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“The Americas has the power to tackle this climate crisis, said Colombia’s Minister of Agriculture at the IICA Executive Committee Meeting in Costa Rica
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Colombia, Martha Carvajalino, attended the Executive Committee Meeting of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) in Costa Rica on Tuesday. Eight agricultural ministers and six deputy ministers of the Americas attended the session, where the hemispheric organization announced that it would strengthen technical actions to benefit rural areas, producers and small farmers in the country.
Agricultural federations of the Americas and IICA agree to promote science and innovation to advance sustainable agriculture and increase the productivity of agrifood systems
Organized in Costa Rica by IICA and the Federation of Chambers of Agriculture and Agroindustry, the Meeting of Agricultural Federations of the Americas has concluded. It brought together more than 40 participants, the leaders of 20 federations from across the continent.
Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas attending the IICA Executive Committee Meeting warn that the region will need to bolster its agrifood systems in view of the challenging international context
The agricultural authorities of the Americas and representatives of the academic and private sectors began a two-day working session at IICA Headquarters in San Jose, Costa Rica, on the occasion of the 44th Regular Meeting of the Executive Committee, one of the governing bodies of the hemispheric organization. The discussions will address the most transcendental issues affecting the future of agriculture.
The next 25 years will be the most important in the history of agriculture, warns Jack Bobo, agrifood system specialist, who has been named as the world’s leading expert on science communication
“The next 25 years will be the most important in the history of agriculture. Therefore, we must take the right actions and if we succeed during that period, we will be all right forever”.
Former Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Gustavo Manrique, the architect of the largest debt-for-nature swap, visited the IICA Headquarters and praised its contributions to agricultural sustainability
Manrique stated that he believes IICA has been "re-founded" to adapt to the modern realities of agriculture and sustainability and that the Institute "has focused on what both young people and farmers need and want today”.
The CGIAR, the world’s largest agricultural research network, is to step up joint work with IICA for the transformation of agrifood systems
The Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), the world’s largest agricultural research and innovation network, gave a presentation on its work and achievements to the Advisory Council for the Transformation of Agrifood Systems (CATSA) of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), and advocated intensifying the joint efforts of the two organizations.