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Director General of IICA to AAPRESID: Agriculture must be a strategic axis in climate negotiations

At the 30th Congress of the Argentine Association of Direct Sowing Producers (AAPRESID), Manuel Otero underscored the leading role that agriculture must play at COP 27 in Egypt.

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Gustavo Rivas, the Guatemalan who has spent his entire life producing fresh foods and showcasing the value of family farmers, is recognized by IICA as a “Leader of Rurality”

He was co-founder of the National Basic Grains Association (ANAGRAB), which brings together both small- and large-scale producers of corn, beans, rice and other daily staples for the Guatemalan people.

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Costa Rica’s Vice-President visits IICA and encourages collaborative efforts in organic agriculture and distribution channels to improve agriculture sector profitability

IICA Director General, Manuel Otero, welcomed Costa Rica’s Vice-President, Stephan Brunner Neibig, and outlined the extent of IICA’s cooperation programs and its “IICA of Open Doors initiatives.

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IICA and Agbar Agriculture will join forces to foster efficient and sustainable water resource management in the agriculture sector

The initiative will have an initial four-year duration and its primary objective will be to optimize water use, by improving processes, as well as to identify alternative resources to be implemented in countries in the region selected by both organizations.

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Africa-Americas Ministerial Summit calls for the creation of permanent mechanisms for integration and collaboration between the two continents to improve their agri-food systems

The States tasked three organizations the IICA, AGRA and AUDA-NEPAD with preparing a roadmap and developing a common agenda for that purpose.

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Multilateral lenders and private sector ratify partnership and joint work with IICA on food security, sustainability, green infrastructure, trade and integration

The call—conveyed in a joint commitment made at the first ever Africa-Americas Ministerial Summit—included the announcement of work in different areas.

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Nobel prize winner Michael Kremer at Africa-Americas Ministerial Summit: The path for rural areas to overcome poverty is through digital agriculture

This was the key message of Michael Kremer, who was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 2019, to the ministers, deputy ministers, and senior officials of Agriculture, Environment and Science and Technology of 40 countries at the first “Africa-Americas Summit on Agricultural and Food Systems”, held in Costa Rica.

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At the Africa-Americas Summit, the United States highlights increased agricultural productivity as an essential tool to reduce poverty

The data indicate that, in developing countries, productivity growth has slowed down in most regions over the past 20 years.

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Collaboration in science, technology and innovation must be at the center of Africa-Americas cooperation to leverage sustainable development

These conclusions were highlighted at the round table on Science, Technology and Innovation that was part of the first day of the "Africa-Americas Summit on Agri-food Systems", a meeting that brings together ministers, deputy ministers and senior officials of Agriculture, Environment and Science and Technology from 40 countries.

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