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.
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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.
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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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San José, Costa Rica
October 13, 2025
Experts and representatives of governments, international agencies and the private and academic sectors gathered at IICA to share successful policies that promote family farming, technology access and competitiveness in several countries of the Americas, and that have strengthened governance as a pillar for the transformation of agrifood systems.
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Brasilia
October 13, 2025
Brazil will host the Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas 2025, where participants will discuss key issues for the present and future of the hemisphere’s agriculture sector and food security, focusing on science, technology and innovation in production transformation.
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San José, Costa Rica
October 10, 2025
He emphasized the importance of the issue during the hemispheric dialogue, “Transformative and scalable experiences for a new generation of public policies for agrifood systems”
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San José, Costa Rica
October 10, 2025
Various experts from international organizations attending a meeting at the Headquarters of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) agreed that the challenging global environment of geopolitical changes, extreme weather phenomena and ecological transformations calls for the development of a new generation of public policies for agrifood systems.
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México
October 8, 2025
Illescas stands out for her work aimed at driving the development of dozens of farming families in her region, her efforts to defend rural women’s rights, and her passion for the land and coffee, which serves as an inspiration for others.
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