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April 21, 2016

Corn and bean growers in Central America have benefitted from Red SICTA Project

This initiative, implemented by IICA and funded by COSUDE, promoted the creation of networks for innovation and led to an increase of 18% in the amount of food available to the families of those growers.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

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April 21, 2016

Director of the DGIR visited IICA offices in Peru, Bolivia and Argentina

Joint activities consolidated in Argentina between IICA and the MAGyP, INTA, and SENASA.

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April 21, 2016

Minister of Agriculture of Guyana informs IICA authorities of the country’s agricultural challenges

Among the minister’s main interests is driving the dairy industry, value-added production, and efficient use of water resources.

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April 18, 2016

IICA strengthens its technical cooperation model

Called together by the Director General of IICA, representatives of the institute in its 34 member countries attended the Fourth Institutional Management Meeting in Costa Rica to analyze the Institute’s results over the past five years.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

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Basseterre, St Kitts

April 14, 2016

IICA Assisted St. Kitts and Nevis with Greater Utilization of Mango

October 2015: Mango is one of the most prolific and productive fruits grown in St.

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Kingstown, St Vincent and Grenadines

April 14, 2016

St Vincent and the Grenadines ‘Market Transparency’ Improves with Assistance from IICA

October 2015: Survival and growth of agriculture in St Vincent and the Grenadines, and indeed the wider Caribbean region, depend heavily on our ability to improve the competitiveness within our food supply chains to meet or match the competition from external food suppliers. An important component of any strategy to improve competitiveness must focus heavily on improving the transparency within agricultural markets.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

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April 5, 2016

Countries of the hemisphere strengthen their capabilities in the field of synthetic biology

IICA and the US Department of Agriculture discussed the potential advantages and implications of this science for various sectors of the economy.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

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Washington, D.C.

April 1, 2016

The Contribution of Agriculture to Development

By Dr. Joaquín Arias, Policy and Sectoral Analysis Specialist, IICA, joaquin.arias@iica.int 

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Ottawa, Canada

April 1, 2016

The Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food Workforce Summit

The Canadian Agriculture and AGriFood Workforce Summit organized by the Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council (CAHRC) in Winnipeg, Manitoba was billed as a “not be missed event”.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

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