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CIMMYT and IICA agree in Mexico to strengthen their partnership to promote the use of science in favor of productivity and sustainability in agriculture
Areas covered in the agreement include international trade and regional integration, digital agriculture, gender equality and youth, and health and safety of agri-food products, topics encompassed in IICA's technical cooperation through its seven hemispheric programs.
Norman Borlaug’s legacy should be preserved with participatory public policies that build resilience in rural areas and guarantee food security
Participatory public policies that empower farmers, build resilience in rural areas through access to credit, innovation, science and technology, and strengthen food security, are the best way to preserve the legacy of Norman Borlaug, the American agronomist who laid the foundations of modern agriculture, saved millions of people from hunger, and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970.
The Leaders of Rurality of the Americas network began its work with the mission of empowering communities and strengthening rural territories with technical support from IICA
The Minister of Agrarian Development and Family Agriculture of Brazil, Paulo Teixeira, and the Director General of IICA, Manuel Otero, participated in a virtual meeting where the Leaders of Rurality presented the progress of their joint work initiated in April this year.
Alongside ministers of the Americas, Asia and Africa, Director General of IICA will participate in dialogue on food security and resilience organized by the World Food Prize foundation
El Director General del Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), Manuel Otero, inició una trascendente visita de trabajo a México, en la que la seguridad alimentaria y los esfuerzos para favorecer una mayor resiliencia de los productores serán temas de discusión con autoridades de los sectores público y privado nacionales y extranjeros.
Katy Moncada, a farmer who has paved the way and teaches the path to rural women in Honduras, is recognized by IICA as a Leader of Rurality of the Americas
Katy is part of a group of rural women from the department of El Paraíso, in eastern Honduras, who left the countryside, graduated from university, and returned to their first love, coffee growing. These women also began other productive activities such as beekeeping and growing bananas and lemons through the cooperative enterprise “Women in Action.”
Nearly one hundred banana and plantain producers in Ecuador trained in pest prevention and control within GIZ and IICA project
Funded by GIZ and implemented by IICA in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, the ALER4TA project seeks to enhance the response capacity of countries to the threat of Fusarium Tropical Race 4 (Foc TR4).