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The USA bolsters its support for IICA

The United States Department of Agriculture is to finance a program that will make it possible to hire international professionals to work with IICA in an associate capacity.

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Leading Latin American and Caribbean women experts to participate in forum on rural women as panelists

The aim of the activity, due to be held on Thursday, October 7, is to discuss the role of women in agriculture and food security, and to create a common agenda for work on the issue.

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Faced with food insecurity and climate change: Agriculture must adopt a new paradigm

In a forum on the topic, well-known researcher and diplomat Cassio Luiselli, from Mexico, called for immediate action to make agriculture sustainable. 

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Dr. Armando Samper, Director Emeritus of IICA, has passed away

A champion of agriculture in the hemisphere has died in his native Colombia.

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Experts from the Americas meet to promote the development of organic agriculture

The second annual meeting of Inter-American Commission for Organic Agriculture will be held in Mexico, attended by 18 delegations who will analyze the development of organic agriculture in the region.

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Young rural leaders of the Americas visit Nebraska

Fifty-six young people will be in Lincoln, Nebraska, from August 2 to 6 to attend a Forum for Young Leaders in Agriculture of the Americas. One event planned as part of the Forum is a panel discussion involving the Deputy Director General of IICA and four former ministers of agriculture.

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IICA and FAO link up to prepare binational proposal for Haiti and the Dominican Republic

The representatives of IICA and FAO in Haiti and the Dominican Republic have entered into an alliance to coordinate actions in the two countries, focusing on the border region.

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Karen Lezny to be new Deputy Director General of IICA

Ms. Lezny, from the United States, is an expert in the field of international negotiations.

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Food crops being planted in Haiti

IICA is coordinating actions in the island nation.

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