The Institute is spearheading a total of 47 technical support projects in the region, which are funded through IICA’s own resources, the General Directorate’s Competitive Fund and external cooperation.
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Costa Rica and IICA organize the Meeting of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas 2011, in which countries will be challenged to modernize their innovation systems.
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Each year, professionals from the agricultural sector in the Americas will be able to do specializations at institutions within the National Science and Technology System of Mexico.
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The cooperation will focus on the areas of Science, Technology, Building Technical Capacity and Human Resource Development.
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IICA and four international centers (CIP, CIAT, CIMMYT and IFPRI) intend to draw up a work program that will focus initially on roots and tubers, corn, the integration of producers and markets, and climate change. The organizations will present a coordination agreement at the hemispheric meeting of ministers of agriculture in October of this year.
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Joint action carried out in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture of Haiti.
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By means of video conferences and other resources, IICA promotes the use of information and communication technologies to disseminate new approaches to issues of crucial importance to agriculture in the Americas.
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The Directors General of both organizations signed a framework agreement on the creation of a strategic partnership that will be mutually beneficial, calling for the implementation of joint actions related to science, technology and human resource development.
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Innovation in agriculture as a response to challenges posed by climate change, food security and rural poverty will be the focus of discussions among the ministers at a hemispheric meeting to be held at the Headquarters of the IICA.
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