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August 23, 2022

Julio César Delgado, an ornamental flower grower from Colombia and promotor of sustainable production, is recognized by IICA as a “Leader of Rurality”

Delgado lives in the municipality of San Antonio del Tequendama, located 50 kilometers from the Colombian capital of Bogotá, where the nursery industry is an important economic activity with over 100 establishments.

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August 22, 2022

IICA forges linkages between agricultural technology startups and investment advisory firm, VAMS, to drive digital transformation

The initiative is in line with the Institute’s promotion of dynamic and inclusive digitalization in the agriculture sector, as a means of contributing to production development and global food security.

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August 4, 2022

Costa Rica’s Vice-President visits IICA and encourages collaborative efforts in organic agriculture and distribution channels to improve agriculture sector profitability

IICA Director General, Manuel Otero, welcomed Costa Rica’s Vice-President, Stephan Brunner Neibig, and outlined the extent of IICA’s cooperation programs and its “IICA of Open Doors initiatives.

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July 29, 2022

Africa-Americas Ministerial Summit calls for the creation of permanent mechanisms for integration and collaboration between the two continents to improve their agri-food systems

The States tasked three organizations the IICA, AGRA and AUDA-NEPAD with preparing a roadmap and developing a common agenda for that purpose.

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July 20, 2022

Countries of the Americas ask IICA to increase support for the design of public policies to foster and develop innovation, science and technology

The decision was reached through a resolution adopted at the IICA Executive Committee meeting, where Member State representatives heard a presentation by the Argentine scientist Raquel Chan on the importance of science, technology and innovation in agriculture.

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July 12, 2022

Cooperative member Chito Quintero, a role model for peasant and indigenous communities in Panama, recognized by IICA as a “Leader of Rurality”

Quintero, who forms part of the Ngäbe-Buglé indigenous community, lost his mother at the age of 6 and had to work from an early age to support his siblings. He became a union leader shortly after becoming a banana farmer, and in 1991, he co-founded the banana cooperative Cooperativa de Servicios Múltiples Bananera del Atlántico (COOBANA), which currently has 220 members and more than 600 workers.

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June 29, 2022

IICA recognizes Brazilian Francisca Neri as a “Leader of Rurality” for inspiring young people and helping to revolutionize sheep and goat farming in a municipality in northeast Brazil

The daughter of rural farmers from Betânia, a municipality in the state of Piauí, Francisca is now 25 and is Secretary of Family Farming, a position from which she promotes associativism and cooperativism to improve income and quality of life for small-sized farmers.

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June 28, 2022

Five thousand students from Argentine agrotechnical schools to be trained in digital technologies through Agroedutec, a program promoted by the Argentine government and developed by IICA in collaboration with Microsoft, Bayer and the World Bank

The initiative seeks to develop digital skills in young people in order to carry out projects tied to the different productive environments of each area of the country. During the first phase, the program will benefit high school juniors and seniors in the provinces of Buenos Aires, Córdoba and Tucumán.

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June 27, 2022

“IICA in Action”: New IICA podcast for Spotify will discuss challenges and opportunities for the agriculture and rural sector  

En alrededor de 15 minutos, cada capítulo del podcast rescatará temas y elementos informativos con una dinámica renovada, voces diversas y acciones relevantes para la actividad agropecuaria y la vida rural. 

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