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St. Augustine

March 21, 2018

Agricultural stakeholders in Trinidad and Tobago participate in consultation process to prepare IICA’s 2018-2022 work plan

The 18 participants in the consultation process represented public and private entities as well as educational institutions and farmers’ groups.

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Canada

March 20, 2018

Agriculture and International Development: A Fruitful Combination

A meeting held with Ms. Celina Caesar-Chavannes, the Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry, was quite encouraging. 

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Gerogetown

March 20, 2018

Guyana’s agriculture sector makes valuable contributions to enrich IICA’s road map

The stakeholders agreed that IICA’s contributions should focus on the areas of rural well-being, competitiveness, agribusiness, agricultural health, food safety and climate change.

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St. John's

March 20, 2018

Antigua and Barbuda’s agriculture sector contributes to the preparation of IICA’s work plan

Entities related to Antigua and Barbuda’s agriculture sector shared their technical viewpoints to enrich the document that will guide the Institute’s cooperation actions over the next four years.

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Canada

March 20, 2018

A New Type of Cooperation Formalized

The agreement, in the form of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), provides the framework for engaging the services and support of the Delegation to sensitize and prepare Paraguayan agribusiness sector to meet regulatory requirements in Canada

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Canada

March 19, 2018

Can Seasonal Agriculture Workers Contribute to Agriculture in Their Home Countries?

In Canada, the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAWP) has been in place for over 50 years, with workers coming from Mexico, Jamaica and other Caribbean countries.

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Canada

March 19, 2018

Representative’s Message

The inauguration of a new Director General of the Institute in January actually sealed the deal.  No stranger to IICA, Dr. Manuel Otero hit the ground running, ensuring that institutional planning was high on each Delegation’s work agenda.

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Washington, D.C.

March 19, 2018

The growth of the organic products market in the US will continue to present opportunities for exporters from LAC

During the 2018 USDA Agricultural Outlook, speakers on the Outlook for Organic Agriculture panel examined the rise in U.S. organic food demand, organic export markets, and organic production-sector opportunities. 
 

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Washington, D.C.

March 19, 2018

WTO-IICA Center: Cooperation services in international agricultural trade


Do you know that the World Trade Organization (WTO) Reference Center at IICA has been in operation since 2012?

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