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April 15, 2021

Argentina and IICA to enhance technical cooperation with the Caribbean and Central American rural sector

Under a Memorandum of Understanding signed by Felipe Solá, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship of the Republic of Argentina, and Manuel Otero, Director General of IICA, a Triangular and South-South Cooperation Program will be established, prioritizing the countries of Central America and the Caribbean.

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April 14, 2021

USDEC, UPEACE and IICA train national Codex Alimentarius officers in the Americas

Through an online training course, representatives from 24 countries in the hemisphere will improve their consensus-building skills.

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April 14, 2021

IICA strengthens support for the Central American Agricultural Council and further endorses regional integration

According to Manuel Otero, Director General of IICA, the agreement through which IICA supports the Executive Secretariat of the Council will be extended for another four years, which will allow for undertaking larger-scale projects to strengthen Central American agriculture.

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April 14, 2021

“The sun will shine brighter, tomorrow will be better”: Still relevant, The Farmer’s Anthem brings hope to the Caribbean

In 2020, The Farmer’s Anthem formed part of IICA’s popular music tribute to farm workers.

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April 14, 2021

Having expanded rice and sugar production, Guyana aims to diversify further, says Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, in a Brazilian TV interview

The South American country—considered to be the food basket of the Caribbean—is expecting to reap the largest rice crop in its history and to increase sugar production, even as it works to develop non-traditional crops.

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April 13, 2021

Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas will participate in new meeting convened by the Director General of FAO, the Director General of IICA and the Regional Representative of FAO

The third hemispheric meeting of ministers and secretaries of Agriculture will seek to drive the recovery and transformation of the region’s agrifood systems, which have been affected by the pandemic.

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April 8, 2021

Experts at a Council of the Americas seminar maintained that farmers should be prioritized in discussions about the future of food systems

The participants included Saboto Caesar, Minister of Agriculture of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Krysta Harden, Executive Director and President of the U.S. Dairy Export Council; Manuel Bravo, President and Executive Director of Bayer Mexico; Michael Kremer, University of Chicago professor and winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics; and Manuel Otero, Director General of IICA.

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April 5, 2021

IICA and the Institute on Science for Global Policy will promote the development of science-based agricultural policies

The entities signed an agreement to encourage the inclusion of youth in the design of policies and initiatives in areas such as resilience, traceability, biotechnology, sanitary and phytosanitary matters and food security.

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March 31, 2021

IICA and COLEACP will promote entrepreneurship development in the Caribbean

The entities will collaborate under a technical cooperation agreement, aimed at developing a more sustainable agriculture sector and providing training for small farmers and MSMEs.

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