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Summit of the Americas: U.S. announces multi-million dollar aid package for Central America, while IICA calls for a “hemispheric partnership” to tackle the food crisis

The panelists discussed actions and proposals that must be implemented in the Americas, by governments, the private sector, civil society and academia, in the face of mounting crises posed by the war in Eastern Europe, the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change. The situation is triggering increases in the prices of food and energy, as well as disruptions in the trade of fertilizers, putting the people of the most vulnerable countries in Latin America and the Caribbean in a precarious position.

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USAID Administrator Samantha Power, Director General of IICA and authorities of countries in the hemisphere to participate in a Summit of the Americas panel discussion on food insecurity 

Organized by USAID and the Pacific Council on International Policy, the discussion will take place on Wednesday, 8 June in Los Angeles, United States, as a parallel event to the Summit of the Americas, which will be attended by Heads of State and Government of countries in the hemisphere.

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IICA study maintains that Argentina’s Córdoba province has the potential to expand biofuel production, as a catalyst for economic, social and environmental development

The document, which was in the form of a book, was officially presented to Governor Juan Shciaretti at a public event in the city of Alta Gracia, in the presence of authorities, legislators, chamber representatives, private sector production entities and academics.

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World Farmers’ Organisation and IICA to work together to bring science-based innovations to rural producers

WFO, which is based in Rome, and IICA signed an agreement to pursue initiatives focusing on resilience, training and horizontal cooperation for the Hemisphere’s agriculture sector.

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The agriculture sector must have a leading voice at COP27 says the 2022 World Food Prize laureate

U.S. climatologist, scientist and researcher, Cynthia Rosenzweig expressed her views in a meeting of Ministers and Secretaries of Agriculture of the Americas to discuss climate action initiatives for the transformation of the sector.

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Rattan Lal to lead consensus-building dialogue on agriculture and the environment in the Americas ahead of COP27

The announcement was made by the Director General of IICA, Manuel Otero, during a meeting held on Tuesday, which brought together about twenty Secretaries and Ministers of Agriculture of the countries of the Americas. Representatives of 34 countries discussed joint approaches to the urgent need to transform the agriculture sector in response to climate change and requested that the inter-American organization coordinate regional consensus-building efforts with a view to including agriculture in international negotiations on climate change

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Ecuadorian farmer, Lorena Valdez, who founded an association to improve the lives of Afro-descendant women, is named an IICA Leader of Rurality of the Americas 

The work of Valdez and of AMATIF serves as a positive example for rural areas in the Americas.  The association has already established a cocoa processing plant that produces chocolate and other by-products that are sold throughout the province and plans to expand to international markets.

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IICA supports installation of a submersible solar pump system to supply peasant families with water in Bolivia

The system directly benefits 26 families in the Bolivian peasant community of Aguas Negras, whose members raise cattle and grow corn, cassava, and rice. The technology installed is designed to supply some 20,000 liters per day, at a rate of up to 3,000 liters per hour.

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IICA will support the consolidation of a network of AgTechs in the Americas to drive agricultural digitalization

The commitment was undertaken during Digital Agriculture Week, an event organized by the Institute with the co-sponsorship of Bayer, Microsoft and the World Bank, in which 15 innovative tech startups from the region participated.

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