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Experts highlight the urgency of strengthening innovation ecosystems to enhance the development and use of digital agriculture solutions across the Americas
During Digital Agriculture Week, organized by IICA alongside its partners, the importance of exchanging and promoting ideas that foster a dynamic and inclusive digitalization of agri-food systems was emphasized.
At a meeting of the World Economic Forum in New York, global leaders, including IICA’s Director General, commit to doubling down on efforts to speed up the transformation of agrifood systems
Klaus Schwab, founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum; Manuel Otero, Director General of IICA; Cindy McCain, Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP); and Brian Sikes, President and CEO of the Cargill food corporation.
Corn ethanol represents a huge opportunity for Argentina, due to the low carbon footprint of its production process
The Congress included “Ethanol Day,” reserved for a discussion of a new biofuels agenda for Argentina. Among those taking part were the IICA and the Pan-American Liquid Biofuels Coalition (CPBIO), made up of the main business and industrial associations of the Americas dedicated to the production and processing of sugar, alcohol, corn, sorghum, soybean, vegetable oil, grains, and other agricultural products.
Pan-American Liquid Biofuels Coalition and IICA highlight Argentina's potential for decarbonizing air transport
During the “Aviation Day,” organized in Buenos Aires by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the International Airports Council for Latin America and the Caribbean (ACI-LAC), which brought together more than 450 participants.
Digital Agriculture Week is underway at IICA Headquarters, with the participation of Nobel Prize laureate Michael Kremer and many actors, and a focus on the generation of ideas and recommendations for the inclusive incorporation of new technologies into r
On day one, it was emphasized that the main objective of DAW is to generate ideas and recommendations for concrete actions for the inclusive and sustainable transformation of agrifood systems based on the use of new technologies.
U.S. scientist Cynthia Rosenzweig, World Food Prize laureate and an expert on the relationship between agriculture and climate change, is IICA’s new Goodwill Ambassador for Sustainable Development
Through her work, the scientist has rallied global political will to help the agriculture sector transform itself to meet the challenges posed by the climate crisis while also improving farmers’ livelihoods and guaranteeing food security.