November 25, 2019
IICA was the only institution representing the Americas in a roundtable of international experts hosted by Bayer’s Crop Science Division in Germany. The participants discussed and identified productive opportunities that would allow for improving economic and social conditions for small-scale farmers in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
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Castries, Saint Lucia
November 22, 2019
The plague affects important livelihoods and cross-sectoral advantages, like apiculture, given that citrus is a major source of forage, and agro-tourism linkages.
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November 6, 2019
Two Argentine experts will arrive in December in the Caribbean country to train beekeepers in the use of a new variety of hives.
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November 1, 2019
They also called for the expansion and replication of the new Interpretive Center for Tomorrow’s Agriculture (CIMAG) - the product of a Microsoft-IICA partnership, aimed at revaluing the agriculture sector in the eyes of upcoming generations.
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November 1, 2019
It presents the main indicators with respect to agricultural activity in the hemisphere and is available in print or on the web at atlas.iica.int. The ebook version will be launched in the next few days.
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November 1, 2019
The Deputy Minister of Agricultural Affairs at the Ministry of Agriculture of Colombia, Marcela Urueña Gómez, stated that her country could benefit from the work programs of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) in areas such as family and peasant farming as well as bioeconomy.
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October 31, 2019
Governments, international and civil society organizations, research entities, scientists and academics discussed key topics for the agriculture sector during the 2019 Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas. The Director General of IICA commented on the diversity of the group, calling for ongoing dialogue between the ministers of Agriculture, Environment, Social Development and Telecommunications, with a view to strengthening agriculture.
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October 30, 2019
Manuel Otero, Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), in opening the 2019 Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas, emphasized the role of agriculture as an engine for economic and social development.
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October 30, 2019
In opening the 2019 Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas, the President of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado, and the Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Manuel Otero, appealed for agriculture to be accorded priority in public policies.
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