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Argentina bolsters cooperation with Central America to build agrifood production capacity
The announcement was made at the event, “Argentina and capacity development in Central America”, organized jointly by the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) and the government of the South American country, through its Secretariat of Strategic Affairs in the Presidency of the Nation.
Young women in rural Costa Rica underwent geospatial technology training as a means of developing agriculture and sustainability in their communities
Their projects are seeking to enable efficient water management, stimulate entrepreneurship and bridge the digital divide affecting rural women, as part of a joint initiative by IICA, the School of Geography of the University of Costa Rica (ICR) and the Costa Rican National Commission for Cooperation with UNESCO.
Bioeconomy advocate and UC Berkeley professor David Zilberman named “IICA Chair” for contribution to sustainable development
Zilberman is a professor in the Agricultural and Resource Economics Department at UC Berkeley. His areas of expertise include agricultural and environmental policy, the economics of innovation, biotechnology and climate change.
The trade and economic fallout of the pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean will occupy center stage at the next WTO conference
A publication by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) points out that agricultural trade has proven resilient amidst the health crisis; and this could guide discussions towards the development of a more transparent, fair and dynamic global trade system.
IICA supports thirty-two countries of the Americas in their search for common ground on sanitary and phytosanitary measures to facilitate agricultural trade
The Institute organized a regional dialogue between delegations to the WTO Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, prior to the organization’s Ministerial Conference that will begin this month.
Leaders of Rurality of the Americas shared their dreams and described their daily efforts to achieve a more inclusive and sustainable future for their communities
The participants were designated by IICA as Leaders of Rurality in 2021, in recognition of their capacity to set positive examples for the rural areas of the region in which they live.