Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture

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October 28, 2021

PepsiCo and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) establish an alliance for soil recovery and conservation in Latin America and the Caribbean

With this new alliance, PepsiCo joins the ā€œLiving Soils of the Americasā€, program designed to improve rural well-being, productivity, and food security while respecting environmental limits and making rational use of natural resources.

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October 27, 2021

The IICA/CBF-EbA Project helps build back traditional vetiver handicraft skills in vulnerable communities in Dominica

Community bonds, hands-on skills and livelihood opportunities strengthened for women and youth

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

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October 26, 2021

Boosting food production and caring for the environment are complementary objectives, say ministers of Agriculture of the Americas ahead of COP26

Coordinated, cohesive participation by the Americas at COP26 is crucial to achieve global objectives in the fight against climate change and to ensure that the stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere will not put food production at risk.

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October 20, 2021

Promoter of opportunities for rural women, Keithlin Caroo, conferred title of IICA Goodwill Ambassador

Caroo left her dream job and a stable income at the United Nations to focus on improving the lives of rural women through a new efficient, profitable and technological agriculture.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

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October 20, 2021

Challenges to transforming agrifood systems: A high-level debate in conjunction with the conferral of the World Food Prize

The participants will exchange ideas and information on the actions needed to achieve more sustainable agrifood systems in the regionā€”a primary net exporter of foodā€”and in the world.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

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October 18, 2021

European Union and IICA join forces to minimize food and nutrition insecurity for 1,508 families in the Trifinio region of Central America

The AGRO-INNOVA and PROCAGICA projects provide technical assistance and agricultural inputs to bolster food production based on good agricultural practices under agroforestry systems.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

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October 15, 2021

Female farmers from Latin America and the Caribbean recount their efforts and fight against inequality on International Day of Rural Women

Chileā€™s Minister of Agriculture, MarĆ­a Emilia Undurraga, also delivered a message at the event organized by IICA, during which participants listened to firsthand accounts that reflect womenā€™s growing leadership in rural areas and discussed the need to give greater visibility to the inequality gaps that affect them.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

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October 14, 2021

Colombian cocoa farmer and defender of rural womenā€™s rights Liliana JimĆ©nez Molina recognized by IICA as a ā€œLeader of Ruralityā€

Through her agricultural work, Liliana seeks to make women protagonists in Colombia's vast rural areas.

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October 12, 2021

ā€œLeader of Ruralityā€ Mexican agronomist to promote projects for small-scale rural farmers together with IICA

Mexican agronomist Gabriela Lucas will work together with IICA through the Center for Innovation on Small-Scale Sustainable Agriculture (CIASPE), which she founded. Joint work will be geared towards assisting small-scale producers who require projects and best practices to improve soils and boost the food security and income of their communities.

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