A regional conference organized by the University of the West Indies (UWI) enabled IICA, researchers, representatives of the academic sector, progressive trainees, as well as national, regional and international development agencies to share experiences in order to analyze progress achieved and opportunities as well as identify strategies for overcoming challenges, with the aim of guaranteeing food security in one of the regions that is most vulnerable to climate change.

While speaking at the Week of Agriculture and Food in Buenos Aires, Manuel Otero maintained that Latin America can make a significant contribution, by creating sustainable businesses.

IICA brought together specialists to discuss how to fully capitalize on the potential of the bioeconomy in Latin America and the Caribbean, in order to drive the production development of agriculture and rural territories.

Officials and technical specialists from Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines attended the “Regional Workshop on Agriculture in the English-speaking Caribbean”, which was held in Buenos Aires, as part of the Argentine Fund for International Cooperation (FO.AR) program of Argentina’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The announcement was made during the ninth Conference of the Parties (COP/MOP-9) in Egypt, during which the Institute highlighted the critical role that technologies play in consolidating  the sustainable, comprehensive development of humanity, which is currently undergoing multiple, vertiginous changes.

Andrés Murchison, Secretary of Food and Bioeconomy of Argentina, and Manuel Otero, Director General of IICA, signed a Letter of Intent through which this South American country will assist in disseminating and fostering knowledge and innovations to strengthen bioeconomy-based development.