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The IICA Leaders of Rurality reflect on their challenges, in addressing the Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas
Eodora Méndez, who has tirelessly championed the well-being of Honduras’ small farmers; Rosamund Benn, a farmer who has encouraged dozens of rural women in Guyana to process and market their crops to improve their income and standard of living; and Alfredo Carrasco, a promotor of inclusive and integrative agriculture in Chile, were the three farmers honored at the meeting.
ECLAC, FAO and IICA call for actions to strengthen regional cooperation in order to promote sustainable, inclusive and resilient agrifood systems in Latin America and the Caribbean
The recommendation is made in The Outlook for Agriculture and Rural Development in the Americas 2023-2024, a report prepared by the three institutions and presented in Costa Rica during the Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of the hemisphere.
Rattan Lal, 2020 World Food Prize laureate, urges the ministers of Agriculture of the Americas to advocate for laws to guarantee soil health in their countries
Lal was addressing the Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas at IICA Headquarters in San Jose, Costa Rica.
Family farming is of strategic importance to the continent, and cooperativism can serve as a tool to strengthen it, agree ministers of Agriculture of the Americas at IICA
The panelists emphasized the social and productive contributions of family farmers who, nevertheless, are the weakest link in the chain, often suffering from poverty and facing multiple obstacles to access basic services.
Minister Saboto Caesar of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines highlighted IICA’s technical support to CARICOM to tackle the challenges in agriculture
During his statement, the minister emphasized the importance of strategic actions taken to assist farmers, with the support of IICA.
Meeting in Costa Rica, the ministers of Agriculture of the Americas reflect on IICA’s role in placing small farmers front and center in the global debate on the future of agriculture
Discussions on the first working day of the Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas 2023 focused on the transformations taking place in agriculture and its role as an engine of economic development and social inclusion in the countries of the hemisphere.