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Mexican agronomist Gabriela Lucas Deecke to receive IICA award for efforts to improve the quality of life of vulnerable rural populations

In 2011 Gabriela knew she wanted to devote her life to training family farmers on how to produce abundant, healthy and nutritious foods for their families and communities. As a result, she founded the CIASPE, an organization aimed at strengthening the self-management capabilities and resilience of small-scale farmers—and particularly female leaders.

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Minister Indar Weir: “Barbados is working to ensure farmers have access to water for food production”

The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security of Barbados was interviewed by Agro América, a program broadcast on the Brazilian TV channel AgroMais.

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Brazilian farmer Simone Silotti to receive IICA “Leaders of Rurality” award for initiative that connects farmers and organizations working to feed at-risk population

“Do an incredible good” connects small farmers and organizations working with at-risk populations. It has already prevented 200 tons of food waste and benefited more than 100 farmers.

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Minister Saboto Caesar: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, on the road to recovering its food sector after a volcanic eruption, but still in need of external help

"Farmers who work close to the volcano will receive financial help until the end of the year and also in 2022. We will rebuild the agricultural sector, and we will do it better than before", Minister Saboto Caesar told the Brazilian TV channel AgroMais.

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Council of the Americas and IICA: International trade is key to improving the circumstances of farmers and rural communities

The Council of the Americas and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) invited experts from the public and private sectors to a debate ahead of the UN Food Systems Summit 2021.

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USDEC and IICA publish report on the importance of livestock production and animal protein in sustainable food systems

The document compiles the technical perspectives of 13 experts on the positive impact this production activity has not only on food and nutritional security, but also on the socioeconomic and environmental development of the Americas.

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Panamanian authorities, the EU and IICA inaugurate farmer field school at penitentiary to develop sustainable rice farming techniques and facilitate social reintegration of prisoners

The Farmer Field School is part of the EUROCLIMA+ program implemented by GIZ and Expertise France, financed by the European Union, and executed by the ministries of Agriculture of Panama and El Salvador in collaboration with IICA.

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Trinidadian advocate of resilient agriculture to feed the Caribbean will receive the IICA “Leaders of Rurality” award

With research and patience, Roop has learned to adapt to climate change, becoming an expert in soil care and natural resource management. 

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New app assesses vulnerability of coffee plantations in Central America to climate change to increase adaptive capacity 

The tool provides simple recommendations to implement actions aimed at increasing the adaptive capacity and resilience of producers. Called the Vulnerability Tool, it is currently in the final validation phase with ally organizations, including the Tropical Agriculture Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE) and the National University of Engineering (UNI) of Nicaragua.

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