San José, Costa Rica
September 10, 2025
Erick Geovany Ac Tot—a prominent Guatemalan cocoa entrepreneur who has been assisting small farmer organizations, promoting high-quality cocoa production and preserving heirloom trees for years, in addition to being a cocoa taster—has been named a Leader of Rurality of the Americas by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA).
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San Salvador
September 9, 2025
The leaders who participated in the meeting were Macarena Valdés and Marco Aceituno from Chile; Elvia Monzón, Gustavo Rivas and Erick Ac from Guatemala; Katy Moncada and Eodora Méndez from Honduras; and Odette Varela and Salomón Zelada from El Salvador.
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Santa Fé, Darién, Panamá
September 4, 2025
As part of the efforts to curb the spread of the New World screwworm (NWS), a current health threat in Central America and Mexico, the Ministry of Agricultural Development (MIDA) of Panama, the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and the Panama-United States Commission for the Eradication and Prevention of Screwworm (COPEG) organized a meeting with livestock farmers in the city of Santa Fé de Darién to strengthen health surveillance and better protect local livestock production.
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San Jose, Costa Rica
September 3, 2025
The bioeconomy specialists were participating in Biohélice 2025, an event organized by Costa Rica’s Universidad Nacional, the CRBiomed association and IICA, which brought together more than 130 participants with an interest in innovation and bioeconomy.
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Alagoas, Brasil
September 1, 2025
Eliane works with other women in the region to transform polluting waste substances into organic fertilizer.
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San Jose, Costa Rica
September 1, 2025
During the event, organized by IICA and RELASER, more than 150 regional stakeholders examined how the digitalization of rural extension services can boost family farming productivity and resilience.
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San Jose, Costa Rica
September 1, 2025
The winning startups will deliver presentations on the solutions that they offer, and their experiences in promoting the digitalization of different processes.
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San José Costa Rica
August 29, 2025
Through the digital platform, IICA will provide public access to reports and podcasts with a view to encouraging producers, technical specialists, institutions and companies to take the next steps towards digitalization.
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San José, Costa Rica
August 28, 2025
The event was jointly organized by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Executive Secretariat of the Central American Agricultural Council (SECAC) and the Secretariat for Central American Economic Integration (SIECA), which have been spearheading these types of meetings since 2020, in a bid to bolster regional agrifood trade.
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