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  • The Argentine province of Jujuy and IICA join forces to promote the incorporation of new technologies into agriculture and strengthen value chains

    This is the objective of the technical cooperation agreement signed in the capital of Jujuy, which is designed to strengthen and enhance the province’s productive sector and contribute to food and nutrition security.
  • ALADI and IICA promote inter-institutional cooperation for regulatory convergence in Latin America to implement equivalence agreements on sanitary and phytosanitary measures

    During the event, held at IICA's headquarters, more than 20 representatives from official sanitary, phytosanitary, and food safety services participated in discussions aimed at strengthening countries’ capacity to understand and implement equivalence agreements on sanitary and phytosanitary measures, thus facilitating global and regional trade in agri-food products.
  • Agustín Torroba, Biofuels Specialist at IICA and Executive Secretary of the Pan American Liquid Biofuels Coalition (CPBIO); Carolina Rojas, President of the Colombian Biofuels Federation; Juan Sebastián Díaz, Deputy Director of the U.S. Grains Council; Francisco Jauregui, Vice President of the Paraguayan Chamber of Biofuels and Renewable Energies (BIOCAP); Carolina Bauman, Plant Manager at the Paraguayan state-owned company Petropar; and Heloisa Borges Esteves, Director of Oil, Gas, and Biofuels at Brazil’s

    Biofuels are the ideal tool for decarbonizing transport, stated experts at Latin America's leading energy conference

    The 2024 Energy Week, organized by the Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE) in Asunción, Paraguay, aimed to promote collaboration and innovation among the 27 member countries on key issues such as renewable energy, gender equity, and a just transition.
  • Sustainable animal production has a promising future linked to science and innovation, stated IICA’s Director General and key sector leaders at the Borlaug Dialogue

    This high-level event, a global reference on agriculture and food issues, brings together world leaders and renowned experts in agricultural development, public policy, best practices, and nutrition. It is organized by the World Food Prize Foundation (WFP) in Des Moines, Iowa.
  • The pavilion operated by IICA and its partners at COP29 will host more than 50 presentations on the relationship between agriculture and climate, with a focus on the role of science and innovation

    IICA will have a pavilion at the most important global forum for negotiations and discussions on climate change for the third consecutive time, having previously operated one at COP27 in Egypt in 2022, and COP28 in the United Arab Emirates.
  • At pre-COP29 summit, IICA and other sector leaders from around the world underscore the urgent need to speed up the development of the bioeconomy to tackle global challenges

    The participants in the different discussion panels held in the run-up to COP29 emphasized the importance of the bioeconomy as a strategy for strengthening agrifood systems, reversing biodiversity loss, addressing health challenges, and using innovation as a driver of new economic opportunities, especially the creation of jobs for young people.