April 18, 2023
The awardees were Patricia Gorza, Andrea Izzo Capella and Milagros Paulón, from central Argentina’s La Pampa region—considered one of the world’s primary food producing areas—along with José Muñoz and Alina Ruiz, who live and work in northern Argentina.
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April 17, 2023
The Leaders of Rurality award pays tribute to those who are playing a unique dual role: guaranteeing food and nutrition security, by producing under all circumstances, as well as protecting the biodiversity of the planet. It also emphasizes their capacity to be positive role models in rural areas of the region.
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March 31, 2023
This was one of the ideas expressed by the CEO of the Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA), José Ricardo Botelho, at the Pan-American Liquid Biofuels Summit held at the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) in Costa Rica.
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March 30, 2023
This is the conclusion of the document entitled “Decarbonizing the skies: Sustainable aviation biofuels” presented by IICA at the Pan-American Liquid Biofuels Summit.
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March 27, 2023
The meeting at IICA Headquarters in Costa Rica will be held from 29 to 31 March and will include a conference with the region’s main airlines on fuels and the environment and a seminar entitled “Sustainable Mobility: Ethanol Talks Costa Rica”.
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March 24, 2023
Ethanol Talks, the high-level event organized by the Brazilian government and biofuel industry, has previously been held in Brazil, Argentina, Guatemala and India. The Costa Rica edition will be on 31 March.
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March 14, 2023
Virtual business roundtables have promoted the sale of agrifood products and services from Central America and the Dominican Republic to the rest of the world.
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March 14, 2023
The contest will be open from 1 February to 16 June 2023. Awards will be given to the following categories: producers’ associations and other private-sector organizations, including NGOs, that work with LAC producers; LAC science and technology institutions and organizations; and the LAC public sector (at all levels).
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March 13, 2023
Harden’s passion for agriculture started when she was a girl, growing up on her family’s peanut farm in the southern state of Georgia. She has come a long way since then in private sector work and public service, taking her to the highest levels of decision-making and responsibility. For instance, she was Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for three years.
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