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Director General of IICA underscored the potential of bioeconomy to mitigate the effects of climate change

While speaking at the Week of Agriculture and Food in Buenos Aires, Manuel Otero maintained that Latin America can make a significant contribution, by creating sustainable businesses.

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New political-institutional frameworks and coordinated work by international cooperation agencies are key to driving bioeconomy in Latin America and the Caribbean

IICA brought together specialists to discuss how to fully capitalize on the potential of the bioeconomy in Latin America and the Caribbean, in order to drive the production development of agriculture and rural territories.

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IICA will broaden support in biosafety for its Member States

The announcement was made during the ninth Conference of the Parties (COP/MOP-9) in Egypt, during which the Institute highlighted the critical role that technologies play in consolidating  the sustainable, comprehensive development of humanity, which is currently undergoing multiple, vertiginous changes.

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

October 9, 2018

IICA Moves, Again, But to a NEW PERMANENT Home!

Message from the Representative at the Official Opening of the New Office of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture in Trinidad and Tobago

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Argentina shares its expertise in agricultural heath and water management with Caribbean specialists

Officials and technical specialists from Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines attended the “Regional Workshop on Agriculture in the English-speaking Caribbean”, which was held in Buenos Aires, as part of the Argentine Fund for International Cooperation (FO.AR) program of Argentina’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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Argentina will become the American continent’s hub for knowledge in the field of bioeconomy

Andrés Murchison, Secretary of Food and Bioeconomy of Argentina, and Manuel Otero, Director General of IICA, signed a Letter of Intent through which this South American country will assist in disseminating and fostering knowledge and innovations to strengthen bioeconomy-based development.

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The “IICA Chair” Program recognizes Argentina’s IFEVA for its research in agriculture

This program was launched by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) to recognize, promote and enhance expertise on agriculture and rural development in the Americas.

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IICA and Bayer – on the path to a strategic partnership to drive sustainable agriculture in the Americas

The organizations will devise a framework agreement to facilitate joint initiatives in areas such as biotechnology, bioinputs, pollination and food production.

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IICA and the Pan-American Association of Agricultural Engineers combine efforts for technological development and sustainable agriculture

Manuel Otero, Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and Alejandro Bonadeo, President of APIA, signed a technical cooperation agreement to undertake joint initiatives focusing on innovation, competitiveness and the environment to boost the agriculture sector of the Americas.

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