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Latin American and Caribbean countries make a joint commitment to act without delay to achieve food security in the region
The commitment was made during a high-level meeting aimed at strengthening integration, organized by the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
At the Biodiversity Conference (COP 15), the ministers who make up the Southern Agricultural Council (CAS) emphasize the importance of adopting a science-based approach to agricultural biotechnologies
The ministers argued that biotech issues must be addressed within their specific area and within the scope of the Convention on Biological Diversity, adopted in 1992, in which the international community acknowledges the benefits of biotechnologies. The ministers also pointed out that safe management is possible with risk analysis.
Brazil and Argentina have the opportunity to be key players in global food security, said officials and specialists in a panel discussion in which IICA participated
The meeting was part of AgriTalks, a series of conferences that Brazil’s Foreign Ministry has been hosting in different embassies around the world with the aim of promoting good agricultural practices and discussing the outlook for the sector, given the burgeoning global demand for healthy, nutritious and sustainably produced food.
Global alliance against fusarium and IICA strengthen technical systems in Venezuela to fight fungus threatening global banana production
In Venezuela, sudden wilting in banana plants has impacted production since 2006.
With the support of IICA, the hemispheric organization MIOA will strengthen tools to collect, disseminate and exchange information on agricultural market prices
At the meeting of the MIOA member and partner countries, held at IICA Headquarters in San José, the 26 participating delegations agreed to move forward with a project to design a data dashboard and an application gathering country-specific price information on agricultural products.IICA partners with GLDA towards improving livestock nutrition through the establishment of improved pastures in Guyana
The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) Delegation in Guyana facilitated yet another initiative to improve the nutritional intake of livestock in Guyana. The Institute has partnered with the Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) of the Ministry of agriculture to facilitate an eight (8) day working visit during the period November 29