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IICA expresses optimism despite challenges facing Latin America and the Caribbean
The Director General of IICA participated in the Forum “Outlook 2012”, organized by the USDA, where he explained that the region’s agriculture requires innovation to fulfill its role as food provider to the world, without over-exploiting its natural resources.
Region to share information on tropical fruit market
Project will help standardize methods used to gather information on fruit prices and other variables, in order to improve market intelligence in Central America and the Dominican Republic.
IICA trains groups from Central America in rural-area based development
Some 40 representatives of organized groups in Central America, Belize and the Dominican Republic met in Costa Rica to share experiences and participate in training related to rural development.
Countries join climate change adaptation network
Creation of a research network, being coordinated by IICA in Central America, the Dominican Republic, Mexico and Colombia, to develop a strategy that will enable agriculture to adapt to climatic variability.
Central Americans share good agribusiness practices related to market access
By means of video conferences and other resources, IICA promotes the use of information and communication technologies to disseminate new approaches to issues of crucial importance to agriculture in the Americas.
IICA and FAO link up to prepare binational proposal for Haiti and the Dominican Republic
The representatives of IICA and FAO in Haiti and the Dominican Republic have entered into an alliance to coordinate actions in the two countries, focusing on the border region.