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Chilean Ministry of Agriculture and IICA train rural producers in biofertilizer production and regenerative agriculture techniques
The activity is part of IICA's commitment to the Chilean Ministry of Agriculture to promote the use of biofertilizers, mainly in the country's coastal dryland sector, for producers affected by drought, eroded soils, the effects of climate change and high fertilizer prices.
Carbon harvesting, a key tool to enhance agriculture's role as a solution to climate change, was a central topic at the AAPRESID Congress
Carbon harvesting in the agenda of sustainable agriculture was one of the central topics in the special section of the congress that AAPRESID designed in collaboration with the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), focusing on perspectives and opportunities for producers offered by agri-food systems in the Americas.
Experts at AAPRESID Congress highlight digital technologies as key to agriculture's transformation for increased productivity and resilience
The panel on digital innovation and the digitalization of agriculture at the congress was one of four organized jointly by AAPRESID and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), as part of a special section addressing future perspectives and the opportunities that agri-food systems in the Americas offer to producers.
At AAPRESID Congress in Buenos Aires, IICA Director General emphasizes that public policies for agriculture should be pro-nature, pro-farmer and pro-innovation, and have a long-term vision
The Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Manuel Otero, says that agriculture has made enormous progress over the last 60 years in feeding a burgeoning population with fewer natural resources, and he expects it to continue improving in the future, both in terms of productivity and its environmental impact.
At the AAPRESID Congress in Buenos Aires, the bioeconomy in Latin America was described by experts from IICA and other organizations as a work in progress, with a mix of achievements and an important pending agenda
The activity was organized by AAPRESID a network of farmers that has been connecting innovation, technology and knowledge for more than three decades and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA).
"Just as we reject climate denialism, we must reject the denial of agriculture and its role in decarbonizing the global economy," said the former Minister of Environment of Brazil and advisor to IICA at the AAPRESID Congress
Teixeira was one of the most anticipated speakers at the opening of the Congress of the Argentine Association of No-till farmers (AAPRESID), which brought together producers, academics, businesspeople, and local and international figures in Buenos Aires, seeking solutions and projects for more sustainable agriculture. About 7,500 people attended.