September 6, 2023
In the latest episode of IICA in Action, the discussion focuses on the forty-five percent of Guatemala’s national territory that is used for agriculture, and the strategic soil protection plan.
Tiempo de lectura: 3mins
August 28, 2023
Ninety-three national and regional experts from plant protection organizations took part in the 2023 Regional Workshop for Latin America of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC)
Tiempo de lectura: 3mins
August 25, 2023
With technical guidance from The Ohio State University, and under IICA’s coordination, a virtual course on Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) standards was delivered with the aim of improving the monitoring of diseases that can affect food production in the region.
Tiempo de lectura: 3mins
August 11, 2023
Officers from 30 countries recognized the urgent need for a standardized protocol for the issuance and exchange of certificates, which would make it possible to eliminate trade barriers, lower costs, increase traceability, and better comply with veterinary public health requirements.
Tiempo de lectura: 3mins
August 9, 2023
Growing Safe Produce is a digital tool that utilizes videos, interactive web applications, as well as downloadable and printable resources, presented in simple, straightforward language, to explain how to fulfill the requirements of the rule.
Tiempo de lectura: 3mins
July 10, 2023
During an interview on the Agro America program, aired on Brazil’s TV Agro channel, Patrick Buholzer, Executive Director of the TAFS Forum, discussed the need for a new approach to the viral disease. He also called for a shared global understanding of the problem.
Tiempo de lectura: 3mins
June 28, 2023
Paola Quesada, an intern at IICA’s FabLab, discussed the digital laboratory’s initiatives with Manuel Otero, Director General of the Institute; Sérvulo Matías Baeza, Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Belize; and Óscar Enrique Guardado Calderón, Minister of Agriculture and Livestock of El Salvador.
Tiempo de lectura: 3mins
June 21, 2023
Approximately 150 representatives from the private sector, academia and international organizations, such as the National Autonomous University of Mexico, the FAO and the country’s National Service of Agrifood Health, Safety and Quality (SENASICA), among others, participated in the event.
Tiempo de lectura: 3mins
May 19, 2023
Among SENASA’s objectives in aiming to streamline its services are a focus on capacity development, horizontal management, and most of all, determining how to address the changing nature of pests and diseases affecting the agrifood industry, using a One Health approach.
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