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The Salvadorian livestock industry and Panamanian rice sector forge ahead with the development of climate change mitigation actions

IICA, GIZ, Expertise France and the ministries of agriculture in both countries are executing a project, under the EU-funded EUROCLIMA+ Program, which involves training more than 200 rice and livestock farmers in low-carbon and climate-adapted production.

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“PROCAGICA has put us back on our feet”: José Amílcar García, Honduran coffee farmer

Coffee leaf rust ravaged his entire coffee plantation some years ago, but today he is making strides, with timely support from the European Union and IICA program.

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The Minister of Agriculture of the Dominican Republic underscored the key role of the sector in the recovery and boosting of this country’s economy

Minister Limber Cruz announced a record production of beans, rice, vegetables, tomatoes and onions, as well as cooperation actions with Costa Rica to modernize the coffee industry. "We will be self-sufficient in coffee and we will export this product again," he said. Major support was also given to the fruit growing sector.

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Agreement between Vázquez de Coronado and IICA to embark on the construction of the Plaza of Agriculture of the Americas

Roland Méndez, Mayor of the Costa Rican municipality that is home to IICA Headquarters and Manuel Otero, the Director General of the international organization, signed a document of understanding regarding the construction of an ambitious project, which was declared a site of Public Interest, by the President of the Republic of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado.

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Hipólito Mejía, former President of the Dominican Republic – the latest IICA Goodwill Ambassador

The former President, who is also an Agricultural Engineer and a former Minister of Agriculture, was awarded the title by Manuel Otero, Director General of IICA, in a ceremony which included the virtual participation of the President of the Dominican Republic, Luis Abinader.

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PROCAGICA: a team effort benefitting Central American coffee farmers

Collaboration between SECAC, CIRAD and CATIE, in conjunction with IICA, has contributed to the success of the Central American Program for Integrated Coffee Rust Management (PROCAGICA).

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Chile’s National Irrigation Commission and IICA will present innovative water management solutions for agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean

International experts will share large-scale solutions such as watershed management and payment for environmental services, as well as agroecological, technological and ancestral alternatives for peasant family farming.

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IICA supports the Honduran Secretariat of Agriculture in a project to spur improved food safety in Honduras and Belize

The initiative— “Piloting the Use of Voluntary Third-Party Assurance Programs in Central America (Belize and Honduras)—will receive technical and administrative support from the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA).

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Member countries support IICA’s coordinating role in the Americas in preparation for the UN Food Systems Summit

IICA Director General, Manuel Otero, has announced that in the coming days, the Institute will present a conceptual document about the future of agrifood systems to the ministers and secretaries of agriculture of the Americas. The document will reflect on possible courses of action, seeking to arrive at a common position in the Americas to take to the Summit.

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