The entities have worked together since 1983 and renewed their alliance to promote actions related to the protection of animal, environmental and human health.

"Costumbrismo Argentino: The Molina Campos Collection from Las Lilas de Areco Museum" is comprised of 32 works by master Florencio Molina Campos, one of the great portrait painters of rural Argentina in the early 20th century.

The ministers will meet on 1-2 September in the framework of the Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas, at which the Inter-American Board of Agriculture, the highest governing body of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), will also hold its regular meeting.

Argentina first implemented the ePhyto electronic health certificate over a year ago in its vegetable trade with Chile and today uses it for all operations with this country. It was later applied to sectoral trade with the United States, Sri Lanka and Costa Rica.

On mujeresrurales.iica.int women will be able to network, share experiences, and access important information and resources intended to maximize their contribution to the agriculture sector and food security in the Americas.

Industry leaders convened by IICA to a high-level roundtable agreed that fruits and vegetables are essential for food and nutrition security and the socioeconomic development of Latin America and the Caribbean.