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  • Increased access to technology and improved soil quality are essential to tackling agriculture’s production challenges

    International research center experts joined the Director General of IICA in a forum to analyze the challenges and opportunities for agriculture in the Americas, as it seeks to become the world’s major food supplier.
  • IICA Director General and Goodwill Ambassadors emphasize the role of agriculture in driving sustainable development

    The vibrant discussion on agriculture as an engine for human development featured Michael Kremer, Rattan Lal, Alysson Paolinelli, Susana Balbo, Jens Mesa, Hugo Sigman and Dennis McClung.
  • Caribbean agricultural MSMEs bolster capacities to strengthen exports in the aftermath of the pandemic

    IICA and Caribbean Export are mentoring micro, small and medium enterprises, preparing them to capitalize on new commercial opportunities in external markets.
  • E-auction opens the door to the worldwide growth of Honduran specialty coffee

    The appeal of the coffee certified under the Marcala DO is primarily its unique acidity.
  • ICAFE and IICA launch measures to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic in Costa Rica’s coffee sector

    The Costa Rican Coffee Institute (ICAFE) developed the measures, with the support of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA). There was a presentation of 26 infographics, outlining the sanitary measures to be implemented by the Costa Rican coffee sector.
  • Ecuadorian youth develop virtual platform to overcome the pandemic and foster agricultural trade and rural tourism in Ecuador

    Computer and agricultural engineering students won a hackathon organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock of Ecuador, the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), technology company SAP, Cenfotec University, Syngenta and Club AgTech.