Ciudad de Guatemala
June 23, 2025
At the ceremony held in the capital city, Minister Rivera highlighted Dr. Otero’s key role in establishing IICA as a strategic partner of MAGA and the significant impact of his work in various countries.
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San José, Costa Rica
June 20, 2025
The country’s Ministry of Environment and Energy and the Institute organized an event to showcase 10 initiatives that leverage waste and biomass to generate renewable energy, with the aim of promoting their development and mobilizing resources from green financial sources for the adoption and scaling of these clean technologies.
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Brasilia
June 19, 2025
The event was organized by IICA in collaboration with EMBRAPA and brought together representatives from the public and private sectors, research institutions, international organizations, embassy staff, and producer organizations
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San José. Costa Rica
June 17, 2025
The official announcement was made after the country’s President, Mohamed Irfaan Ali, and Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, met with Ibrahim in Guyana’s capital, Georgetown.
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San José, Costa Rica
June 17, 2025
The program brought together 20 agtech startups from 12 countries across the Americas and featured mentorship sessions with prominent figures from the tech and agribusiness ecosystems.
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San José, Costa Rica
June 16, 2025
Faced with an increasingly challenging global scenario as far as agri-food production is concerned, the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) is making great strides in implementing the Hemispheric Fund for Agricultural Resilience and Sustainability (FoHRSA), an initiative requested by the ministers of agriculture of the countries of the Americas.
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San José, Costa Rica
June 11, 2025
Ramírez stands out for his work in support of small-scale farmers and livestock producers. He is part of the Salinas group, a conglomerate of cooperatives and foundations that supports local smallholders who supply inputs at fair prices for the production of chocolates, wool items, cheeses, jams, cocoa, aromatic herbs, and handicrafts.
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San José, Costa Rica
June 11, 2025
This initiative took shape during a visit by a select group of GFN members, led by CEO Mary Boote, to IICA headquarters in San José, Costa Rica. They were received by the Institute’s Director General, Manuel Otero, and held discussions with IICA’s technical staff specializing in agriculture and rural development. These exchanges focused on the strategic role of farmers in food security, climate resilience, and sustainable rural development.
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San José, Costa Rica
June 10, 2025
The General Secretariat of the Andean Community and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) have signed a cooperation agreement to implement the Observatory of Public Policies for Agri-food Systems in the Andean Community (OPSAa–Andino), a strategic tool aimed at strengthening agricultural activity in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
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