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Countries call for improved efforts to transfer technologies for the adaptation of climate change to small-scale producers
IICA report summarizes the arguments put forward by several countries in the Americas supporting the creation of an international working group on climate change and agriculture.
Experts call for incorporation of the territorial (area-based) approach into national rural development agendas
Project financed by Spain and executed by IICA in four Latin American and Caribbean countries shows that rural area-based development (RAD), based on the selection of specific territories, needs to be promoted more vigorously in the region.
Carbon neutrality can make agribusinesses more competitive
Officials from across Latin America learned about the WTO’s provisions on environment, with a view to promoting policies designed to make agriculture more competitive and sustainable.
IICA to take part in forum on sustainable landscape management in Lima
The Director General of IICA will be participating in the Global Landscapes Forum 2014, an event dealing with forest conservation, agriculture, energy and climate change.
Agriculture and environment open dialogue with a view to promoting climate change adaptation together
Senior agriculture and environment officials from Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay and Peru took part in a dialogue within the framework of the COP 20 aimed at developing an agenda for intersectoral work.
Promotion of the use of clean energies to improve agricultural productivity in the Andean region
At the COP 20 in Peru, IICA’s EEP program and other international organizations gave presentations highlighting the progress made with initiatives for the use of renewable energies in agricultural production.