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Microsoft and IICA launch Minecraft-based technology challenge for high school students in Costa Rica
Registration is already open for the challenge, which seeks to foster digital and soft skills development among young people for application in agriculture.
Investment funds and credit agencies highlight key elements to fund AgTechs in Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly innovations aimed at increasing agricultural efficiency and sustainability
CAF, IFAD and IDB Lab, as well as the funds Innogen Capital, Cube Ventures, Agcenter and The Yield Lab, reviewed the factors that can provide technology companies focused on the agriculture sector with greater access to funding opportunities.
Costa Rica designates IICA as a carbon neutral organization
As part of its strategy, IICA sought to become a carbon neutral organization, recognized by the Costa Rican Ministry of the Environment and Energy (MINAE), in line with global climate action targets and based on the values of sustainability and environmental responsibility.
IICA attends massive congress of corn and sorghum farmers in Argentina, where farmers are hailing the bioeconomy as an extraordinary opportunity for development
Approximately 2,000 persons attended the event, including producers, researchers and various stakeholders from the agrifood value chain.
At IICA, during Digital Agriculture Week, countries in the Americas shared their strategies for promoting innovation and the use of new technologies in rural areas
During the panel discussion on “Agrifood Digitization: Initiatives and public policies in countries in the Americas,” which took place during the second edition of Digital Agriculture Week, representatives of various governments gave details of the programs they are implementing across the continent.
Latin American IPCC expert maintains that LAC climate change mitigation and adaptation actions must provide more rapid responses to protect vulnerable populations
The increase in heat waves, drought and flooding has already surpassed the tolerance thresholds of many species and these phenomena may be simultaneous, creating cascading effects that are increasingly difficult to control. These situations are exposing countries in the Americas to food and water insecurity.