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Reactivation of agroindustries can trigger area-based development

An IICA project developed a methodology for promoting area-based development that involves using the chains approach to boost agroindustries and empowering the rural population.

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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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Costa Rica to update its National Biodiversity Strategy

IICA to provide support in seeking input from multiple sectors.

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IICA and PROMECAFE launch series of radio programs on combating coffee rust

The six-chapter series, to be launched simultaneously in the countries of Central America, deals with topics such as the cycle of the disease, fumigation, sucker removal and the integrated management of the disease.

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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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Experts analyzed the challenges faced by regional markets in Argentina

The Director General of IICA and the Secretary of Agriculture of Argentina shared their perspectives on the opportunities regional markets possess in the food production sector.

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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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