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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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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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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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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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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At a meeting of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Minister Saboto Caesar asked for support and solidarity, and stated that "access to food in the country is in jeopardy" after the volcanic eruption that compromised the productive capacity of local agriculture.
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Luciano Braverman, Director of Education for Microsoft Latin America spoke with the Agro América program, airing on Brazilian TV channel Agro Mais. about the role of rural schools in technology incorporation processes.
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Under the sponsorship of the U.S. Grains Council (USGC) and the U.S. Soybean Export Council (USSEC), IICA delivered courses to foster public policymaking on this topic in the Americas.
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The program involves the transfer of the relevant technology and the development of activities to diversify income streams, while also introducing the appropriate mechanisms to respond to threats identified in the coffee sector.
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