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Gillian Flies, Canadian food producer and regenerative agriculture advocate, named as IICA “Leader of Rurality”

Flies was living in Toronto with her husband, Brent Preston, and their two small children when they decided to move to the countryside to establish a farm to cultivate the type of healthy food that they wanted to give to their children, while also contributing to environmental protection.

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The agriculture sector of the Americas discusses perspectives on agriculture’s role in global climate action negotiations

More than 20 negotiators from 17 countries in the region participated in a workshop to coordinate perspectives on agriculture’s ability to provide climate change solutions, as part of preparations for COP 27 at the end of this year.

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Chile is on a drive to strengthen family and smallholder agriculture and to prioritize irrigation and technology adoption, says new agriculture minister

Esteban Valenzuela, the South American country’s new Minister of Agriculture, outlined the objectives set by his administration, during an interview on AgroAmerica – a program on Brazil’s TV Agro Mais.

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Chilean family farmer Emilio Sepúlveda recognized by IICA as a leader of rurality in the Americas

Sepúlveda and his wife, kids, brother and cousins produce an olive oil whose quality has been highlighted by experts in an area that had never before produced this product.

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Joelin Santos, founder of a life-changing pineapple producer association in the Dominican Republic, recognized by IICA as a “Leader of Rurality”  

Joelin was raised in the countryside and migrated to the city to pursue university studies. He later returned home, convinced that professionalizing agricultural activity would be the key to enabling other rural producers in the Dominican province of Monte Plata and himself to enjoy a decent quality of life.

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New Mexico State University and IICA strengthen partnership to develop initiatives on soil, water, energy and digital technology in the Americas

The entities also signed a commitment to prioritize actions involving the bioeconomy and climate change, among other areas, following a visit by a high-level delegation from the U.S. university to IICA Headquarters in Costa Rica.

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IICA launches the Observatory of Public Policies for Agrifood Systems, a space for dialogue and proposals to face times of global uncertainty

The OPSAa was presented with a high-level dialogue on the changing scenarios in policies and global geopolitics as a result of the war in Europe.

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Closer relationship between farmers and scientists will favor greater and more sustainable food production, says Argentine biochemist Raquel Chan

Chan concedió una entrevista al programa Agro América, que emite el canal de TV brasileño AgroMais, luego de haber recibido el título “Cátedra IICA en Biotecnología y Desarrollo Sostenible” por sus contribuciones para el fortalecimiento de los sistemas nacionales de ciencia y tecnología.

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The agricultural sector in the Americas can make a key contribution to global energy security, under threat due to the conflict in Eastern Europe

This is one of the points made in the document, “The geopolitical importance of the agriculture sector for energy security,” published recently by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA).

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