Lal and IICA launched “Living Soils of the Americas” in December 2020. To date, the initiative has made significant progress in coordinating public and private efforts in the fight against soil degradation, a phenomenon that threatens to undermine the capacity of countries to sustainably meet the food demand.
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Costa Rica receives the equivalent of USD 33 in technical cooperation for each dollar it contributes to IICA, revealed Institute authorities at the annual accountability meeting.
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The winning companies were selected from a total of 80 Agtechs from 15 different countries, who applied after a call for proposals was issued by IICA for the event to be held this month.
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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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IICA has already launched a hemispheric initiative called Mission ADA (Digital Agriculture in Action) to contribute to the digital transformation of agrifood systems. The initiative focuses on four areas of work, all of which are aimed at cooperating with the countries to foster the dynamic and inclusive digital transformation of agriculture.
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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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IICA’s activities in this area focus on delivering technical support to review regulatory frameworks; providing training in biosafety issues, which is key for the development of biotechnology itself; and organizing communication activities aimed at clarifying and eliminating misconceptions regarding biotechnology.
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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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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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