To address these common points of interest, the Director of the Latin American Program of the Wilson Center, Benjamin Gedan; the President of Earth University, Arturo Condo; and the Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Manuel Otero, engaged in a public dialogue entitled “Global food security and sustainable agriculture in Latin America.”
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The initiative will encourage the use of digital technologies (in this case, the Minecraft video game) to develop creative and innovative solutions to real-world problems. High school students wishing to take part must register online between June 12 and 24.
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This month, at the Climate Conference that is underway in Bonn, Germany, the United Arab Emirates announced the launch of a Technical Cooperation Collaborative (TCC), comprised of a group of partners that will offer countries their collaboration to achieve agricultural transformation objectives.
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The course will be available on the web platform of the Leadership School for the Transformation of Agrifood Systems of the Americas from 3 June to 30 November 2024.
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Private estimates indicate that the pest has destroyed 20% of the projected corn production for this year in Argentina.
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In a virtual seminar organized by IICA and the Executive Secretariat of the Central American Agricultural Council, experts discussed the Global Stocktake presented at COP28 in Dubai, a report that shows the status of national climate mitigation and adaptation actions.
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At the 17th Special Meeting of the CAS held in Paris, the Council underscored the value of, and need for, the Institute’s technical cooperation to address a wide range of sector issues that transcend national borders and call for a regional approach.
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This was agreed upon during a meeting with the Secretary of Bioeconomy, Fernando Vilella, who expressed interest in the role that Leaders of Rurality can play as positive examples in their territories to strengthen rural ties and the sustainability of production and he committed to developing a joint agenda.
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IICA launched the Leaders of Rurality of the Americas initiative in 2021 to recognize and give visibility to those who, through their daily work, fulfill a dual, irreplaceable role: being guarantors of food and nutritional security while also safeguarding the planet's biodiversity.
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