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Countries of the Americas presented their public policies to strengthen family farming and discussed how to advance faster and better, in Dialogues convened by the Brazilian government and IICA
This multi-stakeholder, high-level debate, in which experiences were exchanged on programs to promote family farming that are being carried out in the hemisphere, took place at the Itamaraty Palace, headquarters of the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in the country’s capital, Brasilia.
Argentine Ministry of Science and IICA launch a call for bioeconomy projects in technologies applied to agriculture from researchers in the Americas
Aimed at technologies applied to agriculture, the call for projects will be open until 6 October and will exclusively prioritize areas related to the development of biomaterials, waste biorefineries, bioenergies, bioinputs and bioventures.
Experts convened by the IDB, ECLAC, FAO, IICA and IFPRI highlight collective action and cooperation as key for strengthening agrifood trade in the Americas
International agencies organized a workshop to analyze the contribution of food trade to food security and sustainable development in the hemisphere.
Carbon markets could represent opportunity for sustainable development for the region and must be strengthened, claim experts at international panel organized by CAF and Argentina’s BICE with the participation of IICA
At the forum held in Argentina, experts agreed on the need for an agenda to strengthen the carbon markets, generate capacities, and create spaces for cooperation among the countries.
Guatemala aims to expand its agricultural frontier by adopting management practices that help regenerate soils
In the latest episode of IICA in Action, the discussion focuses on the forty-five percent of Guatemala’s national territory that is used for agriculture, and the strategic soil protection plan.
The Southern Agricultural Council (CAS) celebrates 20 years as a strategic policy coordination forum for Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay
CAS is an organization through which its six member countries define priorities for the agricultural agenda and adopt positions on issues of regional interest, with a view to coordinating the development of agreed actions.