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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.
The Bahamas Development Bank and IICA Partner to Boost Economic Development in Family Islands
Recently, BDB has been meeting with IICA to discuss opportunities for financing agri-tourism, climate resilience, and Family Island development, and this MOU is the result of those meetings.
Law that declares agricultural production a State priority and recognizes the human right to food is now in force in Panama
Under the act, national agricultural production is declared to be a State priority, given the key role it plays in ensuring the country’s social, political and economic stability, and people’s right to adequate food.