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Santo Domingo, República Dominicana

July 4, 2016

IICA and FAO lead the Donors and Cooperation Agencies in the Dominican Republic

In an effort to continue the planning and coordination of the technical cooperation activities of the different donors and cooperation agencies in the agricultural sector of the Dominican Republic, IICA and FAO have retaken the working meetings among the different agencies.

In the most recent meeting of this group, representatives of FAO, Spanish Agency for International Cooperation for Development (AECIED), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the European Union Delegation (DUE) in the country discussed the operation and initial strategy of the group.

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Santo Domingo, República Dominicana

July 4, 2016

IICA Director General visits the IICA Delegation in the Dominican Republic during the 46th OAS General Assembly

The IICA Director General, Dr. Victor Villalobos made a warm and enthusiastic visit to the IICA Delegation in the Dominican Republic during his participation in the 46th OAS General Assembly during June 2016.

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Santo Domingo, República Dominicana

July 4, 2016

Workshop on Trade Barriers and Free Trade Agreements for Cassava between the Dominican Republic and US

Under the “Strengthening bilateral trade between the US and Latin America” Project implemented in countries with a FTA with the US, the workshop "Elements of strategy to boost trade chain cassava between the Dominican Republic and the United States” was implemented in the Dominican Republic.

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Santo Domingo, República Dominicana

July 4, 2016

IICA Delegation in the Dominican Republic donates Videoconference equipment to ISA

As part of the commitments made by IICA and the ISA University in the agreement to implement in the country the "Virtual Regional School Food Inspection for Central America and the Dominican Republic" (ERVIA), IICA donated a complete videoconference equipment that will serve to strengthen its technological capacity to train professionals in the area of ​​food inspection.

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Santo Domingo, República Dominicana

July 4, 2016

IICA Delegation the Dominican Republic presents 2015 Results of the Technical Cooperation

In a significant but humble meeting, the IICA Delegation in the Dominican Republic presented the Accountability Event to present the 2015 results of the technical cooperation agenda on Wednesday June 22nd 2016,  according to the provisions IICA regulations for the delegations in all the member countries.

All the outcomes and activities implemented last year were presented by Mr. Frank Lam, IICA Representative in the Dominican Republic to the authorities of the Ministry of Agriculture and other public and private institutions of the agricultural sector.

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Barbados

June 19, 2016

Safe pesticide management and use being addressed in the Caribbean

Twelve countries from the CARIFORUM Region met at the 21st Meeting of the Coordinating Group of Pesticides Control Boards of the Caribbean (CGPC) in Belize to discuss responsible pest and pesticide management in the Sub-region. 

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Barbados

June 2, 2016

CARIFORUM Region one step closer to attaining Model Legislation in Agricultural Health and Food Safety

 

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May 30, 2016

IICA-CONACYT scholarship program to benefit one thousand students by the end of the year

Between January and May 2016 alone, the academic initiative benefited 105 new professionals in the Americas, which speaks to the program’s success throughout its four years of operation.

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Washington

May 2, 2016

IICA meets with the private sector to explore partnership opportunities

“The challenge that agriculture faces are significant and IICA cannot do it alone” stated Director General of IICA, Víctor M. Villalobos.

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