September 3, 2021
The Ministers of Agriculture of 14 nations in that region—who along with their other counterparts in the Americas, were attending the Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas 2021—committed to transforming and increasing the resilience of their agrifood systems to the challenges they face, due to their vulnerability to climate change-related natural disasters.
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September 2, 2021
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) presented the report entitled “The Outlook for Agriculture and Rural Development in the Americas: A Perspective on Latin America and the Caribbean”.
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September 2, 2021
In the Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas 2021, an event organized by IICA, the Dominican Republic and Haiti reported on the actions taken to fight the disease, which is threatening the Hemisphere’s swine industry. So far, it has only been detected on Dominican farms.
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September 1, 2021
Amina J. Mohammed, UN Deputy Secretary-General made these remarks at the Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas, which is taking place in conjunction with the meeting of the Inter-American Board of Agriculture (IABA), IICA’s highest governing body, under this year’s theme: “Sustainable Agri-food Systems, the Engine of Development of the Americas”.
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August 31, 2021
Phillip “Chip” Councell will receive the award for his innovative initiatives that work to raise awareness about the importance of agriculture and how it relates to food security and environmental protection.
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August 30, 2021
It is expected that during her presentation to the ministers of Agriculture of the Americas, Agnes Kalibata will report on the course of the Food Systems Summit, a forum for which the countries of the Americas—mobilized with the support of IICA—reached a common position.
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August 27, 2021
The entities have worked together since 1983 and renewed their alliance to promote actions related to the protection of animal, environmental and human health.
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August 23, 2021
Industry leaders convened by IICA to a high-level roundtable agreed that fruits and vegetables are essential for food and nutrition security and the socioeconomic development of Latin America and the Caribbean.
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August 20, 2021
Due to this emergency, some 30,000 people had to be evacuated from the area, mostly smallholder farmers who in some cases lost all their crops and animals.
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