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Bayer and IICA strengthen their partnership with a focus on training for family farmers, the guardians of food security in Latin America and the Caribbean
The purpose of the agreement is to promote the sustainable transformation of small-scale agriculture by increasing productivity while conserving natural resources.
At COP29, Caribbean countries described the impact of extreme weather events on agriculture and showed what they are doing to build resilience
The situation faced by farmers in Caribbean countries, whose livelihoods are under threat, was explained to COP29 participants in the pavilion operated by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) at the global event.
Nature-based solutions are the path to resiliency for rural communities, affirmed panelists in a discussion organized by the Commonwealth at COP29, with the participation of IICA
Nature-based solutions have huge potential for climate change mitigation and adaptation, especially for the rural communities of the Caribbean and small island states. This was highlighted by experts at an event at COP29 organized by the Commonwealth of Nations, to which the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) was invited for its experience in projects aimed at improving the resiliency of agrifood systems.
At cop29, biotechnology showed how it is revolutionizing the way food is produced in the Americas in harmony with nature
Details of the latest advances were presented to participants in the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 29) at an event held in the pavilion that the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) installed in Baku, Azerbaijan, with its private and public sector partners.
In the IICA pavilion at COP29, Dominica’s Minister of Agriculture describes the challenges facing agriculture in the Caribbean and calls for financing
The resilience of the country’s agriculture sector, which has some 6000 active farmers, is important not only for the island nation itself, but for the entire Caribbean region, since for decades much of its production has been exported to neighboring islands, explained Roland Royer, Dominica’s Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Blue and Green Economy.
The agriculture sector of the Americas shone brightly at COP29, where it demonstrated to the world that it is essential for food and environmental security
At the most important international event for political and technical negotiations on the future of production methods and consumption around the world, farmers in the Americas had an influential voice, and the science- and innovation-based solutions to the climate crisis they are implementing in rural areas attracted a great deal of interest.