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Overcoming the crisis caused by the pandemic provides an opportunity to transform the development model and agrifood systems of Latin America and the Caribbean
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) presented the report entitled “The Outlook for Agriculture and Rural Development in the Americas: A Perspective on Latin America and the Caribbean”.
Green Climate Fund and IICA sign agreement that will increase funding for climate resilience projects in Latin America and the Caribbean
The Green Climate Fund foresees that the partnership with IICA will increase the financial resources available for mitigation, adaptation and resilience initiatives in the region, which, to date, has amounted to USD 1.85 billion in 41 climate projects.
U.S. Secretary Tom Vilsack: Agriculture offers some of the best solutions to climate change
The Secretary of Agriculture of the United States, Tom Vilsack, addressed his peers at the Ministerial Conference organized by IICA. He warned of the devastating impacts of climate change and called for ending hunger, stating that “agriculture must and can be part of the solution”.
Minister of Agriculture of the Dominican Republic urges countries of the Americas to apply emergency measures to prevent African swine fever
In the Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas 2021, an event organized by IICA, the Dominican Republic and Haiti reported on the actions taken to fight the disease, which is threatening the Hemisphere’s swine industry. So far, it has only been detected on Dominican farms.
UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy signs agreement with IICA and sees Food Systems Summit as an opportunity to set courses of action to achieve zero hunger
The agreement will work to increase the contributions of the agriculture sector to the economic growth and sustainable development of the countries of Africa and the Americas, strengthen the well-being of rural populations, drive international and regional trade, and increase the resilience of agri-food systems to extreme climate events.
UN Deputy Secretary-General: “Investments in agrifood systems will drive post-pandemic economic recovery”
Amina J. Mohammed, UN Deputy Secretary-General made these remarks at the Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas, which is taking place in conjunction with the meeting of the Inter-American Board of Agriculture (IABA), IICA’s highest governing body, under this year’s theme: “Sustainable Agri-food Systems, the Engine of Development of the Americas”.