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In partnership with the Carolina Foundation and FUNIBER, IICA increases academic options for young professionals

 Agricultural engineering, nutrition, food biotechnology, environmental management, business and other agriculture-related studies are just some of the options available to students in the Americas.

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Director General of IICA receives strong support for institutional modernization process

The Executive Committee, a governing body of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), brought together delegates from about twenty countries in San Jose, Costa Rica. The participants expressed strong support for the institutional modernization process led by Director General Manuel Otero.

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FDA and IICA train agricultural instructors on the requirements for exporting fresh produce to the United States

A course carried out in Costa Rica will equip 56 delegates from eight Latin American countries to provide training on this regulation to producers, academics and officers involved in the production and commercialization of fresh fruits and vegetables for the U.S. market.

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Microsoft and IICA create open access video platform on agriculture

IICA Play is a new tool for reducing digital and education divides. Producers across the hemisphere will have access to more than one hundred videos with technical and educational content related to agriculture, ranging from the efficient use of natural resources to methods of treating plant health diseases.

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Belize

July 8, 2019

IICA Belize hosts Accountability Seminar 2019

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South-South cooperation will strengthen beekeeping in Barbados and Dominica

In collaboration with Argentina, a project will be implemented in these countries to generate best practices for the entire beekeeping industry in the Caribbean.

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Ecuador inaugurates plant that produces biocosmetics for commercial sale made from pine-nut oil

A project by IICA and the Ministry of Energy and Non-Renewable Natural Resources of Ecuador allowed for consolidating this business undertaking in the field of bioeconomy, which will be operated by pine-nut producers in the province of Manabí.

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IICA launches online forum to promote the empowerment of rural women

The forum, which can be accessed at ruralwomen.iica.int, will provide an information- and data-sharing platform to raise awareness about the inequalities faced by these women, in a bid to pave the way for actions that guarantee equity.

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Belize

June 17, 2019

Opportunities and challenges for Latin America and the Caribbean Innovating for a Resilient Agriculture and Food Sector

On April 26th 2019, a forum was organized in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Forestry, the Environment, Sustainable Development and Immigration to Celebrate the opening of the 2019 National Agriculture and Trade Show.  The theme of the forum was: Innovating for a Resilient Agriculture and Food Sector.

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