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The STDF and IICA launch project to promote reduced pesticide residue in agricultural exports from 12 Latin American and Caribbean countries, and to facilitate international trade
The three-year project will be financed by the Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) and implemented by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA).
Litoral Agrobiotechnology Institute (IAL) in Argentina is strengthening ties with IICA to train top-flight professionals to develop knowledge intensive agriculture
The IAL is headed by eminent scientist Raquel Chan, who met with the Director General of IICA in the city of Santa Fe, Argentina. Manuel Otero also met with Federico Trucco, CEO of Bioceres, the company that worked with the IAL to develop HB4 soybean and wheat, which are characterized by their ability to withstand drought conditions.
IICA joins farmers from 30 countries, meeting in Argentina to discuss how to strengthen the joint agenda for sustainable agricultural production
The discussions took place at a meeting of the Global Farmer Network – an international organization whose members are farmers representing a vast array of production scenarios. The participants visited production facilities, biotechnology companies and trading hubs; and attended talks by experts, with a focus on building increasingly resilient agrifood systems that are able to satisfy the global demand for high-quality food, while reducing the depletion of natural resources.
IICA Director General launches appeal at ECLAC conference: countries of the Americas must adopt urgent and joint measures to ensure more effective and inclusive water management
Manuel Otero participated in the inauguration of the Regional Water Dialogues in Latin America and the Caribbean, along with Chile’s Minister of the Environment, the Secretary General of ECLAC, the FAO Regional Representative and prominent international researchers.
IICA Director General endorses Brazil’s bid to host COP30 in the Amazonian city of Belem, and expresses solidarity with and support for the Yanomami people
Otero met in Brasilia with the new ministers of Agriculture; Agrarian Development; Social Development; Finance; Science and Technology; and Integration and Regional Development, as well as with the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Deputy Minister of the Environment. In all of these discussions, he laid the foundation for increased collaboration between the specialized organization for agricultural and rural development and the new government of Brazil.
The IICA Director General met with the Secretary of Agriculture and private sector stakeholders from Argentina, discussing the country’s progress in increasing enbilidad ambiental de la producción con Secretario de Agricultura y actores del sector privado
Carbon sequestration in pastures and carbon footprint measurement; reduction of greenhouse gas emissions; as well as soil health care were some of the issues that Otero discussed with Secretary Juan José Bahillo.