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Barbados

June 2, 2016

CARIFORUM Region one step closer to attaining Model Legislation in Agricultural Health and Food Safety

 

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June 1, 2016

IICA and FDA join efforts to disseminate information about new food safety rules in the U.S.

The entities seek to inform exporters and U.S. importers of the entry into force of the new rules and address their questions on this topic.

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May 30, 2016

IICA-CONACYT scholarship program to benefit one thousand students by the end of the year

Between January and May 2016 alone, the academic initiative benefited 105 new professionals in the Americas, which speaks to the program’s success throughout its four years of operation.

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Ottawa, Canada

May 25, 2016

IICA and the Canadian Ministry of Agriculture to tighten cooperation

The highest authorities of the two entities met in Ottawa to discuss common concerns and identify actions on behalf of agriculture.

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May 25, 2016

Central America and the Dominican Republic aim at strengthening the production of safer food

A course on food safety auditing, organized by IICA and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, will allow countries to update their capacities in this area.

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May 24, 2016

Central America and the Dominican Republic now have over 400 trained food inspection professionals

The training took place in 2015 and 2016 as part of the IICA project: Regional Virtual School for Food Inspectors (RVSFI).

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Washington, D.C.

May 12, 2016

From the Desk of the Representative – IICA Delegation in the USA Newsletter — March—April 2016

By all accounts, 2016 has been a very exciting and busy year for IICA around the hemisphere as we are reaching the mid-point of the implementation of our current Medium Term Plan; but most importantly, because everyone at IICA continues to work to produce significant transformations to advance a competitive, sustainable and inclusive agriculture in our hemisphere.

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USA

May 12, 2016

Commercialization Strategies that Add Value and Facilitate Market Access for Agricultural Producers

In this issue we are sharing the developments related to the definition of the proposed marketing strategies: local foods (short supply chains), agricultural supply chain linkages, and differentiated products.

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Belize.

May 11, 2016

CARIFORUM seeks to increase fisheries exports through improved safety measures

With support from IICA, Caribbean countries studied Iceland’s experience with the aim of strengthening their value chains and sanitary and phytosanitary measures.

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