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Washington, D.C.
May 12, 2016
By all accounts, 2016 has been a very exciting and busy year for IICA around the hemisphere as we are reaching the mid-point of the implementation of our current Medium Term Plan; but most importantly, because everyone at IICA continues to work to produce significant transformations to advance a competitive, sustainable and inclusive agriculture in our hemisphere.
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