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1.	The ambassadors visited IICA Headquarters in San Jose and also endorsed the institutional transformation process spearheaded by the Director General, Manuel Otero.

Ambassadors from 20 countries of the Americas pledge support for the hemispheric partnership for food security and sustainable development – an IICA initiative

Los embajadores y embajadoras, encargados de negocios y ministros consejeros del Grupo de países de América Latina y el Caribe (GRULAC), Estados Unidos, Canadá y España se reunieron con el Director General del IICA y apoyaron la iniciativa del IICA de conformar una alianza continental para la seguridad alimentaria y el desarrollo sostenible, apoyada en la condición de la región como mayor productora global de alimentos y potencia de la biodiversidad.

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Christian Feldkamp, Executive Director of CREA; Marcelo Torres, President of AAPRESID; Manuel Otero, Director General of IICA; Tomás Coyos, Executive Director of AAPRESID; Federico Villarreal, IICA’s Director of Technical Cooperation, and Federico Bert, Digital Agriculture Specialist at the Institute, participated in the meeting.

IICA y organizaciones del sector privado AAPRESID y CREA buscan más integración entre los productores agropecuarios de las Américas

Already existing farmer organizations in various regions of the Americas could provide a starting point for a hemispheric network, bearing in mind the challenges and opportunities that are common to all.

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International experts will meet in Costa Rica to discuss ways to enhance the contribution of science, technology and innovation to the sustainability and competitiveness of agrifood systems of the Americas

More than 100 specialists from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, CGIAR, the World Bank, IICA, FAO and CIRAD, among other international agencies, will participate in the high-level dialogue.

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Countries of the Americas endorse IICA’s work to transform agriculture in the hemisphere, while stressing the importance of global food security

Officials of the ministries of Agriculture of various nations in the hemisphere were participating in a meeting of IICA’s Special Advisory Commission on Management Issues (SAMCI), in which they called for increased collaboration to tackle the challenges facing humanity, while underscoring the decisive role of the Americas in bolstering global food security and natural resource conservation.

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IICA joins in on the 50th anniversary celebrations of EMPRABA – a public entity that has been key to Brazilian and global agricultural development and food security

On April 26, the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA) will mark half a century since it was founded.

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International Atomic Energy Agency and IICA agree on joint actions to accelerate agricultural transformation in the Americas

The IAEA and IICA have been collaborating and exchanging information since at least 2007, with a view to addressing new challenges related to food security.

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The Vietnamese Prime Minister, Phạm Minh Chính (centre) received the authorities participating in the Conference. On the right, the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, Rural Transformation, Industry and Labour of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saboto Caesar.

Cooperation between the Americas, Asia and Africa is key to overcoming the global crisis, agree ministers of Agriculture at conference in Vietnam attended by IICA and Latin American and Caribbean representatives

The discussion focused on the importance of exchanging experiences in designing and implementing digital solutions and unlocking collective action and catalytic investments for food systems transformation. Special emphasis was placed on South-South cooperation and best practices from Africa, Asia, and the Americas.

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IICA attends Global Conference in Vietnam, where participants are discussing how food systems can help the world emerge from the crisis

Discussions in the Hanoi forum will focus on the transformations needed to enable food systems to contribute to overcoming the overlapping and interrelated crises now facing humanity, due to climate change, loss of biodiversity, inflation, the energy situation, hunger, malnutrition and the war in Eastern Europe.

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IICA Director General Manuel Otero: newest member of Argentina’s National Academy of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine 

The induction ceremony was carried out during an extraordinary public session led by Jorge Errecalde, Chair of the Academy, at its headquarters in the city of Buenos Aires, where Otero then delivered a lecture on “The Challenges Facing Agrifood Systems in the 21st Century”. The Director General of IICA will be a corresponding member of the Academy in Costa Rica, which is home to the headquarters of the organization specializing in agricultural and rural development.

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