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Countries call for improved efforts to transfer technologies for the adaptation of climate change to small-scale producers
IICA report summarizes the arguments put forward by several countries in the Americas supporting the creation of an international working group on climate change and agriculture.
Experts call for incorporation of the territorial (area-based) approach into national rural development agendas
Project financed by Spain and executed by IICA in four Latin American and Caribbean countries shows that rural area-based development (RAD), based on the selection of specific territories, needs to be promoted more vigorously in the region.
Institutional Modernization - One of IICA’s Foremost Contributions in Costa Rica
The IICA Office in Costa Rica presented its annual accountability report to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock and representatives of the country’s small-scale producers.
Costa Rica lays the foundation for a policy on rural area-based development
Representatives from the Costa Rican agricultural sector are fine-tuning the features of the policy, with the assistance of IICA and recognized Brazilian experts. It should be completed within a year.
Territorial brand launched in the southern section of Costa Rica with support from IICA
New agricultural consortium will market its products under the brand name “Brunca”; beans from the southern area will be the first ones sold under this label.
Potato growers and agricultural institutions in Costa Rica create consortium for innovation
The main objectives will be to promote associative enterprises in the potato chain and improve the supply, and increase the value added, of the product.