Open and transparent international agrifood trade, based on multilateral rules, is critical in enabling the Americas to fulfill its pivotal role in food security and agrifood system transformation.
Herein lies the importance of strengthening the multilateral trade system to allow the region to capitalize on its production and trade potential. As such, countries must make better use of opportunities afforded by the signing of trade agreements and by integration processes (trade policy, administration of agreements and trade promotion), to spur economic recovery and increased food security.
Moreover, in the current climate, there is a clear need to link the issues of trade and the environment. The region can capitalize on its wealth of natural resources and the efficiency of its production systems to increase its presence in international markets and to deepen integration processes to contribute to the supply of healthy, nutritious and safe food, produced in an environmentally responsible manner.
The International Trade and Regional Integration Program will continue to provide support to member countries to improve their access to international markets, deepen their regional integration and increase their contribution to agrifood system transformation. To this end, it will focus on two strategic lines of action:
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San Jose, Costa Rica
May 28, 2025
The award was presented during a study and training mission to IICA Headquarters in San Jose, Costa Rica, by rural women and youth of the Caribbean, accompanied by various ministers of Agriculture of the region.
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San José, Costa Rica
May 28, 2025
Ministers of agriculture, senior officials, and rural women and young people from the Eastern Caribbean nations began a historic joint work and study visit to the Headquarters of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), with the aim of accelerating collaboration in areas such as the digitalization of agriculture, entrepreneurship, and food security.
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San José, Costa Rica
May 27, 2025
Participants in the debate—held in person at IICA Headquarters and virtually—highlighted the importance of the return of the COP, the world’s largest environmental forum, to the Americas after eleven years.
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