The daughter of rural farmers from Betânia, a municipality in the state of Piauí, Francisca is now 25 and is Secretary of Family Farming, a position from which she promotes associativism and cooperativism to improve income and quality of life for small-sized farmers.
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The exhibition entitled “Rural Women of the Americas: Sowing Tomorrow’s Agriculture Today” was on display at the European Development Days 2022 organized by the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium.
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The initiative seeks to develop digital skills in young people in order to carry out projects tied to the different productive environments of each area of the country. During the first phase, the program will benefit high school juniors and seniors in the provinces of Buenos Aires, Córdoba and Tucumán.
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IICA Director General gave a talk to around 60 participants at the headquarters of this organization specializing in rural and agricultural development, in San Jose, Costa Rica, as part of the sessions for the 32nd Global Conference of the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association (IFAMA) and the dialogue with the coalition NextGen Ag Impact Network (NGIN).
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En alrededor de 15 minutos, cada capítulo del podcast rescatará temas y elementos informativos con una dinámica renovada, voces diversas y acciones relevantes para la actividad agropecuaria y la vida rural.
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Paramaribo, Suriname
June 27, 2022
The IICA Representative in Suriname reported to the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries and other key stakeholders in agriculture and the rural milieu the main achievements in 2021.
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This self-proclaimed entrepreneur and promoter of no-till farming, which he considers a tool to care for soil health, is convinced that one of the upcoming transformations is the growth of the bioeconomy, understood as a model of industrialization of biology.
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The theme of the joint session convened by the Permanent Council and the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI)—a forum for discussion on key challenges facing the region that brings together authorities from across the Americas, from different branches and levels of government, along with other stakeholders and partners—was food insecurity in the Americas and lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The “Soul of Rurality” award recognizes her efforts to raise awareness among farmers of the municipality of Itá of the importance of associative undertakings as a means of achieving a better quality of life.
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