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October 28, 2022

IICA Director General, Manuel Otero, receives an Honorary Doctorate from the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE)

Otero was awarded the title in recognition of his work to foster sustainable agriculture and rural development in the Americas, collective action among countries of the region, the digitization of agriculture, tropical agriculture and the improved positioning of the agriculture sector.

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October 27, 2022

Sixth Virtual Business Roundtable of the Agrifood Chains of Latin America and the Caribbean resulted in trade deals valuing USD 25 million

470 companies from Latin America and the Caribbean participated in the event’s most recent edition, which has become a business meeting space for regional SMEs.

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October 27, 2022

Regional initiative “From Waste to Value” seeks to harness agroindustrial waste to generate bioproducts

The initiative will work with around 40 projects from countries in the Central American Integration System (SICA), of which the 5 proposals with the greatest potential to become biobusinesses will be selected and receive a prize.

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October 26, 2022

An effective climate action must consider food security, stated the Director General of IICA, who expects agriculture to be the protagonist at COP 27

At the UN climate summit, the agriculture sector of the Americas aims to ratify its key role as a guarantor of global food and environmental security.

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October 25, 2022

Latin American Poultry Association and IICA launch guide to promote trade of poultry companies in the region

Archive gathers information on national and multilateral regulations related to the poultry industry, to strengthen exports from the countries of the Americas

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October 25, 2022

AECID and IICA launch project to promote renewable energies and energy efficiency in rural areas of Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Guatemala

Implementation of the initiative will get under way in the first quarter of 2023, and take a year and a half to complete.

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October 21, 2022

Food security is pivotal to world peace, maintained global leaders at the Borlaug International Dialogue

The Director General of the IICA, Manuel Otero, attended this year’s event, which included the presentation of the “Agriculture for Peace” project – a platform created to spur collective action, the forging of partnerships and collective programs aimed at furthering the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2: the eradication of hunger.

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October 20, 2022

Knowledge-intensive agriculture is key to facing climate change, affirm ministers during IICA-organized event at Borlaug International Dialogue

The session entitled “Food Governance in an Unprecedented Era” discussed how to guarantee an adequate functioning of the agri-food systems in times of simultaneous crises that have severe consequences for individual countries and for the world.

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October 19, 2022

Unprecedented challenges to global food security call for joint action, according to experts at the opening session of the Borlaug International Dialogue

The main goal of the debates is to forge alliances in the fight against hunger and malnutrition. The event is attended by government officials, private sector representatives, international organizations, agricultural producers, academics, scientists, educators and students.

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