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IICA launches food security observatory
This new site, which users can access free of charge, provides statistics, policies, programs, and other information related to food safety.
IICA’s 70th anniversary celebration continued in Mexico
The Director General of IICA, Víctor M. Villalobos, qualified Mexico as a reference for agriculture in the hemisphere and underscored its importance in the history of the Institute. IICA was recognized by the Under Secretary of Agriculture in Mexico, Mariano Ruiz-Funes Macedo, as a driving force behind international cooperation and public-private partnerships for the improvement of the agriculture sector in the hemisphere.
IICA Annual Event raised awareness of the contribution of small farmers to food security
The IICA Day was held in Washington to emphasize the importance and contribution of small farmers, including women, to the Latin America regional and national economies.
IICA and conservation organizations create partnership for work in Latin America and the Caribbean
The joint efforts will begin with the promotion of an agroforestry program in Haiti.
It is vital that the importance of agriculture be recognized in the climate change negotiations
COP 18 gets under way this month and the Director General of IICA has sent the Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas a technical note in which he underscores the importance of the countries including agriculture as a key element in the efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change.
IICA creates observatory of institutional innovations for the Americas
IICA launched the observatory at a forum on the innovative agricultural research models that exist in Latin America and the Caribbean.