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.

Private estimates indicate that the pest has destroyed 20% of the projected corn production for this year in Argentina.

The initiative is supported by the Hemispheric Bioinputs Platform, in which IICA is heavily involved.

The different agencies and organizations were encouraged to set up work teams and strategic partnerships for the nationwide rollout of the new risk-based inspection model.

At the meeting, the participants decided to create a network, with technical support from IICA, which will seek to promote actions to strengthen and empower rural territories and their stakeholders, and prioritize their role as guarantors of food and nutrition security and guardians of the planet’s biodiversity.

The United States and IICA will collaborate with Guatemalan stakeholders to develop a VACS strategy that builds a more resilient food system through a focus on diverse, climate-adapted crops and healthy, fertile soils.