San José, Costa Rica
October 13, 2025
The discussion focused on how the evolution of food systems over the past 50 years has impacted the challenges and opportunities for LAC; the vision for the region’s food systems for the year 2030 and beyond; which policy interventions and institutional innovations have demonstrated the greatest potential to have an impact, and how they can be scaled or adapted to diverse country contexts; and how governments, civil society and the private sector can collaborate more effectively to translate long-term visions into viable coordinated strategies.
Tiempo de lectura: 3mins
San José, Costa Rica
October 13, 2025
Experts and representatives of governments, international agencies and the private and academic sectors gathered at IICA to share successful policies that promote family farming, technology access and competitiveness in several countries of the Americas, and that have strengthened governance as a pillar for the transformation of agrifood systems.
Tiempo de lectura: 3mins
Brasilia
October 13, 2025
Brazil will host the Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas 2025, where participants will discuss key issues for the present and future of the hemisphere’s agriculture sector and food security, focusing on science, technology and innovation in production transformation.
Tiempo de lectura: 3mins
San José, Costa Rica
October 10, 2025
He emphasized the importance of the issue during the hemispheric dialogue, “Transformative and scalable experiences for a new generation of public policies for agrifood systems”
Tiempo de lectura: 3mins
San José, Costa Rica
October 10, 2025
Various experts from international organizations attending a meeting at the Headquarters of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) agreed that the challenging global environment of geopolitical changes, extreme weather phenomena and ecological transformations calls for the development of a new generation of public policies for agrifood systems.
Tiempo de lectura: 3mins
México
October 8, 2025
Illescas stands out for her work aimed at driving the development of dozens of farming families in her region, her efforts to defend rural women’s rights, and her passion for the land and coffee, which serves as an inspiration for others.
Tiempo de lectura: 3mins
Basseterre, San Cristóbal y Nievas
October 3, 2025
Regional solidarity and coordinated action among countries are indispensable to address the threat of African swine fever, which, if it were to spread in the Caribbean, could have devastating consequences, stated IICA Director General Manuel Otero during Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA).
Tiempo de lectura: 3mins
Basseterre, San Cristóbal y Nieves
October 3, 2025
Tiempo de lectura: 3mins
Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis
October 3, 2025
The individuals honored are Akiesha Fergus and Ryan Khadou, two passionate farmers who have demonstrated by their example that agricultural production can be a great way of life for the new generations.
Tiempo de lectura: 3mins
