Bogotá, Colombia
May 15, 2026
The Government of Colombia and the IICA agreed to strengthen their partnership in support of the modernization and resilience of the country’s agriculture sector, in order to help improve productivity and living conditions in rural areas.
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Bogotá, Colombia
May 15, 2026
While on a mission to Colombia, Muhammad Ibrahim, Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), met with the country’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Martha Carvajalino, where he discussed the strengthening of technical cooperation to boost innovation and resilience in rural areas, particularly against climate variability, and with a focus on rural family farmers.
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La Paz, Bolivia
May 15, 2026
In the departments of La Paz, Oruro and Potosí, Altiplano communities have begun implementing the Bofedal-Camélidos-Gente: Sistemas Resilientes project, an initiative aimed at strengthening the climate resilience of high-altitude wetlands and of families dedicated to camelid production, executed by IICA in Bolivia with funding from the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID).
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Ciudad de México
May 14, 2026
The academic program is aimed at training professionals to identify local opportunities and develop concrete bioeconomy projects that promote productivity, employment and sustainability in rural territories in Mexico and across the Americas.
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San José, Costa Rica
May 12, 2026
The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) is forging ahead with the planning of the regional project Prevention of Infections through Surveillance at the Source of Transmission in Latin America and the Caribbean (PIVOT), aimed at strengthening the prevention of health risks with epidemic and pandemic potential in Latin America and the Caribbean, adopting the One Health approach that integrates human, animal and environmental health.
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Valparaíso, Chile
May 12, 2026
IICA is working together with the Cuncumén Peasant Agricultural Cooperative on a 17.3-hectare farm, with funding from the Foundation for Agricultural Innovation (FIA), in a project called “Silvoagricultural Diversification as a Productive Methodology and Strategy and Optimization of On-Farm Irrigation in the Dryland Conversion Area of Cuncumén, San Antonio Province”.
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Tapachula, México
May 8, 2026
Behind many of the current debates on tropical agriculture —regarding productivity, sustainability, innovation— there is a variable that is becoming increasingly important, although it does not always feature prominently in the discussions: financing. Factors such as the way in which it is allocated, and the incentives and conditions involved, are becoming crucial.
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Tapachula, México
May 8, 2026
At a recent meeting on tropical agriculture held in Tapachula, specialists from international organizations, research centers, and public institutions agreed that the gap is no longer in knowledge generation, but in its implementation.
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San José
May 7, 2026
Also addressed in the meeting were the issues caused by the El Niño phenomenon in the region, and the need to build tools that facilitate decision-making based on scientific evidence and lessons learned.
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