The organizations trained ministry of agriculture officials from Latin American and Caribbean nations in the use of tools based on free-access satellite data designed to facilitate decision-making on food security and agricultural resilience in the region.
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During a visit to the Spanish capital, Otero also met with the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA) of Spain, Luis Planas, as part of a series of high-level bilateral meetings in which he reaffirmed the key role of Latin America and the Caribbean for global food security and its commitment to transforming agrifood systems to foster a more productive, sustainable and inclusive agriculture sector together with farmers.
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The Salvadorian technical mission to Argentina will involve visits to small dairy farmers that have organized themselves into cooperatives in Misiones, a province in northern Argentina.
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Registration is already open for the challenge, which seeks to foster digital and soft skills development among young people for application in agriculture.
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Approximately 2,000 persons attended the event, including producers, researchers and various stakeholders from the agrifood value chain.
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During the panel discussion on “Agrifood Digitization: Initiatives and public policies in countries in the Americas,” which took place during the second edition of Digital Agriculture Week, representatives of various governments gave details of the programs they are implementing across the continent.
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Digital Agriculture Week is a discussion forum, but even more so a forum for collective action, aiming to spur dynamic and inclusive agrifood digitalization. It is part of a series of activities on priority areas in agrifood system transformation, which IICA is promoting to create a hemispheric partnership for food security and sustainable development.
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The winning companies were chosen from a field of 70 applicants. The event will adopt a hybrid—in-person and virtual—format.
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Discussions in this neutral and independent space will also seek to improve the technical quality and relevance of research on agrifood trade in the Americas and strengthen capacities to provide technical guidance and policy recommendations to governments and the private sector.
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