March 17, 2021
The “Sustainable Agri-Food Systems” seminar was organized to mark Mercosur’s 30th anniversary and highlighted the central role of its member countries in addressing the issue of global food security and nutrition. The body is currently chaired by Argentina.
Tiempo de lectura: 3mins
March 16, 2021
Brathwaite—the IICA Director General from 2002 and 2010—who later served as Ambassador to China for his country, Barbados, provides an essential view of the economic rise of the Popular Republic of China from a perspective that is at once Caribbean and universal.
Tiempo de lectura: 3mins
March 10, 2021
Scientist, Ohio State University professor and IICA Goodwill Ambassador, Rattan Lal, delivered an address on regenerative agriculture to Latin American and Caribbean farmers.
Tiempo de lectura: 3mins
March 9, 2021
The program includes a Rural School for Ecological Restoration, which will provide growers with knowledge and information on ecological restoration and community-based water management.
Tiempo de lectura: 3mins
March 8, 2021
Minister Zulfikar Mustapha stated this during an event held by IICA, during which a study on digital skills in rural areas was presented, and where he highlighted the role of this hemispheric organization in reducing the digital divide in rural areas.
Tiempo de lectura: 3mins
March 8, 2021
The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), in collaboration with Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Microsoft joined with Brazilian and Guyanese authorities to release the study “Digital Literacy in Rural Areas: An Indispensable Condition to Bridge the Divide in Latin America and the Caribbean”.
Tiempo de lectura: 3mins
March 5, 2021
According to a study by different international organizations, involving a review of 18,000 academic publications, positive results on their farms and in the environment are what motivates farmers, in the long-term, to adopt sustainable practices.
Tiempo de lectura: 3mins
March 4, 2021
The study, which reveals that limited digital skills pose as great a problem as the lack of connectivity, will be launched on March 8, in the presence of high level authorities of the Americas.
Tiempo de lectura: 3mins
March 3, 2021
The event featured the participation of the Minister of Science, Technology and Telecommunications of Costa Rica, Paola Vega; the Vice-Minister of Agriculture of Costa Rica, Laura Pacheco Ovares; IFAD's Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, Rossana Polastri; and the Director General of IICA, Manuel Otero, as well as other authorities of the International Fund.
Tiempo de lectura: 3mins
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