Representatives of the Argentine Association of Direct Seeding Producers (AAPRESID), the Canadian firm Nutrien, the world’s largest provider of agricultural inputs, and the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA, also from Canada) took part in an activity at the Home of Sustainable Agriculture of the Americas (IICA’s pavilion at COP28), where they highlighted the importance of collaborative efforts in achieving zero emissions in the agrifood value chain in order to make production more sustainable and promote food safety.
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The presentation was made jointly by IICA and the Fund for the Development of the Indigenous Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean (FILAC), which promotes the development in harmony with the environment of the region’s indigenous peoples, communities and organizations.
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The framework agreement of understanding, signed by WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and IICA Deputy Director General Lloyd Day, representing the Institute's Director General, Manuel Otero, aims to contribute to achieving a fairer agricultural system while addressing new challenges affecting trade and markets in food and agriculture, including food security, environmental sustainability and innovation.
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The event served as a sounding board for producers in the hemisphere who apply good practices that generate valuable benefits, for both themselves and consumers.
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At COP28, the 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which is being held in the United Arab Emirates, experts from international organizations agreed that Latin America and the Caribbean has enormous potential to meet the demand for food for a burgeoning world population, while at the same time reducing the environmental impact of agricultural activities.
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The study, reflected in the document “Cattle farming and climate change in the Americas: in search of net zero emissions”, written by Argentine scientist Ernesto Viglizzo, warns that publications that hold cattle farming accountable for a significant part of climate change are wrong, as they incorrectly attribute emissions that come from other sectors of the economy, such as industrial, transportation, residential, distribution or domestic consumption, to this activity.
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The INIA and IICA are currently implementing a joint project that involves testing surface and subsurface drip irrigation in rice, at different distances and depths.
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The Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Manuel Otero, spoke with international media hours before the start of the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP 28), in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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IICA’s headquarters in Costa Rica has welcomed around 12,000 visitors in 2023, mostly children and young people, who have learned about the use of cutting-edge technologies and experimented with drones, robotics, 3D, satellite information and programming, all of which are essential tools for a more sustainable, attractive, dynamic, inclusive and profitable agriculture.
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