In Venezuela, sudden wilting in banana plants has impacted production since 2006.
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In Peru, approximately 100,000 families participate in cocoa production, which in 2021 generated exports worth USD 300 million.
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The two organizations signed a cooperation agreement that will focus its efforts on women and youth through professional education, training, access to information and technology transfer.
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Jorge Werthein, Special Advisor to IICA’s Director General, Manuel Otero, represented IICA at the latest edition of the forum held in São Paulo, the first in-person event since the COVID-19 pandemic, which was entitled “Sustainable Cities: Global challenges, local solutions”.
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They did so at a high-level panel discussion convened to present the document “Conectividad rural en América Latina y el Caribe: estado de situación, retos y acciones para la digitalización y el desarrollo sostenible,” produced by the IICA, together with its partners the World Bank, Bayer, CAF-Development Bank of Latin America, Microsoft and Syngenta.
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According to the research study “Rural Connectivity in Latin America and the Caribbean: Current Situation, Challenges and Actions to Achieve Digitalization and Sustainable Development”, which was presented on Thursday by the IICA, the World Bank, Bayer, CAF-Development Bank of Latin America, Microsoft and Syngenta.
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The research, which received support from the World Bank, Bayer, CAF-Development Bank of Latin America, Microsoft and Syngenta, will be launched in a virtual event with the participation of ministers and secretaries of agriculture and private sector executives from the region.
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The participants in the virtual meeting were Cecilia López Montaño, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Colombia; Laura Suazo, Secretary of Agriculture and Livestock of Honduras; Juan José Bahillo, Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of Argentina; and Senator Avinash Singh of Trinidad and Tobago, who also serves as a minister in his country’s Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries.
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Despite their crucial role in food production and community life, women receive less income than men, and face greater obstacles to accessing land ownership and financing.
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