Delegation in Panama

A meeting was held to discuss processes aimed at improving food safety standards and facilitating trade in the region for the benefit of producers and consumers.

The banana disease poses a threat to global food security and to the incomes of millions of small farmers around the world.

IICA, the EU, IDB, FAO, FONTAGRO and AGRO-INNOVA organized a forum in Panama to discuss opportunities for bioinput use in agriculture in the Americas and to identify possible areas for joint collaboration.

These were the words of Carlos Augusto Salcedo, the Minister Counselor for Agricultural Affairs of the President’s Office of Panama, who gave an interview on the Agro América program broadcast by the Brazilian TV channel AgroMais.

Taro, also known as malanga in some Latin American countries, has been key lately to diversify the agriculture of this island country.