12 cooperation agencies, including IICA, presented a report to the G20 in which they proposed specific measures to increase agricultural productivity and its support for food security.

ICA organized a forum to discuss the interagency report that recommends that the G20 leaders act in favour of agriculture in order to improve its contribution to food security.

A delegation of experts is representing the Institute at the United nations conference on Sustainable Development Rio+20.

The new technical information and training center will provide the Institute’s member countries with informative material, in print and on line, useful in making decisions related to agriculture and trade.

The social dimension of agriculture and the important role it plays in the lives of small farmers the world over was one of the points on which the nations reached consensus.

Hemispheric forum on agricultural research will adopt a regional position on priorities for innovation in agriculture, in advance of a global meeting on the same topic.