Agricultural Health, Safety and Food Quality

The Program focuses on promoting a productive, competitive and sustainable agriculture sector that provides a safe supply of food through local, regional and global markets, by formulating, improving and applying policies based on agricultural health and food safety and quality (AHFS).

Its key areas of focus are the promotion of institutional strengthening of AHFS systems; the harmonization, updating and implementation of health, safety and quality standards; capacity development for the adoption of best practices; and the tackling of emerging issues and health, phytosanitary and food safety emergencies, with an emphasis on cross-border cases.

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Water harvesting project will benefit 2,500 producer families in the Nicaraguan dry corridor
IICA will assist CATIE in implementing a project that seeks to generate opportunities for producers to become involved in market initiatives.
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IICA and ALADI launch series of conferences to train agricultural SMEs that wish to export
This is the second year in which these seminars are being carried out. The goal is to foster the internationalization of companies, a challenge that has become even more relevant within the context of the current pandemic.
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Pandemic highlights the urgency of strengthening Caribbean agriculture to produce more food, connect to the tourism sector and reduce imports
Chelston Brathwaite, Director General Emeritus of IICA, and James Fletcher, former Minister of Energy of St. Lucia, agreed that a connection between agriculture and tourism is necessary in order to transform the economic model of Caribbean countries.
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Mexican group Los Folkloristas joins IICA’s tribute to food chain workers
The group, which has pioneered the dissemination of traditional Latin American music, has taken part in IICA’s campaign to channel greater political and social attention towards the agriculture and rural sectors amidst the Covid-19 pandemic.
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João Bosco, iconic Brazilian popular music singer and composer joins IICA in paying tribute to agrifood chain workers
With a musical style that fuses bossa nova, samba and jazz with African rhythms, Bosco has inspired thousands and has been recognized as an ambassador of Brazilian popular music.
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