Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture

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August 5, 2015

Preparations underway for the next meeting of the Inter-American Board of Agriculture

The highest-level ministerial forum on agriculture will be held on the Mexican Riviera Maya in October of this year.

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August 4, 2015

IICA provides support to strengthen agricultural research in Guatemala

Nuevo convenio pretende beneficiar las cadenas agrícolas de las regiones occidental, cardamomera y corredor seco oriental de este país.

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August 4, 2015

Results of agricultural census in Costa Rica presented

IICA provided support by training census takers from the National Institute of Statistics and Census of Costa Rica and created a virtual classroom to function as a reference source for census takers while they visited farms.

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August 3, 2015

OAS recognizes IICA’s contribution to the development of the Americas

The Director General of IICA participated in the OAS General Assembly, held in the United States.

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August 3, 2015

Mexico supports training in tropical plants for technical personnel from 13 Caribbean countries

The Government of Mexico, IICA, the CICY (Mexico) and the University of West Indies at St. Augustine (Trinidad and Tobago) pool efforts to promote innovation and research in 13 Caribbean nations.

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August 3, 2015

Training in applied biotechnology in agriculture underway for Central America and the Caribbean

Agricultural professionals and producers from 13 countries in Central America and the Caribbean participated in a training event to drive agricultural development in their countries.

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August 3, 2015

Orchid dome drives rural inclusion and the conservation of biodiversity in Colombia

A project by IICA has benefited over 60 Colombian families by incorporating forest products to viable business models.

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August 3, 2015

Energy solutions to improve production

A video shows the inspiring results of the EEP program, executed by IICA in the Andean countries using Finnish resources.

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August 3, 2015

IICA distributes environmentally friendly stoves in Haiti

The project distributes stoves that save energy and can use fuels other than firewood, thus reducing the rate of deforestation, and operates nurseries that grow fruit-bearing and timber-yielding trees.

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