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September 15, 2021

The Americas and Africa: key continents for guaranteeing food security and the environmental sustainability of the planet

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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September 14, 2021

Global biofuel consumption set to increase by up to 8% this year following a weak 2020

IICA has published the “Atlas de los biocombustibles líquidos 2020-2021,” an accurate, reliable and detailed information tool on the main biofuel variables.

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September 9, 2021

Organic agriculture: facilitating trade channels is key to strengthening small-scale farmers

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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September 3, 2021

Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas promote joint action on health, food security strengthening, sustainability and rural digitalization

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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September 3, 2021

Guatemalan coffee producer Elvia Monzón received IICA’s “Soul of Rurality” award in the presence of ministers of agriculture of the Americas

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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September 3, 2021

Caribbean countries commit to building agricultural resilience to climate change challenges

The Ministers of Agriculture of 14 nations in that region—who along with their other counterparts in the Americas, were attending the Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas 2021—committed to transforming and increasing the resilience of their agrifood systems to the challenges they face, due to their vulnerability to climate change-related natural disasters.

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September 2, 2021

Overcoming the crisis caused by the pandemic provides an opportunity to transform the development model and agrifood systems of Latin America and the Caribbean 

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) presented the report entitled “The Outlook for Agriculture and Rural Development in the Americas: A Perspective on Latin America and the Caribbean”.

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September 2, 2021

Green Climate Fund and IICA sign agreement that will increase funding for climate resilience projects in Latin America and the Caribbean

The Green Climate Fund foresees that the partnership with IICA will increase the financial resources available for mitigation, adaptation and resilience initiatives in the region, which, to date, has amounted to USD 1.85 billion in 41 climate projects.

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September 2, 2021

U.S. Secretary Tom Vilsack: Agriculture offers some of the best solutions to climate change

The Secretary of Agriculture of the United States, Tom Vilsack, addressed his peers at the Ministerial Conference organized by IICA. He warned of the devastating impacts of climate change and called for ending hunger, stating that “agriculture must and can be part of the solution”.

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