Manuel Otero, Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), in opening the 2019 Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas, emphasized the role of agriculture as an engine for economic and social development.
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In opening the 2019 Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas, the President of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado, and the Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Manuel Otero, appealed for agriculture to be accorded priority in public policies.
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The President of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado, and the Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Manuel Otero, will inaugurate the 2019 Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas in San Jose.
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St. George, Grenada
October 28, 2019
The first phase of this AHFS Programme in Grenada, in June 2019, involved an assessment of the equipment at the abattoir.
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Ministers and secretaries of agriculture of 34 countries in the Americas will meet in Costa Rica this week to discuss ways of boosting the sector’s contributions to the development of Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Codrington, Barbuda
October 23, 2019
The main objective was to demonstrate to the participants alternative choices like using sweet potato and cassava
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Saint Philip, Antigua and Barbuda
October 2, 2019
IICA provides countries in this region with the tools required to address matters related to international standards on plant health.
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Manuel Otero held meetings with high-level authorities of the USDA and the U.S. Department of State and attended the signing of an agreement between the OAS and Zicosur, which will strengthen the institutional framework of this integration mechanism.
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Joint project aims to strengthen the region’s food safety systems and protect consumers from foodborne diseases.
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