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Prevention and training for farmers: the best-known weapons to combat the fungus affecting bananas
Agricultural engineer Ronald Guendel, Global Head of Food Chain Relations at Bayer Crop Science, made this assertion during an interview with the program Agro America, broadcast by Brazilian TV channel Agro Mais.
The UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for the Food Systems Summit underscores the role of Latin America and the Caribbean at the global event
At the invitation of the IICA Director General, Agnes Kalibata—former Minister of Agriculture of Rwanda, who has now been tasked with leading the UN global meeting to transform food systems—spoke with editors and senior journalist from 10 countries
Universidad de Córdoba and IICA will launch a Master’s program aimed at boosting digital transformation in agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean
The program was presented during the closing session of a series of forums on bridging the digital divide, organized by IICA, during which the different elements of a joint roadmap was defined to expedite the inclusion process.
New Zealand, Latin America and the Caribbean: cooperating to position sustainable livestock production and to boost resilience in agriculture
The ministers of agriculture of Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, New Zealand, Panama, Paraguay and Uruguay, along with high-level authorities from Mexico and Colombia, participated in an event organized by FONTAGRO and IICA, which highlighted sustainable livestock production as an essential economic and social activity, while stressing the need for cooperation and investment in science and innovation.
Closing the digital divide in rural areas will demand increased training and technological solutions adapted to agriculture
Involving developers, agricultural producers and governments in advancing universal access to digital solutions will arm rural communities with the new technologies and improve their quality of life.
Ecuadorian SMEs are tapping into the European market thanks to a virtual business roundtable
The IICA-supported initiative is fostering the exportation of processed organic products. During this third staging of the event, 53 business meetings were scheduled between Ecuadorian entrepreneurs and 12 buyers from Switzerland, Spain and the Netherlands, while trade deals valuing USD 1.4 million were finalized.