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February 28, 2022

IICA launches competition for startups to participate in Digital Agriculture Week

The competition is held in collaboration with its partners from the University of Wageningen (Netherlands), Bayer, Microsoft and Agrosmart.

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February 25, 2022

Conflict in Eastern Europe could negatively impact global food security, warns IICA Director General

He recalled that the impact on world peace, and the widespread uncertainty it triggers, disrupts the regular operation of markets and compromises food supply, affecting food prices and key inputs required for food production.

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February 24, 2022

Participatory research, the basis for a more sustainable rice in Chile

In the Ñuble region, located a little over 400 km south of Santiago, the southernmost rice in the world, in the hands of researchers, extensionists and producers, continues to seek sustainable solutions to adapt to climate change and markets, a of the keys: participatory research groups.

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February 21, 2022

IICA launches a competition for startups offering digital solutions for agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean

The competition aims to select 15 startups to participate in Digital Agriculture Week, to be held in May.

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February 21, 2022

The Latin American and Caribbean countries identify areas of progress and the challenges that remain on the road to transforming their agri-food systems

The countries of the Americas arrived at the Summit last year with a jointly agreed position, set out in 16 messages with key principles that they advocated as a group and in a coordinated manner. Agreed after long days of discussions coordinated by IICA, the messages were endorsed by the ministers and secretaries of agriculture of the entire continent.

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February 21, 2022

Award-winning scientist Rattan Lal appointed by President Biden as a new member of the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development

In making this designation public, the White House highlighted Lal’s ties to IICA and noted that the scientist “is widely recognized as a pioneer in soil-centric agricultural management to improve food security globally and develop climate-resilient agriculture

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February 18, 2022

Ministers of Agriculture of Central America highlight IICA’s role and Director General stresses the importance of regional integration 

Within the framework of a regular meeting of the Central American Agricultural Council (CAC), senior officials gathered to review the status of agricultural trade in the region, among other issues. 

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February 17, 2022

Mexico: Rattan Lal, IICA and Syngenta reaffirm the value of partnerships to transform agrifood systems

They reaffirmed the importance of establishing partnerships to advance towards more resilient, healthy, sustainable and equitable agrifood systems, and emphasized the relevant role played by science, technology and innovation in the achievement of these goals.

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February 16, 2022

Mobile app places digital agriculture in the hands of small farmers in Trinidad and Tobago

The FarmVue app assists farmers to access electronic platforms that are able to document and keep records on the planting and harvesting of crops, the inputs used, as well as costs and sales.

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