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Infographic: Family Agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean

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Family Agriculture has the potential for improving food security, generating employment and reducing poverty.

Infographic prepared by Eugenia Salazar, Research Assistant, IICA ,CAESPA: eugenia.salazar@iica.int
 

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*This post appears in the IICA Delegation in the USA Newsletter – May- June 2016

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