San José, Costa Rica
October 20, 2025
The CEIAC is an initiative comprised of universities, research centers and international organizations in five countries, with technical support from IICA and ceiA3. Its mission is to strengthen regional agrifood training, research and innovation through academic, scientific and technical cooperation.
Tiempo de lectura: 3mins
Montevideo
October 20, 2025
PROCISUR supports more than 2,100 research projects and 200 germplasm banks across the entire region.
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Brasilia, Brasil
October 17, 2025
Macarena Valdés and Marco Aceituno, creators of a farm where food production has flourished despite the severe drought that has afflicted Chile in recent years, will be among the speakers at the Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas 2025, to be held from November 3 to 5 in Brasília.
Tiempo de lectura: 3mins
Lima, Perú
October 17, 2025
Eddie is President of the Gold Coffee Perú association of agricultural producers – a group of 600 coffee farmers from Cajamarca and Amazonas. In his work, Abarca has managed to consolidate a model combining quality, sustainability and social development.
Tiempo de lectura: 3mins
San Jose, Costa Rica
October 16, 2025
Otero stated that IICA stands ready to assist the World Bank in helping small-scale farmers to increase their productivity, scale up and connect to value chains that can increase their income. To that end, IICA will tap into its broad experience in the region, where it works together with various strategic partners from the public and private sectors.
Tiempo de lectura: 3mins
San José, Costa Rica
October 15, 2025
During a hemispheric dialogue held at the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), government leaders, representatives of international agencies and regional agrifood sector experts agreed on roadmaps for strengthening institutional frameworks and coordinating public policies in Latin American and Caribbean countries.
Tiempo de lectura: 3mins
San José, Costa Rica
October 15, 2025
Eradicating hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean is possible and would entail a relatively low fiscal cost for the countries of the region, according to a study conducted by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) together with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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San Jose, Costa Rica
October 15, 2025
The initiative stems from the premise that ministries of Foreign Affairs play a key role in formulating and defending their countries’ positions on trade, serving as official spokespersons in negotiation processes and in the application of international trade agreements.
Tiempo de lectura: 3mins
San José, Costa Rica
October 13, 2025
The discussion focused on how the evolution of food systems over the past 50 years has impacted the challenges and opportunities for LAC; the vision for the region’s food systems for the year 2030 and beyond; which policy interventions and institutional innovations have demonstrated the greatest potential to have an impact, and how they can be scaled or adapted to diverse country contexts; and how governments, civil society and the private sector can collaborate more effectively to translate long-term visions into viable coordinated strategies.
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