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Hand in hand with IICA, the AAPRESID Congress is defining the agenda of agriculture in the Americas

Boasting a more than three-decade history of interconnecting innovation, technology and knowledge, the Argentine Association of No-Till Farmers (AAPRESID) will meet from 7- 9 August 2024. The event will see leading national and international authorities in the field coming together to discuss and define key issues for the future agenda, linking science and production to agricultural transformation, innovation and climate change adaptation and mitigation.

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Colombia will host the First Pan-American Summit on Sustainable Aviation Fuels, to be attended by regional leaders and co-organized by IICA

The summit will bring together different experts and industry leaders to discuss and analyze key issues related to sustainable fuels. The academic agenda will include, among other things, a conference on the evolution of SAF prices compared to those of fossil fuels and trends in raw materials.

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Ibero-American veterinary science academies will collaborate with IICA in the dissemination of knowledge to address challenges of antimicrobial resistance in agriculture, under the One Health approach

IICA's participation in the topic was considered relevant by the most important academics in veterinary sciences from the Ibero-American countries, who met at the Institute's headquarters in San José, Costa Rica, at a conference organized by the Ibero-American Association of Academies of Veterinary Sciences (AIACIVET).

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In Costa Rica, IICA and FECAGRO will host talks involving the agricultural federations of the Americas aimed at promoting sustainable agriculture and the development of the sector

The historic meeting, which will take place within the framework of IICA’s Executive Committee, will bring together nearly 40 participants, including leaders and representatives of some 20 federations from across the continent.

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CIMMYT and IICA agree in Mexico to strengthen their partnership to promote the use of science in favor of productivity and sustainability in agriculture

Areas covered in the agreement include international trade and regional integration, digital agriculture, gender equality and youth, and health and safety of agri-food products, topics encompassed in IICA's technical cooperation through its seven hemispheric programs.

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The Leaders of Rurality of the Americas network began its work with the mission of empowering communities and strengthening rural territories with technical support from IICA

The Minister of Agrarian Development and Family Agriculture of Brazil, Paulo Teixeira, and the Director General of IICA, Manuel Otero, participated in a virtual meeting where the Leaders of Rurality presented the progress of their joint work initiated in April this year.

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Katy Moncada, a farmer who has paved the way and teaches the path to rural women in Honduras, is recognized by IICA as a Leader of Rurality of the Americas

Katy is part of a group of rural women from the department of El Paraíso, in eastern Honduras, who left the countryside, graduated from university, and returned to their first love, coffee growing. These women also began other productive activities such as beekeeping and growing bananas and lemons through the cooperative enterprise “Women in Action.”

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Transformation of food systems should start from the true value of food, and not by considering them “broken” systems, says IICA study presented in Brazil

The study was presented at the Global Agribusiness Forum (GAF), part of the Global Agribusiness Festival in São Paulo, the world's largest agribusiness event organized by Datagro, which brought together around 12,000 people from the sector, including public managers and politicians.

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More than 300 scientists gather in Costa Rica to promote greater use of biological controllers in agriculture across the Americas

A congress organized by CABI, IOBC, IICA, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, and the University of Costa Rica (UCR) addressed the relevance of intelligent use of biological controllers to increase the sustainability of regional agriculture.

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