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  • Panamanian authorities, the EU and IICA inaugurate farmer field school at penitentiary to develop sustainable rice farming techniques and facilitate social reintegration of prisoners

    The Farmer Field School is part of the EUROCLIMA+ program implemented by GIZ and Expertise France, financed by the European Union, and executed by the ministries of Agriculture of Panama and El Salvador in collaboration with IICA.
  • The Salvadorian livestock industry and Panamanian rice sector forge ahead with the development of climate change mitigation actions

    IICA, GIZ, Expertise France and the ministries of agriculture in both countries are executing a project, under the EU-funded EUROCLIMA+ Program, which involves training more than 200 rice and livestock farmers in low-carbon and climate-adapted production.
  • IICA and FAO define joint agenda that calls for dialogue between the ministers of Agriculture and the Environment of Central America and the Dominican Republic

    The organizations also proposed actions to prevent Fusarium Tropical Race 4 and a swine fever outbreak on the continent.
  • Research studies aimed at resolving challenges faced by Latin American and Caribbean coffee farmers were presented in Guatemala

    PROMECAFE, an initiative supported by IICA, held a symposium with 330 participants from 14 countries across the region, which is home to more than one million coffee-farming families.

  • “La Niña” phenomenon transitions to neutral phase, but tropical cyclone season will be more intense

    A virtual seminar organized by IICA analyzed the implications of these climatic conditions for agricultural health in Mesoamerica.

  • Cocoa and coffee chain representatives from eight countries of America trained in the design of agricultural projects with evaluation criteria

    Through the application of methodologies, dialogue and group exercises, participants learned how to design projects that can be evaluated at all stages