The initiative is promoted by IICA; Bayer; Cenfotec, Creativa de Costa Rica and Zamorano universities; the Alliance for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (AEI) of Ecuador; the Latin American Organization of Young Agro-entrepreneurs (OLAJ); I4NATURE and 4-H Clubs. The winning proposal will be announced on November 8.
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That was the conclusion drawn by senior officials from countries in the Americas and representatives of the private sector, academia and international organizations who took part in the panel discussion “Digitalization of agriculture as a determining factor in the transformation of food systems: a perspective from the Americas,” organized by the IICA as a side event to the Food Systems Summit convened by the UN Secretary General.
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The debate highlighted the strong commitment of the region’s governments and the private sector, in the belief that maintaining soil health is one of the central challenges facing agriculture today and to achieving economic, social, and environmental sustainability.
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The training course begins 23 September, is free of charge and available at the IICA e-learning platform, https://elearning.iica.int/.
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Ambassadors and Representatives to the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) underscored the importance of the hemispheric agreement that IICA helped to consolidate regarding food systems and its promotion of agriculture as a driver of post-Covid-19 recovery.
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The Director General of IICA has proposed that the ministers of agriculture of the two continents meet in 2022 to launch a common cooperation agenda
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The successful experiences in trade and market penetration of organic farmers in Latin America was the topic of the fourth virtual meeting organized by the Inter-American Commission for Organic Agriculture (ICOA), in the framework of the agreement signed in March by IICA.
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Access all the information on the Conference of Ministers of Agriculture 2021/ Inter-American Board of Agriculture (IABA) at https://jia2021.iica.int/en/news/
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The leader, cooperative member, and promoter of women in her country’s coffee industry represented seven other Leaders of Rurality recognized by IICA in the awards ceremony held during the Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas 2021.
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