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July 23, 2015

Jamaica’s Ambassador to the U.S. to Support the Role of Women in Development at Annual ‘IICA Day’ Function

To further support this initiative, the IICA Office in the United States, with support from the OAS, is hosting a complementary event celebrating women in agriculture in the Americas on November 18, 2010.

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July 23, 2015

“Building a single IICA”

This was the motto chosen for the First Institutional Management Meeting.

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July 23, 2015

IICA Calls for ‘Commitment to Public-Private Partnerships in Agriculture Development’ at World Food Prize Symposium

he Conference, “Take it to the Farmer": Reaching the World's Smallholders,” is currently underway this week in Des Moines, Iowa where global leaders and institutions will focus on the world’s small-scale farmers.

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July 22, 2015

Public policies needed for rural women in the Americas

According to the Director General of IICA, “It is time to reaffirm IICA’s commitment to rural women.

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July 22, 2015

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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July 22, 2015

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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July 22, 2015

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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July 22, 2015

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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July 21, 2015

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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