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Alysson Paolinelli, mastermind of Brazil’s thriving agriculture industry: IICA’s new Goodwill Ambassador

The Director General of the Institute, Manuel Otero, conferred the title on Paolinelli during a ceremony attended by numerous authorities, including the Brazilian Ministers of Agriculture and Citizenship, Tereza Cristina and Osmar Terra, who highlighted the Institute’s work.

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IICA promotes new programs and broadens partnerships in Brazil

The Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Manuel Otero, met with high-level authorities of the Government of Brazil in order to promote new projects. He was welcomed to Brazil by the ministers of Regional Development and Citizenship, as well as the Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply.

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“Agriculture and the environment should remarry”

Agricultural and food security specialist calls for a change in our way of thinking and speaking about agriculture and the environment, for the sake of the health of mankind and the planet.

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Agriculture leaders imagine the future of food in Latin America and the Caribbean Region

The World Bank leads an initiative that seeks to ensure that agriculture and food systems in LAC deliver inclusive growth, create jobs, and help feed some of the world population in a sustainable, nutritious, and safe way.

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February 8, 2019

Partnering to improve productivity and environmental sustainability for small-holder farmers

The agreement will accommodate sharing of knowledge and innovations, agricultural exchanges and joint research internships to respond to the increasing productivity challenges being faced by farmers across the hemisphere.  The agreement will accommodate sharing of knowledge and innovations, agricultural exchanges and joint research internships to respond to the increasing productivity challenges being faced by farmers across the hemisphere.  The agreement will accommodate sharing of knowledge and innovations, agricultural exchanges and joint research internships to respond to the increasing productivity challenges being faced by farmers across the hemisphere.  

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Bayer-IICA Agreement will promote food security and sustainable development in agriculture

Access to technology, health, and training are the salient features of an agreement that was signed at Fruit Logistica 2019.

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Experts assembled at IICA to discuss how to develop sustainable food systems

One hundred and fifty specialists gathered at the Headquarters of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) to attend the II Global Conference of the UN Sustainable Food Systems Program. Discussions focused on the need to ensure a balance between food production and the health of the planet.

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Ten countries in the Americas to be equipped with an integrated early warning system to tackle coffee leaf rust

Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Peru, Jamaica and Dominican Republic are part of this initiative, which will benefit 5,000,000 people in the region who directly depend on the production of this crop.

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The Director General of IICA expresses his concern regarding the situation in Venezuela and offers the Institute’s support for a democratic transition

Manuel Otero will make the organization’s technical capacity available to the country’s constitutional authorities to contribute to rebuilding Venezuela’s food production and trade system.

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