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October 4, 2024

Bolivia strengthens the resilience of high Andean wetlands with the “Bofedal es Vida” program

The initiative promotes sustainable practices to preserve vulnerable ecosystems and enhance the resilience of high Andean communities and camelid livestock in the face of climate change

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October 3, 2024

With IICA’s support, FORAGRO renews and strengthens its commitment to science, technology and agricultural innovation in the Americas

At a strategic virtual assembly of the Forum of the Americas for Agricultural Research and Technological Development, the Institute launched a comprehensive proposal with three priorities for strengthening the program.

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September 27, 2024

Columbia University and IICA, along with international leaders and the President of Guyana, are building a narrative to explain to the world the strategic role of agriculture in Latin America

The goal of the joint work is to strengthen the agri-food systems in the region as providers of solutions in a global scenario of a growing population, political conflicts, and climate crises. The debate took place at Columbia University’s Forum, a venue for events that often shape the international public debate agenda.

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September 19, 2024

Columbia University and IICA convene international leaders to design new narrative illuminating essential role of Latin American agriculture for planet

The planned exchange is the result of a major effort by Columbia University's School of Climate and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA). The partnership is designed to shed light on the true contribution of agriculture in the region to food security, environmental balance and global social stability.

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September 13, 2024

“Producing in impossible environments”: in presentation to 23 ministers and deputy ministers of agriculture of G20 countries, the Director General of IICA set outs challenges and suggests solutions for the sector that guarantees global food security

Manuel Otero noted that agriculture is facing new challenges, such as energy security, in addition to those of sustainability, food and nutrition security, food safety, and rural and territorial development.

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Washington, DC

September 12, 2024

With support from IICA, Wilson Center in U.S. organizes dialogue on future of agriculture with President of EMBRAPA and Secretary of Brazil’s MAPA

The Wilson Center's Brazil Institute is pleased to announce a private dialogue event, Farming Forward: Strategic Approaches to Sustainable Agriculture, featuring Silvia Maria Fonseca Silveira Massruhá, President of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa), and Roberto Perosa, Brazil's Secretary of Commerce and International Relations at the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAPA). The event will take place at the Wilson Center on September 20, 2024, from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM ET.

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September 12, 2024

At G20 ministerial meeting in Brazil, the Southern Agricultural Council (CAS) makes call for science-based decisions affecting trade and highlights the value of biotechnology in combating food security challenges

The ministers adopted two statements: one on the value of biotechnology, and the other on the application of criteria for the inclusion of banned or severely restricted chemicals in the Rotterdam Convention, which seeks to promote shared responsibility and joint efforts regarding the international trade of certain hazardous chemicals, in order to protect human health and the environment.

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September 12, 2024

At meeting of G20 ministers of agriculture in Brazil, IFAD and IICA sign agreement to step up their joint efforts to combat rural poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean

IFAD and IICA have been working together since 1987, when they signed their first agreement aimed at improving the quality of life of rural dwellers in Latin American and Caribbean nations.

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September 10, 2024

In a lecture at Paraguay’s Diplomatic Academy, the Director General of IICA said the new frontier of science is the key to enabling agri-food systems to provide the solutions that the world needs, and highlights agriculture’s contribution to the global po

Manuel Otero was invited to give a lecture on the challenges facing global food security by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Carlos Antonio López Diplomatic and Consular Academy, which trains the members of Paraguay’s foreign service.

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