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The FDA and IICA launch web platform to enhance farmers’ knowledge of the safety rule governing the exportation of fresh agricultural produce to the United States
Growing Safe Produce is a digital tool that utilizes videos, interactive web applications, as well as downloadable and printable resources, presented in simple, straightforward language, to explain how to fulfill the requirements of the rule.Argentine producers focused on innovation presented an award to the Director General of IICA, Manuel Otero, for his contribution to the development of sustainable agriculture in the hemisphere
The award was presented by the president of AAPRESID, Marcelo Torres, during the entity's annual congress that takes place over three days in the Argentine city of Rosario.Trade and agricultural health and food safety specialists from Latin America and the Caribbean underscore the importance of regulatory convergence and equivalence agreements to strengthen agrifood trade across the region
In a forum organized by the Latin American Integration Association (ALADI) and IICA, more than 170 people shared their experiences to promote regulatory convergence based on equivalence in agrifood trade.Eroded soils can regenerate and become fertile land for agriculture, state members of Pampeanas Regenerativas Orientales in new episode of the IICA en Acción podcast
Pampeanas Regenerativas Orientales is a women’s group from Uruguay that implements regenerative agriculture practices with a focus on soil health and the capacity to produce healthy food.Sustainable agricultural practices: key to boosting the decarbonization of agriculture in the Americas
This has been borne out by Bayer’s PRO Carbon initiative, as explained by program representatives during a visit to exchange perspectives with IICA on both entities’ efforts to develop a carbon neutral agriculture sector.CARICOM and IICA confirm alliance and prioritize actions to combat food and nutrition insecurity and improve the climate resilience of agriculture in the Caribbean
The agreement proposes joint advances in the areas of policymaking for agricultural and rural development, production systems, promotion of value chains, resilience of the agricultural sector and improvement of land use in the Caribbean countries.