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IICA launches project to enhance livestock sustainability and climate adaptation in Mexico and Guatemala

The initiative, valued at close to USD 3.7 million and funded by Global Affairs Canada, will last four years and benefit about 1,300 families in those countries. 

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Gillian Flies, Canadian food producer and regenerative agriculture advocate, named as IICA “Leader of Rurality”

Flies was living in Toronto with her husband, Brent Preston, and their two small children when they decided to move to the countryside to establish a farm to cultivate the type of healthy food that they wanted to give to their children, while also contributing to environmental protection.

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Winemakers in the Americas will acquire more tools to access the Canadian market

A free webinar organized by IICA and Embassies of Latin America in Canada (GRULA Ottawa) will seek to strengthen trade between the region and the North American country.

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San José, Costa Rica

December 13, 2021

Université Laval and the IICA continue their fruitful collaboration with the Legal Research Chair in Food Diversity and Security

Latin American and Caribbean region is essential for the work of the Chair because it’s one of the most active regions in the development of law related to food security.

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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

April 5, 2018

Canada’s agriculture sector contributes to the preparation of IICA’s work plan

Entities related to Canada’s agriculture sector shared their technical viewpoints to enrich the document that will guide the Institute’s cooperation actions over the next four years.

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Canada shares the latest modifications to their food safety regulations with Costa Rican exporters

With support from IICA, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency presented the most significant modifications to its food safety system, which will become effective this year.

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Canadians’ love for chocolate could prove useful in supporting agricultural communities in Peru

The average consumption of cacao in Canada amounts to 6.4 kilos per person each year, making the country as the ninth largest consumer of chocolate in the world.

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IICA study reveals benefits of the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program of Canada for Latin American and Caribbean countries

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

Key concepts in food processing, product development and general concepts of Food Technology

These tutorial-style videos are intended to increase a viewer’s understanding of basic concepts of food science.

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