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Producer associations that promote sustainable agriculture join forces with IICA to strengthen and extend environmental conservation across the Americas

The CAAPAS-IICA partnership aims to achieve more informed and robust joint positions for dealings with the international agricultural forums of the Americas

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The FDA and IICA launch web platform to enhance farmers’ knowledge of the safety rule governing the exportation of fresh agricultural produce to the United States

Growing Safe Produce is a digital tool that utilizes videos, interactive web applications, as well as   downloadable and printable resources, presented in simple, straightforward language, to explain how to fulfill the requirements of the rule.

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The agreement proposes joint advances in the areas of policymaking for agricultural and rural development, production systems, promotion of value chains, resilience of the agricultural sector and improvement of land use in the Caribbean countries.

CARICOM and IICA confirm alliance and prioritize actions to combat food and nutrition insecurity and improve the climate resilience of agriculture in the Caribbean

The agreement proposes joint advances in the areas of policymaking for agricultural and rural development, production systems, promotion of value chains, resilience of the agricultural sector and improvement of land use in the Caribbean countries.

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Trade and agricultural health and food safety specialists from Latin America and the Caribbean underscore the importance of regulatory convergence and equivalence agreements to strengthen agrifood trade across the region

In a forum organized by the Latin American Integration Association (ALADI) and IICA, more than 170 people shared their experiences to promote regulatory convergence based on equivalence in agrifood trade.

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Sustainable agricultural practices: key to boosting the decarbonization of agriculture in the Americas

This has been borne out by Bayer’s PRO Carbon initiative, as explained by program representatives during a visit to exchange perspectives with IICA on both entities’ efforts to develop a carbon neutral agriculture sector.

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In Costa Rica, European Union and IICA inaugurate stand that demonstrates how satellite-based applications can benefit agriculture in the Americas 

The new exhibit was inaugurated at the Interpretive Center for Tomorrow’s Agriculture (CIMAG) at IICA Headquarters in Costa Rica – a public space that highlights the ways in which digital technologies are transforming agriculture in the hemisphere.

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IICA and Bioversity-CIAT Alliance further training in precision biotechnology

Geared towards teachers, the course focused on sharing knowledge on and providing training in CRISPR-Cas gene editing techniques. This will allow for expanding the number of institutions that could eventually contribute biotechnology solutions to address various agricultural issues.

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Within the framework of the WTO, IFPRI and IICA launch Latin American network of agrifood trade negotiators

The network was established during a meeting attended by World Trade Organization (WTO) ambassadors, permanent representatives and agricultural delegates of 17 Latin American countries.

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The ministers of Agriculture of the Americas agreed, on closing the IICA Executive Committee meeting, that overcoming the food and climate crisis will hinge on effective collective action

The ministers all highlighted IICA’s actions to build bridges between countries and regions and between these areas and the private sector, academia and civil society organizations. They also felt that in this time of increased food insecurity and a growing climate crisis, it is essential that the Institute expand its efforts to disseminate best practices and experiences that will facilitate the creation of a knowledge intensive agriculture sector that also serves a social purpose.

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