November 20, 2023
Since 2019, the GeoFem: Women in Geospatial Technologies (Rally Femenino) workshops organized by IICA and its international partners have provided empowerment and training in innovation technology for more than 500 women. The most recent workshop was co-organized with SERVIR – a joint NASA and USAID initiative.
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November 16, 2023
The initiatives will be launched within the framework of scientific-technological cooperation between MinCyT and IICA. They will address various topics, namely the development of biomaterials, waste biorefineries, bioenergy, bioinputs and bioenterprises.
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November 16, 2023
Youngsters from the Colegio Agropecuario de San Carlos have won the competition, which was aimed at Costa Rican high school students. More than 100 youth from across the country participated.
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November 14, 2023
Castañeda visited the headquarters of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture in Costa Rica, where he was interviewed by AgroAmerica, a program broadcast on Brazil’s Agro+ television channel.
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November 7, 2023
The province has a longstanding tradition producing yerba mate, a plant species that has given rise to an industry of great economic and social importance, as a source of income for thousands of family farmers.
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November 3, 2023
At an in-person event at IICA Headquarters in San Jose, the members of the five finalist teams will present their proposed solutions to real agricultural problems, developed using the Minecraft Education technological platform.
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October 30, 2023
CAF’s 2023 Economy and Development Report (EDR) emphasizes three main ideas: the importance of adaptation, the need to contribute to global mitigation, and the urgent need to preserve natural capital as a key factor for development in the Americas.
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October 27, 2023
The speakers were Álvaro Lario, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD); Zulfikar Mustapha, Minister of Agriculture of Guyana; Christopher Neale, Director of Research at the University of Nebraska’s Daugherty Water for Food Institute; and Fernando Schwanke, IICA Project Director. Margaret Ziegler, IICA Representative in the United States, introduced the panel members and moderated the discussion.
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October 26, 2023
This occurred during three days of work in which they exchanged experiences on the progress made in agriculture in both countries in favor of greater sustainability.
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