Project will help standardize methods used to gather information on fruit prices and other variables, in order to improve market intelligence in Central America and the Dominican Republic.
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The initiative is being promoted by IICA, the European Union, the private sector in Haiti and the Ministry of Agriculture.
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Alliance focuses on production of roots and tubers and on protected agriculture.
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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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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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In an address to the Mexican Senate, the Director General of IICA stated that the agricultural sectors of the hemisphere can turn the challenges posed by population growth and climate change into opportunities.
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The Director General of the Institute called attention to the leadership shown in the Caribbean by Trinidad and Tobago, which will encourage the development of a plan for work for the region aimed at making agriculture more productive and competitive.
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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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