The event was organized by the Embassy of Guatemala in Canada, Guatemala’s Network of Trade Commissioners, and IICA to provide information on the trade opportunities afforded by the North American country.

Model wastewater treatment station guarantees clean water for the irrigation of vegetables. Furthermore, a study conducted with Embasa, the sanitation company of Bahía, measured the technology’s potential for use in that northeastern state of Brazil.

This virtual, free-access meeting is organized by the School of Agronomy of the Universidad de Buenos Aires (FAUBA), the Center for Federal Development Studies Foundation (CEDEF) and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), with the support of public and private institutions involved in agricultural production.

Nineteen-year-old Diana Carolina Urquía García from the municipality of Santa María, La Paz, Honduras, has improved her understanding of the coffee crop, thanks to training provided by the Central American Program for Integrated Coffee Rust Management (PROCAGICA).

Family farmers in these Caribbean countries were recently given automatic and efficient irrigation systems, soil preparation tools, protective structures and climate resilient seeds.

In a meeting organized by IICA, leading companies and organizations of the food business sector expressed their support for the “Living Soils of the Americas” initiative and for harmonizing the hemisphere’s positions leading up to the UN Food Systems Summit.