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IICA and World Vision sign agreement: Agreement will contribute to ensuring food security in Central America
• 7.34 million people are food insecure according to OCHA • Organizations will prioritize climate-smart agriculture and aid for vulnerable populations • Joint actions will be focused on developing livelihoods and employment opportunities for youth and poor familiesThe Global Roundtable for Sustainable Meat and IICA will promote good practices and research in the meat industry
Both institutions work to transform agri-food systems from livestock and rural development in the Americas.PepsiCo and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) establish an alliance for soil recovery and conservation in Latin America and the Caribbean
With this new alliance, PepsiCo joins the “Living Soils of the Americas”, program designed to improve rural well-being, productivity, and food security while respecting environmental limits and making rational use of natural resources.Boosting food production and caring for the environment are complementary objectives, say ministers of Agriculture of the Americas ahead of COP26
Coordinated, cohesive participation by the Americas at COP26 is crucial to achieve global objectives in the fight against climate change and to ensure that the stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere will not put food production at risk.The IICA/CBF-EbA Project helps build back traditional vetiver handicraft skills in vulnerable communities in Dominica
Community bonds, hands-on skills and livelihood opportunities strengthened for women and youthChallenges to transforming agrifood systems: A high-level debate in conjunction with the conferral of the World Food Prize
The participants will exchange ideas and information on the actions needed to achieve more sustainable agrifood systems in the region—a primary net exporter of food—and in the world.