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Bayer online course on the IICA platform will help prevent the disease that is threatening banana production
The course is free and available on the IICA training platform (https://elearning.iica.int/). It provides important information about Fusarium, its historical, social, and economic consequences, its rate of propagation, and how it could affect global food security.
IICA initiative recognizes and turns the spotlight on rural leaders in the Americas
The men and women making a difference in Latin American and Caribbean rural areas will be bestowed with the #SoulOfRurality award, by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), and will be invited to participate in various advisory bodies of the specialized agency for agricultural and rural development.
“To continue teaching other farmers how to boost production and to fight coffee leaf rust is one of the legacies of PROCAGICA”
“My greatest satisfaction is knowing that I can use what PROCAGICA taught me to help others”, says Honduran coffee farmer, Eustasio Nicolás Aguilar.
Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean see Food Systems Summit 2021 as an opportunity to secure more efficient, inclusive agriculture
IICA took part in a meeting to exchange ideas and experiences on how to ensure safer, more nutritious foods for the global population organized by the Climate Smart Agriculture Youth Network (CSAYN), which is based in Africa.
Guyana seeks Brazilian support to spur agricultural leadership in the Caribbean
Tereza Cristina, Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply of Brazil, and Zulfikar Mustapha, Minister of Agriculture of Guyana, met to set in motion an extensive cooperation agenda. Manuel Otero, Director General of IICA, also took part in the meeting.
Cooperatives are pivotal to food system sustainability
IICA has launched a series of virtual dialogues to ensure that the agriculture sector of the Americas will have a strong voice at the UN Food Systems Summit 2021.