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July 17, 2024

Ibero-American veterinary science academies will collaborate with IICA in the dissemination of knowledge to address challenges of antimicrobial resistance in agriculture, under the One Health approach

IICA's participation in the topic was considered relevant by the most important academics in veterinary sciences from the Ibero-American countries, who met at the Institute's headquarters in San José, Costa Rica, at a conference organized by the Ibero-American Association of Academies of Veterinary Sciences (AIACIVET).

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July 9, 2024

Katy Moncada, a farmer who has paved the way and teaches the path to rural women in Honduras, is recognized by IICA as a Leader of Rurality of the Americas

Katy is part of a group of rural women from the department of El Paraíso, in eastern Honduras, who left the countryside, graduated from university, and returned to their first love, coffee growing. These women also began other productive activities such as beekeeping and growing bananas and lemons through the cooperative enterprise “Women in Action.”

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June 27, 2024

More than 300 scientists gather in Costa Rica to promote greater use of biological controllers in agriculture across the Americas

A congress organized by CABI, IOBC, IICA, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, and the University of Costa Rica (UCR) addressed the relevance of intelligent use of biological controllers to increase the sustainability of regional agriculture.

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June 18, 2024

John Hunte, a promoter of healthy food production in Barbados for farmers and consumers, is honored by IICA as a “Leader of Rurality of the Americas.”

Hunte was one of the founders of the Organic Growers and Consumers Association (OGCA), established in 1998 to promote the production of food certified for being free of chemicals such as fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides.

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June 10, 2024

Microsoft and IICA launch second edition of the Minecraft Education Challenge for Agriculture targeted at young people and focused on water conservation and sustainability

The initiative will encourage the use of digital technologies (in this case, the Minecraft video game) to develop creative and innovative solutions to real-world problems. High school students wishing to take part must register online between June 12 and 24.

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May 29, 2024

IICA will collaborate with the Argentine government in controlling the corn leafhopper pest, which is causing severe losses in corn growing in the central and northern regions of the country

Private estimates indicate that the pest has destroyed 20% of the projected corn production for this year in Argentina.

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May 23, 2024

Farmers in the Maule region of Chile trust in bioinputs to improve their production

The initiative is supported by the Hemispheric Bioinputs Platform, in which IICA is heavily involved.

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May 22, 2024

IICA and CropLife renew partnership to promote technology transfer for the benefit of rural producers in the Americas

The agreement signed between the organizations covers the next four years, and will promote agricultural sustainability and biotechnology and biosafety actions.

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May 16, 2024

NASA Harvest, the University of Maryland, and IICA present a joint study that surveys and promotes the use of remote sensing to develop agricultural statistics in Latin America

The presentation took place in a webinar during the so-called Pre-Week of Digital Agriculture, a discussion forum that serves as the official launch and preview of the topics to be addressed in September at IICA’s headquarters in San Jose, Costa Rica, during the third edition of Digital Agriculture Week (DAW).

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