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June 1, 2021

University of Cordoba and IICA promote digital transformation of agriculture in the Americas with master in Digital Agri

The institutions presented a postgraduate program for students from Latin America and the Caribbean aimed at training professionals to support and drive the digitalization of agriculture and rural areas.

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May 21, 2021

IICA promotes educational inclusion in rural areas in Argentina in partnership with the Anne Frank Center

The initiative is intended to encourage secondary school students to continue their education and to facilitate social inclusion of young people in the post-pandemic period by promoting the rights of the youth most affected by the challenges of virtual education.

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May 21, 2021

Digital agriculture: a vital tool for farmers’ development and inclusion, and for strengthening food systems

Digital technologies are making a significant contribution to higher agricultural yields, sustainable development, the establishment of supply chain links, and irrigation, traceability and certification.

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May 17, 2021

Bayer online course on the IICA platform will help prevent the disease that is threatening banana production

The course is free and available on the IICA training platform (https://elearning.iica.int/). It provides important information about Fusarium, its historical, social, and economic consequences, its rate of propagation, and how it could affect global food security.

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May 13, 2021

Guyana seeks Brazilian support to spur agricultural leadership in the Caribbean

Tereza Cristina, Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply of Brazil, and Zulfikar Mustapha, Minister of Agriculture of Guyana, met to set in motion an extensive cooperation agenda. Manuel Otero, Director General of IICA, also took part in the meeting.

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May 12, 2021

Cooperatives are pivotal to food system sustainability

IICA has launched a series of virtual dialogues to ensure that the agriculture sector of the Americas will have a strong voice at the UN Food Systems Summit 2021.

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May 6, 2021

Andean Ministers of Agriculture back Global Alliance against banana disease and call for increased joint international actions

IICA is the coordinator of the Secretariat of the Alliance’s Executive Committee, whose mission is to support the banana industry in the fight against the destructive Fusarium TR4 fungus, by developing knowledge, technology, and a definitive scientific solution to the disease.

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May 6, 2021

IICA to organize virtual dialogues to bolster the position of the agriculture sector of the Americas ahead of the Food Systems Summit

The meetings will be organized under the banner of the Summit Dialogues, requested by the organizers, as a means of stimulating discussion prior to the global forum. The issues to be addressed will include cooperatives, the bioeconomy, agricultural digitalization, the One Health approach and international trade.

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May 5, 2021

The Colors of Earth: Artwork by Honduran painters on display in new AgroArt exhibit

AgroArt, the Virtual Art Museum of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), inaugurated the exhibit dubbed “The Colors of Earth”, supporting the recognition of budding Latin American artists in an initiative that could be replicated across the Americas.

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