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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

March 23, 2018

IICA Delegation in the Canada Newsletter — January – March 2018

Welcome to our first edition of 2018.

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Canada

March 20, 2018

Agriculture and International Development: A Fruitful Combination

A meeting held with Ms. Celina Caesar-Chavannes, the Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry, was quite encouraging. 

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Canada

March 20, 2018

A New Type of Cooperation Formalized

The agreement, in the form of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), provides the framework for engaging the services and support of the Delegation to sensitize and prepare Paraguayan agribusiness sector to meet regulatory requirements in Canada

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Canada

March 19, 2018

Can Seasonal Agriculture Workers Contribute to Agriculture in Their Home Countries?

In Canada, the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAWP) has been in place for over 50 years, with workers coming from Mexico, Jamaica and other Caribbean countries.

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Canada

March 19, 2018

Representative’s Message

The inauguration of a new Director General of the Institute in January actually sealed the deal.  No stranger to IICA, Dr. Manuel Otero hit the ground running, ensuring that institutional planning was high on each Delegation’s work agenda.

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Washington, D.C.

March 19, 2018

The growth of the organic products market in the US will continue to present opportunities for exporters from LAC

During the 2018 USDA Agricultural Outlook, speakers on the Outlook for Organic Agriculture panel examined the rise in U.S. organic food demand, organic export markets, and organic production-sector opportunities. 
 

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Washington, D.C.

March 19, 2018

IICA’s Delegation in USA participates in the US Poultry Annual Conference

Invited by the US Poultry and Eggs Association (US Poultry), IICA’s Agricultural Health and Food Safety International Specialist for North America, Dr. Horrys Friaça represented IICA’s Delegation in USA at the US Poultry Annual Conference in Atlanta in January. 

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Washington, D.C.

March 19, 2018

WTO-IICA Center: Cooperation services in international agricultural trade


Do you know that the World Trade Organization (WTO) Reference Center at IICA has been in operation since 2012?

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Washington, D.C.

March 19, 2018

IICA attends the 2018 USDA Agricultural Outlook

Among the diverse panels held during the forum, there were several that were considered most relevant to IICA member countries.

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