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April 23, 2021

Together with SENASICA, IICA contributes to strengthening agrifood health and safety in Mexico

The Institute presented reports on the operational programs it implements with the Mexican Government to help safeguard the country’s phytosanitary status.

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April 22, 2021

The Minister of Agriculture of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has issued a food security alert in this Caribbean country

At a meeting of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Minister Saboto Caesar asked for support and solidarity, and stated that "access to food in the country is in jeopardy" after the volcanic eruption that compromised the productive capacity of local agriculture.

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April 20, 2021

Alarm bells sound in Peru and Ecuador amidst the banana “pandemic”: experts call for public-private cooperation to battle the scourge

The Global Alliance for Cooperation in the Fight against Fusarium TR4 informed Peruvian authorities that it stands ready to collaborate in planning actions to tackle the crisis.

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April 15, 2021

International dairy sector associations and IICA release publication on the essential role of dairy in sustainable food systems

A newly released document compiles the technical perspectives of experts convened by the GDP, USDEC and IICA to discuss dairy’s role in healthy food, nutrition and socioeconomic development in the Americas.

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April 14, 2021

USDEC, UPEACE and IICA train national Codex Alimentarius officers in the Americas

Through an online training course, representatives from 24 countries in the hemisphere will improve their consensus-building skills.

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April 8, 2021

Experts at a Council of the Americas seminar maintained that farmers should be prioritized in discussions about the future of food systems

The participants included Saboto Caesar, Minister of Agriculture of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Krysta Harden, Executive Director and President of the U.S. Dairy Export Council; Manuel Bravo, President and Executive Director of Bayer Mexico; Michael Kremer, University of Chicago professor and winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics; and Manuel Otero, Director General of IICA.

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March 31, 2021

IICA and COLEACP will promote entrepreneurship development in the Caribbean

The entities will collaborate under a technical cooperation agreement, aimed at developing a more sustainable agriculture sector and providing training for small farmers and MSMEs.

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March 31, 2021

Caribbean ministers highlighted IICA’s role in tackling food insecurity and discussed new challenges stemming from the pandemic

Caribbean ministers of agriculture stressed the need to reduce food import dependency and to digitalize rural areas, while offering proposals to increase climate change resilience.

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March 24, 2021

Africa seeks the cooperation of Latin America and the Caribbean in the areas of export development, soil recovery and reforestation

This was stated by Fadel Ndiame, vice president of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), an organization that promotes agricultural transformation in 11 countries of this continent to improve the income of producers and guarantee food security.

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