The conference, which every year brings together world leaders and experts in agricultural development and public policy in Des Moines, Iowa, is organized by the World Food Prize (WFP) Foundation, inspired by the legacy of scientist Norman Borlaug, father of the so-called Green Revolution, which multiplied agricultural production and saved millions of people from starvation.
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After five years of implementation, the initiative, which intervened in 33 territories and impacted 109 localities in one of the world’s most vulnerable areas to climate change, presented its main achievements at a closing event.
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The Knowledge Legacy Corporation, the CAF-Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean, the WWF conservation organization and IICA organized a panel discussion entitled “Rethinking the Financing of the Bioeconomy.” Panel members stressed the importance of protecting and valuing natural capital, and discussed the role of the bioeconomy as a regional development model.
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The Argentine veterinarian received the award, which was presented to him by UNA Rector Zully Vera, for his “invaluable contributions to agricultural development in the region” at a ceremony held in the University’s library, before an audience of government representatives and senior officials from academia and local agricultural institutions.
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Jack Bobo, Director of the Food Systems Institute at the University of Nottingham, engaged in discussions with IICA’s Advisory Committee on Communication for Agriculture and Food Security, composed of journalists covering the sector and experts in public and institutional communication.
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More than 1,600 students benefited from the project "Relevance of Secondary Education in Science and the Environment in Rural Agricultural Communities of Costa Rica”.
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Mia Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados; Laura Suazo, Secretary of Agriculture of Honduras; Manuel Otero, Director General of IICA; Alejandra Castro, Vice President of International Affairs and Sustainability Strategy at Bayer; Lucas Gallitto, Director for Latin America at GSMA; Jorge Werthein, Special Advisor to the IICA Director General; Sandra Ziegler, IICA Specialist in Connectivity and Education and author of the study; Trigidia Jiménez, Bolivian Leader of Rurality recognized by IICA; Nancy Andrea Moreno Lozano, Head of the Directorate of Rural Women at Colombia’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development; and María Eduarda de Lima Vasconcelos, a 25-year-old rural woman and General Coordinator of Rural Youth at Brazil’s Ministry of Agrarian Development and Family Farming.
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The meeting made it possible to introduce the issue of biofuels as a key element of the energy transition, within the framework of the G20, regarded as the largest global forum for international cooperation, whose Summit of Heads of State and Government will be held on November 18 and 19 in Rio de Janeiro.
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This was agreed upon in Rome by WFP Deputy Executive Director, Valerie Guarnieri, and IICA Director General, Manuel Otero.
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