IICA’s activities in this area focus on delivering technical support to review regulatory frameworks; providing training in biosafety issues, which is key for the development of biotechnology itself; and organizing communication activities aimed at clarifying and eliminating misconceptions regarding biotechnology.

The trading session sought to support businesses in consolidating and diversifying their export markets, in a global context impacted by Covid-19 restrictions, a logistics crisis and the conflict in Eastern Europe.

Esteban Valenzuela, the South American country’s new Minister of Agriculture, outlined the objectives set by his administration, during an interview on AgroAmerica – a program on Brazil’s TV Agro Mais.

Sepúlveda and his wife, kids, brother and cousins produce an olive oil whose quality has been highlighted by experts in an area that had never before produced this product.

The entities also signed a commitment to prioritize actions involving the bioeconomy and climate change, among other areas, following a visit by a high-level delegation from the U.S. university to IICA Headquarters in Costa Rica.

Joelin was raised in the countryside and migrated to the city to pursue university studies. He later returned home, convinced that professionalizing agricultural activity would be the key to enabling other rural producers in the Dominican province of Monte Plata and himself to enjoy a decent quality of life.