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March 5, 2024

Costa Rican high school students, creators of a module for the promotion and dissemination of silvopastoral goat farming, recognized by IICA as Leaders of Rurality of the Americas

This initiative promotes agricultural education and training among young people and producers in Santa Cruz, Guanacaste, selling goat milk-based products in their communities.

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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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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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December 13, 2023

Argentina’s Bioeconomy Secretary-designate, Fernand Vilella, has been named an “IICA Chair” for his track record in academia and contributions to this field

The 68-year-old Vilella was a Professor in the Faculty of Agronomy at the University of Buenos Aires for 48 years, also serving as Dean and occupying several other positions. He used these roles to champion the potential of the bioeconomy for production development.

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November 6, 2023

Andrea Ballestero, a Uruguayan artisanal fisherwoman who has blazed a trail in this traditionally male occupation, has been named an IICA Leader of Rurality of the Americas

The Leaders of Rurality of the Americas award pays tribute to those who are playing a unique dual role, both as guarantors of food and nutritional security, as well as custodians of the planet’s biodiversity, by producing under all manner of circumstances.

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October 13, 2023

School feeding programs provide an avenue for Caribbean countries to achieve a healthier population, conclude participants in panel organized by IICA and the World Food Programme 

Moderated by  Gregg Rawlins, IICA Representative in the Eastern Caribbean States, the panel discussion enabled various Caribbean and Latin American countries to exchange knowledge and share positive experiences.

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October 12, 2023

Colombia leads the Andean region in AgTech development, followed by Peru and Ecuador, according to an IDB-IICA study

The report is seeking to drive the use of digital solutions in the region’s agrifood systems, having analyzed 10 businesses to understand the challenges and opportunities that they face.

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October 6, 2023

Agricultural health experts agree that the One Health approach is key to resolving agrifood system challenges in the Americas

The forum promoted efforts to propose the One Health concept as a mainstay in the process of strengthening food security in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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October 4, 2023

Minister of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries of Uruguay elected as Chair of the Inter-American Board of Agriculture (IABA) for 2023-2025

Uruguay will take over from the previous Chair, Brazil, which exercised this role over the last two years. The Brazilian government was represented at the meeting by the sector’s highest authority, Paulo Teixeira, the Minister of Agricultural Development and Family Farming.

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