San Jose, Costa Rica
May 16, 2025
The bioeconomy is the most powerful path to transform agriculture, agri-food systems, and rural territories in Latin America, agreed the authorities who participated in the opening ceremony of the 2025 International Conference of the Latin American Bioeconomy Network, held at the headquarters of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA).
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San Jose, Costa Rica
May 16, 2025
In the mid-1990s, having recently completed his Social Work degree in Tegucigalpa, Dagoberto Suazo was given the opportunity to continue his studies in the Netherlands. His time in Europe would be a transformative experience, revealing to him the need to create new export markets for Honduran coffee.
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San José, Costa Rica
May 16, 2025
Under three main programs, the Center will provide services to promote innovation, entrepreneurship, and leadership, build technical and business capabilities, and provide comprehensive support across the various stages involved in the maturation of business ventures, with the goal of contributing to a more dynamic, inclusive, and job-creating bioeconomy.
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San José, Costa Rica
May 15, 2025
During a visit to IICA headquarters in San José, Costa Rica, the IAEA’s Director of Technical Cooperation for Latin America and the Caribbean, Luis Longoria, was received by Director General Manuel Otero and Deputy Director General Lloyd Day.
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San Jose, Costa Rica
May 12, 2025
The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) has announced the fourth edition of its Digital Agriculture Week (DAW), scheduled to take place from September 22 – 25 in San Jose, Costa Rica. The initiative aims to foster greater coordination among AgTech startups; public and private financial organizations, national research institutes, technology companies and public authorities, to fast-track the digital transformation of agrifood systems in the Americas.
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San Jose, Costa Rica
May 12, 2025
One hundred million small-scale farmers in the Americas, Africa and India will receive training in the fundamental principles of regenerative agriculture, through an extraordinary joint effort between Bayer and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA). Courses will be delivered in five languages, including Swahili and Hindi.
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San Jose, Costa Rica
May 9, 2025
Moreover, the Conference will include the official launch of IICA’s Agrobiobusiness and Investment Center – a new initiative to drive the creation and development of agricultural and bioeconomy business ventures.
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San Jose, Costa Rica
May 8, 2025
Strengthening small farmers’ organizations is key to enabling this sector to play a more prominent role in transforming agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean. This was one of the main takeaways of a meeting among family farming representatives, authorities and researchers from international organizations, professionals and policymakers, held at the headquarters of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA).
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San José, Costa Rica
May 7, 2025
Akiesha and Ryan—proud parents of little Lyon—have embraced farming as a way of life, proudly calling themselves a rural couple.
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