The signing of the association agreement between both organizations was signed in the presence of witness of honor, Michael Kremer, Harvard Professor and 2019 Nobel Prize winner for Economics.

All CARICOM member states will receive varieties of iron biofortified beans and zinc biofortified rice varieties, products that can provide an affordable supply of nutritious food to the whole population in the region.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship of Costa Rica, Rodolfo Solano, along with his deputy foreign ministers, met with the Director General of IICA and acknowledged the strategic nature of the Institute's multilateral platform.

Manuel Otero, Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), stressed the need to devise agendas that promote greater production efficiency and an uninterrupted flow of trade.

IICA and Canal Rural, with the support of broadcasters Agrotendência, Canal Rural in Argentina and UCR in Costa Rica, come together to honor, bring culture and information to those who guarantee food, and resources to collect for a purchase of safety material for workers of small communities in the northeast.

Argentina’s Ministry of Social Development and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) will work together to strengthen the food security and well-being of rural communities in the South American country.