November 12, 2024
The AECID and IICA have an ongoing, intensive program of joint activities. They are implementing a number of international cooperation projects, especially in countries such as El Salvador, Paraguay and Bolivia, in addition to regional projects in the Central American Dry Corridor, one of the most vulnerable areas in the world, in both social and climatic terms.
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November 12, 2024
The production and livelihoods of farmers in Latin America and the Caribbean are affected by droughts, flooding, hurricanes and other events that are increasingly frequent and severe. In this context, nature-based solutions and innovative financial schemes have been effective in increasing adaptation to these phenomena and mitigating damage and losses.
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November 11, 2024
This is the objective of the technical cooperation agreement signed in the capital of Jujuy, which is designed to strengthen and enhance the province’s productive sector and contribute to food and nutrition security.
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November 7, 2024
During the event, held at IICA's headquarters, more than 20 representatives from official sanitary, phytosanitary, and food safety services participated in discussions aimed at strengthening countries’ capacity to understand and implement equivalence agreements on sanitary and phytosanitary measures, thus facilitating global and regional trade in agri-food products.
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November 7, 2024
IICA will have a pavilion at the most important global forum for negotiations and discussions on climate change for the third consecutive time, having previously operated one at COP27 in Egypt in 2022, and COP28 in the United Arab Emirates.
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November 5, 2024
The participants in the different discussion panels held in the run-up to COP29 emphasized the importance of the bioeconomy as a strategy for strengthening agrifood systems, reversing biodiversity loss, addressing health challenges, and using innovation as a driver of new economic opportunities, especially the creation of jobs for young people.
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November 5, 2024
Otero explained that agriculture has an essential role in mitigating climate change, while also undergoing a transformation to adapt to the increasingly adverse production conditions ushered in by the climate crisis.
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November 4, 2024
The act of recognition of Manuel Otero took place during the graduation ceremony of CATIE’s Master’s Program, honoring his career of over 35 years dedicated to promoting and developing tropical and temperate agriculture in the Americas.
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November 1, 2024
Some of the institutions joining the alliance, in addition to IICA, include FAO, the European Space Agency, the Global University Alliance, the International Bioeconomy Forum, the World Economic Forum, and the Global Bioeconomy Alliance.
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