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May 15, 2024

Peru and Ecuador’s food inspection systems enhance their capabilities with technical assistance from US and IICA specialists

The different agencies and organizations were encouraged to set up work teams and strategic partnerships for the nationwide rollout of the new risk-based inspection model.

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May 6, 2024

Regenerative agriculture has the potential to improve soils, manage water more efficiently, and reduce climate vulnerability: IICA presents the options available to high-level State of Colorado officials

Ibrahim presented the advances achieved by IICA with regenerative agriculture, and shared with the visitors the results of the first Meeting of Leaders of Rurality of the Americas. Held by the Institute in San José in April 2024, it brought together more than 40 leaders from all parts of the continent who make a key contribution to the promotion of sustainable landscapes.

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April 22, 2024

In a meeting with rural leaders, IICA Director General proposes a roadmap and concrete actions to strengthen production, marketing and communities

At the meeting, the participants decided to create a network, with technical support from IICA, which will seek to promote actions to strengthen and empower rural territories and their stakeholders, and prioritize their role as guarantors of food and nutrition security and guardians of the planet’s biodiversity.

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March 19, 2024

Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils Expansion in Guatemala during High-Level Economic Dialogue

The United States and IICA will collaborate with Guatemalan stakeholders to develop a VACS strategy that builds a more resilient food system through a focus on diverse, climate-adapted crops and healthy, fertile soils.

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March 18, 2024

IICA recognizes Salomón Zelada, a groundbreaking leader of the agricultural cooperative movement in El Salvador for more than three decades, as a Leader of Rurality in the Americas

Zelada is to receive the “Soul of Rurality” award, part of an initiative by the specialized agency for agriculture and rural development intended to shine the spotlight on men and women who leave their mark and make a difference in the rural areas of the Americas, a key element in the world’s food and nutrition security and environmental sustainability.

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March 15, 2024

Experts convened by IICA analyze the impact of the volatility of international food and fertilizer prices on food security in Central America

The region is facing an unprecedented food crisis: a growing number of people are struggling with severe or moderate food insecurity in Central America, more than the average for Latin America and the Caribbean and, in some cases, over 10% of the population.

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February 29, 2024

IICA International Traditional Foods and Tourism Fair will be held on March 9 in Coronado

Most of the proceeds from the event will go towards improving the living conditions of senior citizens and students across the canton.

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February 13, 2024

Use of technologies and science-based data will be crucial for trade in agricultural goods from the Americas in the European Union

With farmers as key players in agrifood systems transformation, countries of the region are being called upon to consolidate their leading role in food security, noted IICA’s Deputy Director General during an international seminar.

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January 25, 2024

Indigenous Amazonian collector and entrepreneur Katia Silene Tonkyre, the first woman cacique of her village, will receive IICA’s “Soul of Rurality” award, which recognizes Leaders of Rurality of the Americas

The award is part of an initiative of the agency specializing in agricultural and rural development to recognize men and women who are leaving a mark and making a difference in rural areas of the Americas.

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