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IICA Jamaica Representative, Dr. Elizabeth Johnson

Kingston, Jamaica

June 7, 2021

IICA Jamaica World Food Safety Day message 2021

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June 7, 2021

Small enterprises from Portuguese-speaking countries discussed their participation in the food system

The Dialogue was organized by IICA, FAO, the Chamber of International Trade, the African Union and the International Agrifood Network, in an attempt to make the voice of this segment heard at the United Nations Food Systems Summit.

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May 17, 2021

Bayer online course on the IICA platform will help prevent the disease that is threatening banana production

The course is free and available on the IICA training platform (https://elearning.iica.int/). It provides important information about Fusarium, its historical, social, and economic consequences, its rate of propagation, and how it could affect global food security.

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May 11, 2021

One hundred representatives of the public and private sectors in the Caribbean received training on nutrition labelling.

The training was imparted in a virtual seminar organized by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Caribbean Agricultural Health and Food Safety Agency (CAHFSA), and IICA.

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May 10, 2021

Revamping agrifood systems: the key to developing the agriculture sector

Casio Luiselli, university researcher and member of IICA’s Advisory Council for Food Security in the Americas, insists that the current health crisis poses new challenges for rural areas and their systems of political and economic organization – challenges that necessitate the renewal of agrifood systems.

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May 6, 2021

Andean Ministers of Agriculture back Global Alliance against banana disease and call for increased joint international actions

IICA is the coordinator of the Secretariat of the Alliance’s Executive Committee, whose mission is to support the banana industry in the fight against the destructive Fusarium TR4 fungus, by developing knowledge, technology, and a definitive scientific solution to the disease.

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May 4, 2021

Experts from the Americas, speaking at a high-level event, emphasize the importance of cereals and oilseeds in sustainable agrifood systems

IICA organized the virtual seminar to promote the Western Hemisphere’s perspective and sustainable production practices in preparation for the UN Food Systems Summit 2021.

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April 29, 2021

The Minister of Agriculture of the Dominican Republic underscored the key role of the sector in the recovery and boosting of this country’s economy

Minister Limber Cruz announced a record production of beans, rice, vegetables, tomatoes and onions, as well as cooperation actions with Costa Rica to modernize the coffee industry. "We will be self-sufficient in coffee and we will export this product again," he said. Major support was also given to the fruit growing sector.

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April 26, 2021

IICA supports the Honduran Secretariat of Agriculture in a project to spur improved food safety in Honduras and Belize

The initiative— “Piloting the Use of Voluntary Third-Party Assurance Programs in Central America (Belize and Honduras)—will receive technical and administrative support from the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA).

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