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Israel launches 21st Global Agricultural Technology Summit from IICA headquarters in Costa Rica, with a focus on food and water security
The Embassy of Israel in Costa Rica launched the summit from IICA headquarters, where the Institute presented its hemispheric initiative on Water and Agriculture.
Public health and animal and plant health specialists highlight need for increased inter-institutional collaboration, comprehensive policies, and information sharing among countries to strengthen the implementation of the One Health approach in the Americ
The incorporation of producers and rural communities is key to the drafting of actions designed to simultaneously protect human, animal and environmental health, according to IICA Director General Manuel Otero and specialists taking part in a meeting organized by the Institute and the USDA.
The participants in Dialogues organized by the Brazilian government and IICA conclude that cooperatives, science and technology, connectivity and financing should be core elements of policies designed to strengthen family farming
The Dialogues on Family Farming in the Americas held at the Itamaraty Palace in Brazil involved senior officials and representatives of governments, international agencies and peasant and indigenous organizations, as well as experts from various countries.
The participants in Dialogues organized by the Brazilian government and IICA conclude that cooperatives, science and technology, connectivity and financing should be core elements of policies designed to strengthen family farming
The Dialogues on Family Farming in the Americas held at the Itamaraty Palace in Brazil involved senior officials and representatives of governments, international agencies and peasant and indigenous organizations, as well as experts from various countries.
Argentina advances in the development of its National Family Farming Plan, in dialogue with peasant and indigenous organizations and with the participation of IICA
Argentina's action plan is being developed with the participation of family farmer organizations from across the country, who are key players in a process that seeks to empower and listen to them to generate new public policies.
Yessica Yana, an indigenous woman who operates a drone that makes agriculture in the Bolivian Altiplano more efficient, named a “Leader of Rurality” by IICA
Yana grew up in Villa Puni, a small community in the department of La Paz, on the shores of Lake Titicaca and more than 3800 meters above sea level. Most of the people who live there engage in fishing and the production of crops such as potatoes, quinoa, broad beans and barley, despite having to contend with the poor quality of soils in the area.