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San José

March 17, 2025

More than 500 individuals enroll in the first edition of a course on sustainable technologies involving the use of bioinputs in agriculture   

The course aims to provide essential knowledge on bioinputs and their impact on agricultural sustainability, covering key concepts, benefits, challenges, market trends, regulations and opportunities for implementation in the region.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

Washington D.C.

March 13, 2025

During visit to Washington D.C. by Director General Manuel Otero, U.S. Department of Agriculture and IICA ratify strategic partnership to drive agricultural modernization in the Americas

The United States and IICA are working together to prevent and control these diseases, which require joint action, as they threaten food security and the livelihoods of producers.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

San José, Costa Rica

March 7, 2025

IICA and Endeavor’s AgTech Accelerator Program kicks off with 20 AgTechs from 11 countries in the Americas

The program offers intensive training with world-class mentors who hold positions of leadership within the region’s leading technology companies and most highly regarded AgTechs.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

Granada e São Vicente e Granadinas

March 6, 2025

Along with Chile and Uruguay, IICA strengthens food security in Grenada and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines with donations of seeds, broiler chickens and laying hens

These contributions, obtained through the Institute’s partners in Chile and Uruguay, are part of the specialized agency for agricultural and rural development’s efforts to rebuild the agriculture sector in the wake of the devastation in the island nations caused by Hurricane Beryl in 2024.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

Kingston, Jamaica; Saint John’s, Antigua Y Barbuda; Castries, ST Lucia

March 5, 2025

IICA launches NextGenSP project, aimed at revitalizing sweet potato production to boost food security in the Caribbean

The initiative, which will address critical challenges to sweet potato production, aims to unleash the crop’s full potential to improve food security in the region.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

San Jose, Costa Rica

March 3, 2025

IICA is launching the third edition of the Minecraft Education Challenge for Agriculture, aimed at young peopleand designed to promote food production in urban environments

The aim of the 2025 Minecraft Education Challenge is to find creative alternatives in the areas of vertical agriculture, the use of technology for food production in small spaces, agriculture on green roofs, flat roofs and balconies, hydroponics and aeroponics in urban environments, community agriculture, and sustainable urban gardens.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

Guatemala

February 20, 2025

Ms. Nadine Cabana, Global Affairs Canada, visits Finca El Trapiche in Aldea el Terrero, Zacapa Guatemala to learn about the progress in the implementation of the project “TeleGan, Sustainability and Innovation in Livestock”

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

San José, Costa Rica

February 20, 2025

The Secretariat for Central American Economic Integration (SIECA) and IICA enhance their partnership to improve market access, with the launch of a regional Public Policy Observatory for Agrifood Systems (OPSAa)

The aim is to ensure that production and trade information is made available to Central American countries in real time, thereby facilitating increased market access for the region’s agricultural products.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

February 19, 2025

Iowan producers and Secretary of Agriculture touring Central America visited IICA Headquarters to learn about the Institute’s work in biotechnology and biofuels

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

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