Belém do Pará, Brasil
November 10, 2025
The Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Manuel Otero, stressed his organization’s commitment to work with strategic partners to demonstrate how through innovation and the support for science and technology, tropical agriculture in the hemisphere plays a fundamental role in ensuring food security and the sustainability of the planet.
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Belém do Pará, Brasil
November 10, 2025
Through its Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAPA) and the Executive Commission of the Cocoa Farming Plan (CEPLAC), and in partnership with the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), the Brazilian government will implement the project entitled “Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation through Cocoa Farming Agroforestry Systems in the Amazon and Atlanic forest biomes”, with funding from the Green Climate Fund (GCF).
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Belén do Pará, Brasil
November 10, 2025
COP30 will bring together more than 50,000 people from nearly 200 countries in Belém do Pará, in the Brazilian Amazon. Among other prominent spaces, it will feature the IICA pavilion, called the Home of Sustainable Agriculture of the Americas.
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Brasilia, Brasil
November 7, 2025
Small farmers and rural advocates from different countries in the Americas shared their stories, demonstrated their love of the land and, along with ministers and deputy ministers of Agriculture from the hemisphere meeting in Brasilia, examined ways to promote rural retention and improve rural well-being.
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Brasilia
November 6, 2025
Ministers and officials exchanged experiences and engaged in discussions with experts and producers with the mission of building a shared vision of productivity and resilience in agricultural production and the status of rural communities.
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Brasilia
November 6, 2025
Minister of Agricultural Development and Family Farming of Brazil, Paulo Teixeira, was one of the speakers at the closing ceremony of the Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas 2025, in Brasilia, where he urged the countries of the region to promote public policies to strengthen family farmers and promote food security.
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Brasilia, Brasil
November 5, 2025
Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas, meeting in Brasilia, agreed to strengthen technical cooperation, increase information sharing and improve access to innovative technologies to maximize the prevention and control of the New World screwworm, African swine fever and other cross-border plant and animal diseases.
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Brasilia
November 5, 2025
Renowned agricultural journalists participated in a panel discussion during the Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas 2025, in Brasilia.
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Brasilia
November 5, 2025
The new Director General will assume office on January 15th of next year, succeeding Argentinian Manuel Otero in leading the hemispheric organization. IICA was established in 1942 and has its Headquarters in San Jose, Costa Rica.
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