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“Countries regard IICA as a strategic partner in the area of biosafety”

Pedro Rocha, coordinator of IICA’s biotechnology and biosafety unit, detects growing interest in the countries of the Americas in developing regulatory frameworks on the subject.

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IICA/El Salvador holds its annual accountability activity

The Director General of the Institute presented a report on IICA’s contribution to the Family Agriculture Plan of that Central American nation.

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IICA and FAO to increase knowledge management in agriculture

They have signed a letter of understanding to develop a new distance-learning course designed to enhance management capabilities.

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Cryoconservation, a modern response to the challenges of long-term plant conservation

This scientific technique has a strategic role to play in conserving tropical genetic resources in developing countries.

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Website activated for Meeting of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas

Available for download is the technical proposal that will guide the ministerial negotiations on water and agriculture, which was prepared by IICA and Argentine specialists.

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Meeting of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas gets under way in Argentina

The Vice President of Argentina, Amado Boudou, inaugurated the meeting and stressed the need for governments to lend political support to the technical efforts to improve the use of water in agriculture.

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Inter-American Board of Agriculture re-elects Director General of IICA

Víctor M. Villalobos, a citizen of Mexico, will remain at the helm of IICA for a second term, from 2014-2018.

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Ministers of agriculture call for their sector to be given a bigger role in water management

The delegations to the Meeting of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas 2013 expressed the conviction that the agricultural sector could contribute innovative solutions to improve the use of water.

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Mexico to host next Meeting of Ministers of Agriculture

The ministers welcomed the invitation extended by the Under Secretary of Food and Competitiveness of the SAGARPA of Mexico, Ricardo Aguilar.

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