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November 7, 2018

Mercedes Peñas Domingo: IICA set to play a key role in pushing the rural development agenda

The Spanish Political Scientist and Associate Specialist of the Extreme Events Institute of Florida International University (United States), delivered an address in Colombia at the XII International Forum on Territorial Development, organized by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA).

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November 6, 2018

Biofortification of food crops: the remedy for malnutrition in the Caribbean

Ministries of Agriculture and international organizations are seeking to develop varieties of micronutrient-rich foods to reduce the high incidence of conditions such as cancer, obesity, heart disease and diabetes in the Caribbean region.

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November 6, 2018

Rural areas as the cornerstone for development – the main theme of the XII International Forum on Territorial Development

Officials, experts and academics from 12 countries are attending the Forum, which Colombia is hosting for the first time. It will seek to develop concrete proposals on how to successfully tackle the challenges of rural development, with a territorial focus, and also to expand knowledge networks in Latin America.

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October 31, 2018

Microsoft-IICA Agreement will boost innovation and the use of technology in the agriculture sector of the Americas

Today, the technological company and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture formalized a strategic relationship to facilitate the implementation of the Internet of Things, Big Data and Artificial Intelligence in the agriculture sector of the Americas.

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October 26, 2018

Sharon Day, U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica, met with the Director General of IICA

During the meeting, which was held at the request of the head of the Institute, Manuel Otero, the officials explored areas in which it would be possible to increase cooperation between IICA, the government of the United States of America and its specialized agencies, as well as between the hemispheric agency and the U.S. private sector.

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October 19, 2018

IICA staff met with the Secretary of Agriculture-elect of Mexico

Gloria Abraham, IICA Representative in Mexico, and Diego Montenegro, Director of Management and Regional Integration of the international agency, participated in the meeting. They were welcomed by Víctor Villalobos, Secretary of Agriculture-elect of Mexico, and his work team, who endorsed IICA’s work for the benefit of Mexico’s agriculture sector.

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October 19, 2018

“The role of natural resources in the economy is key for economic and social development”

IICA participated in the International Forum on Bioenergy, during which it argued that bioeconomy allows for reassessing natural resource use and agricultural coordination.

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October 12, 2018

Enhancing Agri-food Trade and Development in the Americas

With the worrying trend of increased numbers of hungry in the world, the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events and inadequate infrastructure and rural services, the global agri-food system is under intense pressure.

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October 12, 2018

Caribbean Ministers of Agriculture are advised of IICA’s differentiated strategies for the region

Included in the plans are the strengthening of strategic alliances, mobilization of human and financial resources, and improvements to increase the impact of existing programs, with a view to bolstering the production of quality foods and intraregional trade

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