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August 21, 2019

Microsoft, Lantern Technologies and IICA create IoT device to facilitate agro-climate monitoring by producers

The first climate station prototype will be introduced in the field, for use in the Central American Program for Integrated Coffee Rust Management (PROCAGICA), under the direction of IICA and financed by the European Union.

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July 26, 2019

ECS Delegations in the Eastern Caribbean States Welcomes its New Representative, Mr Gregg Rawlins

 

The ECS Delegations in the Eastern Caribbean States (ECS) is pleased to welcome Mr. Gregg C.E. Rawlins, a national of Barbados, who has been appointed Representative of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) in the Eastern Caribbean States, with effect from July 1, 2019.  

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July 17, 2019

Costa Rica officially launches its Fab Lab: an innovation lab for agriculture

The new lab is an initiative spearheaded by Ministry of Science, Technology and Telecommunications (MICITT) of Costa Rica and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation for Agriculture (IICA). The initiative may be replicated in other Latin American and Caribbean countries. 

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July 16, 2019

In partnership with the Carolina Foundation and FUNIBER, IICA increases academic options for young professionals

 Agricultural engineering, nutrition, food biotechnology, environmental management, business and other agriculture-related studies are just some of the options available to students in the Americas.

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July 12, 2019

IICA presents a proposal to strengthen Mexico’s cow’s milk chain

The proposal is in response to a request by the country’s Executive Commission for Cow’s Milk (CEBL - Spanish acronym), which is seeking to strengthen the institutional framework and governance of the sector.

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July 11, 2019

Microsoft and IICA create open access video platform on agriculture

IICA Play is a new tool for reducing digital and education divides. Producers across the hemisphere will have access to more than one hundred videos with technical and educational content related to agriculture, ranging from the efficient use of natural resources to methods of treating plant health diseases.

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July 8, 2019

IICA Belize hosts Accountability Seminar 2019

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July 8, 2019

South-South cooperation will strengthen beekeeping in Barbados and Dominica

In collaboration with Argentina, a project will be implemented in these countries to generate best practices for the entire beekeeping industry in the Caribbean.

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July 5, 2019

Ecuador inaugurates plant that produces biocosmetics for commercial sale made from pine-nut oil

A project by IICA and the Ministry of Energy and Non-Renewable Natural Resources of Ecuador allowed for consolidating this business undertaking in the field of bioeconomy, which will be operated by pine-nut producers in the province of Manabí.

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