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November 9, 2021

Leaders of Rurality of the Americas shared their dreams and described their daily efforts to achieve a more inclusive and sustainable future for their communities

The participants were designated by IICA as Leaders of Rurality in 2021, in recognition of their capacity to set positive examples for the rural areas of the region in which they live.

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November 8, 2021

IICA renews commitment to ICOA to backstop productive and commercial development of organic agriculture

The new four-year agreement between the institutions was signed during the XII Regular Annual Meeting of ICOA.

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November 3, 2021

Experts issue a warning at COP 26: soil care and health must be part of the global climate change agenda

Experts at the event underscored the need to include soil care in global discussions on how humanity should combat climate change, stressing that, as a matter of urgency, countries must translate scientific consensus into action.

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October 29, 2021

The Global Roundtable for Sustainable Meat and IICA will promote good practices and research in the meat industry

Both institutions work to transform agri-food systems from livestock and rural development in the Americas.

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October 28, 2021

PepsiCo and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) establish an alliance for soil recovery and conservation in Latin America and the Caribbean

With this new alliance, PepsiCo joins the “Living Soils of the Americas”, program designed to improve rural well-being, productivity, and food security while respecting environmental limits and making rational use of natural resources.

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October 20, 2021

Promoter of opportunities for rural women, Keithlin Caroo, conferred title of IICA Goodwill Ambassador

Caroo left her dream job and a stable income at the United Nations to focus on improving the lives of rural women through a new efficient, profitable and technological agriculture.

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October 20, 2021

Challenges to transforming agrifood systems: A high-level debate in conjunction with the conferral of the World Food Prize

The participants will exchange ideas and information on the actions needed to achieve more sustainable agrifood systems in the region—a primary net exporter of food—and in the world.

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October 14, 2021

Colombian cocoa farmer and defender of rural women’s rights Liliana Jiménez Molina recognized by IICA as a “Leader of Rurality”

Through her agricultural work, Liliana seeks to make women protagonists in Colombia's vast rural areas.

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October 12, 2021

“Leader of Rurality” Mexican agronomist to promote projects for small-scale rural farmers together with IICA

Mexican agronomist Gabriela Lucas will work together with IICA through the Center for Innovation on Small-Scale Sustainable Agriculture (CIASPE), which she founded. Joint work will be geared towards assisting small-scale producers who require projects and best practices to improve soils and boost the food security and income of their communities.

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