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  • High-level event sees U.S. authorities and experts stressing the importance of livestock farming and consumption of animal protein

    Attending the meeting were Tom Vilsack, former United States Secretary of Agriculture and CEO of the U.S. Dairy Export Council; Ted McKinney, U.S. Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs; Fritz Schneider, Chair of the Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock; and Manuel Otero, Director General of IICA, among other specialists.
  • Congressman Crawford and Leaders of the US Agricultural Sector Meet with IICA Director General Manuel Otero

    Express Support for IICA’s Drive for Science Based Policies Globally
  • Press release: After a “perfect storm”, bioenergy is offering solutions for post pandemic recovery

    The use of biofuels provides important benefits such as foreign currency savings and higher exports. With new paradigms in mobility, the aviation and maritime trade sectors are expecting to expand.
  • On its 78th anniversary, IICA strengthens cooperation ties with the Government of Costa Rica

    The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), represented by its Director General, Manuel Otero, and the Ministry of Foreign and Religious Affairs, through the Minister, Rodolfo Solano, renewed their general technical cooperation agreement.
  • CARICOM Development Fund signs pact with IICA to jointly support Agriculture Development in the Caribbean

    The two agencies have agreed on some strategic areas of cooperation including productivity and competitiveness of the agri-food and agro-tourism sectors; territorial development and rural well-being; agriculture, climate change and natural resource management; food and nutrition security, youth and women’s use and control of agricultural assets and technological innovation in agriculture.
  • IICA showcases the experiences of seven countries in the Americas that have strengthened their agrifood systems in the face of Covid-19

    Brazil, Grenada, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago have introduced initiatives to maintain trade and food safety at the national and regional levels.