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Ottawa, Ontario

June 30, 2017

Building Competencies for Food Safety

The IICA Delegation in Canada was pleased to co-host two international workshops to strengthen capacity of countries for participating in the international standard setting body for food, Codex Alimentarius.

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uruguay2

Ottawa, Ontario

June 30, 2017

Reduced Carbon Footprint of Canadian Beef

Sharing Best Practices with Uruguay

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Ottawa, Ontario

June 30, 2017

Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy Released!

With a mandate on focussing on the poorest and most vulnerable and on fragile states, the International Development Minister recently unveiled the much anticipated policy indicating the country’s priorities for addressing international development.  Resulting from broad consultations involving some 65 countries, the policy seeks to tackle inequality and exclusion as root causes of poverty.​

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twitter

Ottawa, Ontario

June 30, 2017

Social Media Reshaping Stakeholder Engagement

Social media is powerful!   Nowadays people of all ages, businesses and organizations use some form of social media. It is particularly powerful for organizations to engage their customers and stakeholders in the organization’s activities.

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ottawa

Ottawa, Ontario

June 30, 2017

Rep’s Corner

The second quarter of any year tends to be a chockful of activities for most organizations.  This proved to be the case for the IICA Delegation in Canada.  We had several significant events, all focussed on delivering tangible results on our Country Strategy. 

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Ottawa, Ontario

June 30, 2017

Canadians explore how their love for chocolate can support farming communities

On April 5, 2017 the IICA Delegation in Canada and the Embassy of Peru in Canada hosted an event on “Cacao production in the Americas – A rewarding path to trade and development”. 

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bob_2

Ottawa, Ontario

June 30, 2017

Welcome Bob Lang to the Ontario Agricultural Hall of Fame!

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Ottawa, Ontario

June 30, 2017

Agriculture and Climate in the Americas

Agriculture is somewhat of a “double-edged sword”, in that its activities can both contribute to the negative impacts of climate change as well as mitigate these impacts. 

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margaret_z

Ottawa, Ontario

June 30, 2017

Shifting the Paradigm for Agricultural Productivity

IICA Canada’s Annual Accountability Seminar in May 2017 highlighted the potential for Latin American and Caribbean region to achieve productivity gains and position itself to be the world’s breadbasket.

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