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Nobel Laureate in Economics Michael Kremer joins farmers’ voices at IICA pavilion at COP29 to showcase agricultural innovations driving adaptation and mitigation

The voices of the continent's producers, key players in global food security and the planet's environmental sustainability, were present in a debate that brought together the main political leaders of 197 countries.

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The agriculture sector is a force to be reckoned with at COP29 – foreseeing a “brilliant” future, despite the challenges that must be overcome

The discussion took place at the Home of Sustainable Agriculture of the Americas, the pavilion installed by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) at the Olympic Stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan’s capital city – the venue of COP 29.

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The IICA pavilion at COP29 hosts a discussion between the private sector, government authorities and experts to highlight the role of sustainable livestock production in climate change mitigation

The pavilion installed at the United Nations Conference in Baku, the capital city of Azerbaijan, brought together farmers, private sector players and senior agricultural officials of the Americas to discuss the future of the sector, with a particular emphasis on the economic, social and environmental sustainability of animal production.

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CGIAR and IICA authorities meet at COP 29 and agree to intensify research efforts aimed at sustaining agricultural productivity in the face of climate impacts

The impact of climate change on tropical agriculture and the need for science and innovation to play a leading role in protecting productivity were other key topics discussed.

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At COP29, AECID and IICA outline plans for stepping up joint efforts to strengthen resilience in Latin American and Caribbean agriculture

The AECID and IICA have an ongoing, intensive program of joint activities. They are implementing a number of international cooperation projects, especially in countries such as El Salvador, Paraguay and Bolivia, in addition to regional projects in the Central American Dry Corridor, one of the most vulnerable areas in the world, in both social and climatic terms.

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The Argentine province of Jujuy and IICA join forces to promote the incorporation of new technologies into agriculture and strengthen value chains

This is the objective of the technical cooperation agreement signed in the capital of Jujuy, which is designed to strengthen and enhance the province’s productive sector and contribute to food and nutrition security.

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Agustín Torroba, Biofuels Specialist at IICA and Executive Secretary of the Pan American Liquid Biofuels Coalition (CPBIO); Carolina Rojas, President of the Colombian Biofuels Federation; Juan Sebastián Díaz, Deputy Director of the U.S. Grains Council; Francisco Jauregui, Vice President of the Paraguayan Chamber of Biofuels and Renewable Energies (BIOCAP); Carolina Bauman, Plant Manager at the Paraguayan state-owned company Petropar; and Heloisa Borges Esteves, Director of Oil, Gas, and Biofuels at Brazil’s

Biofuels are the ideal tool for decarbonizing transport, stated experts at Latin America’s leading energy conference

The 2024 Energy Week, organized by the Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE) in Asunción, Paraguay, aimed to promote collaboration and innovation among the 27 member countries on key issues such as renewable energy, gender equity, and a just transition.

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ALADI and IICA promote inter-institutional cooperation for regulatory convergence in Latin America to implement equivalence agreements on sanitary and phytosanitary measures

During the event, held at IICA's headquarters, more than 20 representatives from official sanitary, phytosanitary, and food safety services participated in discussions aimed at strengthening countries’ capacity to understand and implement equivalence agreements on sanitary and phytosanitary measures, thus facilitating global and regional trade in agri-food products.

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The pavilion operated by IICA and its partners at COP29 will host more than 50 presentations on the relationship between agriculture and climate, with a focus on the role of science and innovation

IICA will have a pavilion at the most important global forum for negotiations and discussions on climate change for the third consecutive time, having previously operated one at COP27 in Egypt in 2022, and COP28 in the United Arab Emirates.

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