In opening the regional meeting, IICA Director General, Manuel Otero, remarked that the biggest mistake would be to place the agriculture sector on trial.
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They will do so at a meeting organized by IICA, which will also be attended by representatives of multilateral credit agencies and climate funds.
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During a parallel event to the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Manuel Otero, the Argentinian national who heads the Institute, was invited to be a member of this group that brings together global leaders to offer their perspectives and expertise to transform agrifood systems.
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Over the course of two sessions, during the most important multilateral forum in the world, special emphasis was placed on the need to strengthen the region’s role as a key player in discussions of the main global challenges and opportunities, with a view to meeting the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
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Leading experts participated in an academic conference and shared experiences and best practices, in the presence of agricultural producers and researchers from the public and private sectors.
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Méndez is a member of the Lenca indigenous community and was raised in a family of 13 siblings. The family earned their living by cultivating basic grains and vegetables. From a tender age, Eodora realized that family farmers could only aspire to a better quality of life through unity, cooperation, training and the search for direct sales opportunities.
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The massive event, which enjoyed unprecedented attendance, discussed a long-term agenda for food production in Argentina and the region.
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They also called on developed nations to fulfill their responsibility to provide developing countries with financial resources for climate change mitigation and adaptation, pursuant to the 2015 Paris Agreement.
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This was noted by Walter Oyhantçabal, who specializes in climate change policies and in the complex world of international negotiations that have taken place in recent years to drive necessary changes in production methods.
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