November 2, 2022
The agreement between both organizations was signed by UNCTAD Secretary General Rebeca Grynspan and IICA Director General Manuel Otero.
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November 2, 2022
Backed by the countries of the Americas and 26 partners, IICA will set up the Home of Sustainable Agriculture in the Americas at the Convention Center in Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt—home of COP27—to host 60 events centered on resilience, adaptation and mitigation.
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November 1, 2022
Consisting of seven chapters, it includes input from specialists of institutions of excellence such as EMBRAPA (Brazilian Agricultural Research Company), the Argentine Association of Direct Seeding Farmers (AAPRESID), Chile’s National Agricultural Research Institute (INIA), Uruguay’s National Agricultural Research Institute (INIA), the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (GRSB), and the Costa Rica Coffee Institute (ICAFE).
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October 31, 2022
At the upcoming COP27, Rattan Lal and the Director General of IICA, Manuel Otero, will spearhead the Institute’s support for the efforts of the countries of the Americas to ensure that agriculture’s voice is heard loud and clear on the global stage of the climate discussions.
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October 28, 2022
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
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
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
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 26, 2022
The page (available at https://cop27.iica.int/en) offers detailed information about the strategic role of the region’s agriculture sector in tackling climate change, and the contribution it will make to the upcoming event, as the eyes of the world turn to Sharm El Sheikh.
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