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Ministers of Agriculture of Central America highlight IICA’s role and Director General stresses the importance of regional integration
Within the framework of a regular meeting of the Central American Agricultural Council (CAC), senior officials gathered to review the status of agricultural trade in the region, among other issues.
Mexico: Rattan Lal, IICA and Syngenta reaffirm the value of partnerships to transform agrifood systems
They reaffirmed the importance of establishing partnerships to advance towards more resilient, healthy, sustainable and equitable agrifood systems, and emphasized the relevant role played by science, technology and innovation in the achievement of these goals.
Mobile app places digital agriculture in the hands of small farmers in Trinidad and Tobago
The FarmVue app assists farmers to access electronic platforms that are able to document and keep records on the planting and harvesting of crops, the inputs used, as well as costs and sales.
Agriculture in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has recovered following the volcanic eruptions and the year has begun with exports on the rise
A total of 516,753 kilos of agricultural and fisheries products, valuing 1,301,317 dollars, were sold by the island nation to thirteen countries in January, according to data disseminated by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, Rural Transformation, Industry and Labor.
Experts highlight the role of agriculture in decarbonizing transportation through biofuel use
In 2020, bioethanol replaced 5.2% of gasoline globally, whereas biodiesel replaced 3.5% of fossil diesel.
Canada, Colombia, El Salvador and Peru announce membership in Living Soils of the Americas, the IICA-Rattan Lal soil restoration initiative
Living Soils of the Americas is an initiative that links science, public policies, the private sector and work to rehabilitate the Hemisphere’s degraded soils, which are threatening the position of Latin America and the Caribbean as the guarantor of the world’s food security.