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July 20, 2022

The President of AGRA informed IICA’s Executive Committee that the Americas and Africa are working together to produce more and better-quality food

Kalibata, former Minister of Agriculture of Rwanda and the UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for the 2021 Food Systems Summit, addressed the ministers, secretaries, and other representatives of more than 20 countries in the Americas taking part in this year’s meeting of the Executive Committee of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), in Costa Rica.

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July 20, 2022

Countries of the Americas ask IICA to increase support for the design of public policies to foster and develop innovation, science and technology

The decision was reached through a resolution adopted at the IICA Executive Committee meeting, where Member State representatives heard a presentation by the Argentine scientist Raquel Chan on the importance of science, technology and innovation in agriculture.

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July 20, 2022

Countries of the Americas defined actions to enhance food security and agricultural resilience

The members of the Executive Committee reiterated the importance of innovation, science and technology to make agrifood systems of the Americas more productive, sustainable and inclusive, and urged the Institute’s member countries to continue strengthening their capabilities in these areas and their linkages with the agriculture sector. 

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July 20, 2022

Countries express broad support for IICA’s renewed roadmap to address global food security challenges

Ministers and representatives of more than 20 countries in the Americas who participated in the Forty-second Regular Meeting of the Executive Committee of IICA agreed that, in order to guarantee the continuity of technical cooperation of excellence, it is crucial to correctly interpret the current scenario, which shines the spotlight on the hemisphere’s role as a guarantor of the planet’s food, nutritional and environmental security.

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July 14, 2022

Ministers of Africa and the Americas to hold first summit to enhance cooperation on agrifood issues

The meeting, to be held on 27, 28 and 29 July in Costa Rica, will outline the role of Africa and the Americas in global food and environmental security. It will provide opportunities for bi-regional cooperation in science, technology and innovation, with a view to building resilient and sustainable food systems.

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July 12, 2022

Cooperative member Chito Quintero, a role model for peasant and indigenous communities in Panama, recognized by IICA as a “Leader of Rurality”

Quintero, who forms part of the Ngäbe-Buglé indigenous community, lost his mother at the age of 6 and had to work from an early age to support his siblings. He became a union leader shortly after becoming a banana farmer, and in 1991, he co-founded the banana cooperative Cooperativa de Servicios Múltiples Bananera del Atlántico (COOBANA), which currently has 220 members and more than 600 workers.

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July 8, 2022

Ambassadors from Latin America to Egypt and Director General of IICA agree: as part of the solution to climate change, agriculture must be key player at COP 27

The virtual dialogue also included a detailed analysis of the economic and social impacts in Latin America and the Caribbean of disruptions in the global food, energy and fertilizer markets.

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July 7, 2022

Female Ministers and Deputy Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas advise that food security will only be possible with greater female participation in scientific research

At the II Forum of Female Ministers and Deputy Ministers of Agriculture and Other High-level Officials of the areas of agriculture, science and technology of the countries of the Americas, organized by IICA in collaboration with the government of Honduras, political authorities and prestigious scientists from across the hemisphere staged a high-level debate on “The new frontier of knowledge and the importance of the role of women in science”.

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July 5, 2022

Commonwealth Secretariat and IICA strengthen efforts to boost food security in the Caribbean

Through this collaboration, both organisations aim to support Commonwealth Caribbean countries to better leverage digitalisation for increased food production, to achieve agricultural and fisheries development, including trade and investment, and rural well-being across the region.

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