Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture

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November 7, 2018

Mercedes Peñas Domingo: IICA set to play a key role in pushing the rural development agenda

The Spanish Political Scientist and Associate Specialist of the Extreme Events Institute of Florida International University (United States), delivered an address in Colombia at the XII International Forum on Territorial Development, organized by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA).

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November 6, 2018

Biofortification of food crops: the remedy for malnutrition in the Caribbean

Ministries of Agriculture and international organizations are seeking to develop varieties of micronutrient-rich foods to reduce the high incidence of conditions such as cancer, obesity, heart disease and diabetes in the Caribbean region.

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November 6, 2018

Rural areas as the cornerstone for development – the main theme of the XII International Forum on Territorial Development

Officials, experts and academics from 12 countries are attending the Forum, which Colombia is hosting for the first time. It will seek to develop concrete proposals on how to successfully tackle the challenges of rural development, with a territorial focus, and also to expand knowledge networks in Latin America.

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October 31, 2018

Microsoft-IICA Agreement will boost innovation and the use of technology in the agriculture sector of the Americas

Today, the technological company and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture formalized a strategic relationship to facilitate the implementation of the Internet of Things, Big Data and Artificial Intelligence in the agriculture sector of the Americas.

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October 30, 2018

Caribbean market seeks to strengthen trade links by eliminating non-tariff barriers

Agricultural authorities in CARICOM, producers and international organizations believe that there is an urgent need for measures to modernize the legal framework; clear sanitary and phytosanitary regulations; political will and greater dialogue between nations, if intraregional trade is to increase.

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October 30, 2018

Infrastructural gaps: stumbling blocks to the development of Caribbean countries

Study maintains that improvements in port infrastructure will foster smooth and secure trade flow of food products as well as the development of small farmers in the region.

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October 26, 2018

Sharon Day, U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica, met with the Director General of IICA

During the meeting, which was held at the request of the head of the Institute, Manuel Otero, the officials explored areas in which it would be possible to increase cooperation between IICA, the government of the United States of America and its specialized agencies, as well as between the hemispheric agency and the U.S. private sector.

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October 23, 2018

Grenada Abattoir Poised to Process Safer Meats during the Busy Christmas Season

 

17 workers from one of the most important processing plants in the country were trained by IICA regarding mitigation and risk reduction

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October 23, 2018

WTO and IICA to train professionals from 11 countries of the Americas in the application of sanitary measures for agrifood trade

The course will be delivered in a face to face format in Geneva, Switzerland, and will be attended by 25 specialists in the area.  The training will take place over the next three weeks.

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