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El Salvador team conducts technical mission to Argentina, aiming to promote best practices among dairy small farmers, under a South-South Cooperation project coordinated by IICA
The Salvadorian technical mission to Argentina will involve visits to small dairy farmers that have organized themselves into cooperatives in Misiones, a province in northern Argentina.
At FONTAGRO commemoration and other high-level meetings in Spain, IICA Director General highlights the key role of Latin America and the Caribbean for global food security
During a visit to the Spanish capital, Otero also met with the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA) of Spain, Luis Planas, as part of a series of high-level bilateral meetings in which he reaffirmed the key role of Latin America and the Caribbean for global food security and its commitment to transforming agrifood systems to foster a more productive, sustainable and inclusive agriculture sector together with farmers.
Fostering partnerships between stakeholders that promote digitalization is key to accelerating the development of technological solutions for agriculture in the Americas
This was one of the conclusions of representatives from Microsoft, Bayer and French firm Veolia who participated in a roundtable discussion aimed at sharing ideas for dynamic and inclusive digitalization in the sector, during Digital Agriculture Week at IICA Headquarters.
IICA Director General, Manuel Otero, is named Outstanding Personality in the Sciences by the Legislature of Buenos Aires
The award was conferred on him by parliamentarians, Daniel Del Sol and Esteban Garrido, in the presence of a large audience.
The Canadian Government, IFAD and IICA are warning that the climate crisis makes greater funding for science and innovation in agriculture critical to guarantee global food security
The event sought to promote family farming and climate-resilient production in the Americas, stressing that progress in achieving zero hunger will depend on placing the focus on family farmers, who are the sector most vulnerable to climate change.
Conditions to increase investment in science, technology and innovation for the agriculture sector exist in Latin America and the Caribbean, experts say
At the Regional Dialogue on Science, Technology and Innovation in Agrifood Systems of Latin America and the Caribbean, participants discussed avenues for funding that countries in the region should explore to build a knowledge-intensive agriculture sector.