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    IICA launches second edition of Introduction to Entrepreneurship for Rural Women course, targeting Mexico, the Dominican Republic and the countries of Central America

    Rural women from these countries may access the course in Spanish, free of cost. It aims to promote capacity building in entrepreneurial management and leadership at the community level.
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    Meeting of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas at IICA Headquarters will focus on measures to tackle the water crisis and bolster food security

    At the meeting, IICA will launch the Hemispheric Initiative on Water and Agriculture, with a view to designing tools to overcome the severe water crisis throughout most of the hemisphere.
  • Caribbean Ministers of Agriculture gather in Costa Rica to discuss how to reduce food insecurity and build bridges with Latin America

    The meeting of Caribbean ministers will be held prior to the Forty-third Regular Meeting of IICA’s Executive Committee, which will be held on July 19 and 20 in San Jose, Costa Rica.
  • In collaboration with IICA, El Salvador launches its Leadership School for the Transformation of Agrifood Systems

    One hundred of the country’s youth farmers and agronomy students will be able to expand their knowledge of innovation and biotechnology, as well as climate smart and digital agriculture, among other areas.
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    Argentina launches bioeconomy technical and financial assistance program at a seminar attended by IICA

    The event highlighted the fact that the bioeconomy is a tool to harness biological resources for the production of goods and services, in an environmentally friendly manner.
  • Many countries in the region are committed to advancing the development of biofuels, which contributes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and fostering sustainable agricultural practices.

    Agriculture in the Americas has great potential to develop a robust liquid biofuels industry in the region, agree international experts in a new episode of the “IICA en Acción” podcast

    The podcast includes a segment devoted to the Living Soils of the Americas initiative spearheaded by IICA together with the Rattan Lal Carbon Management and Sequestration Center (C-MASC) of The Ohio State University.