Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture

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Washington, D.C.

August 1, 2017

From the Desk of the Representative – IICA Delegation in the USA Newsletter — May – June 2017

Welcome to our third edition of 2017!

 

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Washington, D.C.

August 1, 2017

Countries seeking to strengthen their evaluation systems to improve public policies for agriculture

IICA and the Southern Agricultural Council brought together 6 LAC countries in an international workshop to promote the implementation of systems for the evaluation of public policies for agriculture.
 

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Washington, D.C.

August 1, 2017

2017 World Food Prize Laureate announced at ceremony at the U.S. Department of Agriculture 

Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank was announced as the winner of the 2017 World Food Prize. He is the 46th person and the sixth African to win the World Food Prize.

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Washington, D.C.

August 1, 2017

Scientists analyzed innovations to adapt family agriculture to climate change

Scientists met with authorities from national agricultural research and innovation institutes to analyze progress made by over 20 ongoing projects.

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Washington, D.C.

August 1, 2017

System of Rice Intensification (SRI) project seeks to overcome high costs of labor

With the support of the private sector, farmers in the Dominican Republic have been working to mechanize the transplanting process and the weeding to overcome this obstacle

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IICA analyzes the technical cooperation that it should provide in the future

Agenda 2030 for sustainable development and the national development plans of its member countries will be the guide for strengthening agriculture in the Americas and meeting the challenge of feeding the world.

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Integrated and differentiated agricultural policies can contribute to achieving sustainable development objectives

A new IICA publication brings together experiences in the Americas, China and the EU on this topic; readers are urged to take advantage of it to replicate actions in other countries around the hemisphere.

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Candidates for Director General of IICA outlined their work plan to the Executive Committee

Carlos Furche from Chile and Manuel Otero from Argentina are the candidates for the position. The election will be held in October 2017 during the meeting of the Inter-American Board of Agriculture (IABA).

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​Eight years of work, an abundant harvest of results

In his address to the Executive Committee, Victor M. Villalobos, Director General of IICA, presented the results achieved under his leadership and called for strengthening the stability of the Institute to continue working for the benefit of agriculture in the hemisphere.

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