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IICA and SICA strengthen cooperation ties

The Director General of IICA and the Secretary General of SICA met today in Costa Rica to promote cooperation actions aimed at improving conditions in Central America’s agricultural sector.

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Institutional Modernization – One of IICA’s Foremost Contributions in Costa Rica

The IICA Office in Costa Rica presented its annual accountability report to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock and representatives of the country’s small-scale producers.

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Proposals for Agricultural Innovation Projects could be more attractive

Agricultural institution researchers were trained to formulate better project proposals for the 2014 meeting of the financing fund FONTAGRO.

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Jatropha research takes off in Latin America and the Caribbean

The aim of the studies being carried out in countries of the region is to find commercial varieties of Jatropha that can be used to produce pure vegetable oil, biodiesel and biokerosene.

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Improving lives with renewable energies

IICA’s Energy and Environment Partnership (EEP) Programme, financed with resources from the Government of Finland, demonstrates how renewable energies can be used to improve living conditions in rural areas.

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LAC and EU agrifood innovation networks set to receive a boost

The European Commissioner for Agriculture and the Director General of IICA will inaugurate the international seminar of Red INNOVAGRO, due to take place in Spain from April 23-25.

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Specialists in innovation lay the groundwork for scientific cooperation in agrifood subjects between the European Union and LAC

IICA and the ceiA3 signed an agreement to produce materials and courses related to innovation management in the agrifood sector.

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Investment in eight key areas would enable LAC to realize the potential of its agriculture

Working with the Global Harvest Initiative, the IDB and other international organizations, IICA contributed to the production of a new report on agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean that underscores the region’s importance as a global breadbasket.

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OAS Permanent Council recognizes IICA’s contribution to agriculture in the hemisphere

IICA presented its Annual Report for 2013 to the Permanent Council of the OAS and pledged to continue to offer verifiable results of its technical cooperation actions.

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