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The Permanent Council of the OAS endorses IICA’s new cooperation model

The Director General of IICA presented the Institute’s Annual Report in Washington.

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OAS recognizes IICA’s contribution to the development of the Americas

The Director General of IICA participated in the OAS General Assembly, held in the United States.

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Mexico supports training in tropical plants for technical personnel from 13 Caribbean countries

The Government of Mexico, IICA, the CICY (Mexico) and the University of West Indies at St. Augustine (Trinidad and Tobago) pool efforts to promote innovation and research in 13 Caribbean nations.

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Training in applied biotechnology in agriculture underway for Central America and the Caribbean

Agricultural professionals and producers from 13 countries in Central America and the Caribbean participated in a training event to drive agricultural development in their countries.

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Orchid dome drives rural inclusion and the conservation of biodiversity in Colombia

A project by IICA has benefited over 60 Colombian families by incorporating forest products to viable business models.

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IICA calls for strengthening investment in agriculture in the Americas

IICA’s member countries recognized the organization’s contributions to regional agriculture and are discussing alternatives for revitalizing its finances.

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Countries settle on a proposal for the financial strengthening of IICA

An initiative for the countries of the Americas to increase their annual contributions to IICA will be presented to the ministers of agriculture of the region at the meeting they will be holding in Mexico in October.

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Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas to discuss productivity and sustainability

This year, the highest-level meeting of the hemisphere’s agricultural sector will be taking place in Mexico, organized by that country’s Secretariat of Agriculture and IICA.

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IICA distributes environmentally friendly stoves in Haiti

The project distributes stoves that save energy and can use fuels other than firewood, thus reducing the rate of deforestation, and operates nurseries that grow fruit-bearing and timber-yielding trees.

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