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Ottawa, ON

February 8, 2019

Partnering to improve productivity and environmental sustainability for small-holder farmers

The agreement will accommodate sharing of knowledge and innovations, agricultural exchanges and joint research internships to respond to the increasing productivity challenges being faced by farmers across the hemisphere.  The agreement will accommodate sharing of knowledge and innovations, agricultural exchanges and joint research internships to respond to the increasing productivity challenges being faced by farmers across the hemisphere.  The agreement will accommodate sharing of knowledge and innovations, agricultural exchanges and joint research internships to respond to the increasing productivity challenges being faced by farmers across the hemisphere.  

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Bayer-IICA Agreement will promote food security and sustainable development in agriculture

Access to technology, health, and training are the salient features of an agreement that was signed at Fruit Logistica 2019.

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Experts assembled at IICA to discuss how to develop sustainable food systems

One hundred and fifty specialists gathered at the Headquarters of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) to attend the II Global Conference of the UN Sustainable Food Systems Program. Discussions focused on the need to ensure a balance between food production and the health of the planet.

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The Director General of IICA expresses his concern regarding the situation in Venezuela and offers the Institute’s support for a democratic transition

Manuel Otero will make the organization’s technical capacity available to the country’s constitutional authorities to contribute to rebuilding Venezuela’s food production and trade system.

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Costa Rica will host the Second Global Conference of the United Nations Sustainable Food Systems Programme

The event will bring together more than 150 participants from around the world, to discuss how to address the urgent challenge of transforming our currently unsustainable food systems through a more systemic approach, which can simultaneously address all forms of malnutrition, environmental degradation, and inclusive prosperity.

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Microsoft and IICA define a roadmap for the digital transformation of agriculture in the Americas

The partnership between Microsoft and IICA will provide technological developments to transform agriculture in the Americas through innovation, for the benefit of rural women and youth in particular.

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Belmopan, Belize

December 19, 2018

IICA seeks to create awareness about bioeconomy in Belize

The Institute organized a seminar to present its Bioeconomy and Productive Development Program, and to sensitize Belizean stakeholders on the importance of bioeconomy for rural development.

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Bioeconomy: Costa Rica’s bid to develop agriculture and rural areas

Throughout this year, the Central American country has been preparing a national strategy on this issue, with input from public institutions involved in science, technology, the environment and agriculture.

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Ottawa

December 14, 2018

Impact Sessions with Parliamentarians on Ag Research & Innovation

The theme - “Economic Impact of Agricultural Research and Innovation” was evident during the symposium & Government Impact Sessions hosted November 5 to 7 in Ottawa, Ontario.  IICA being a co-sponsor of the event was privy to the various interactions. 

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