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At IICA, authorities and energy sector experts from Central America, convened by the U.S. Grains Council (USGC), analyzed the future of biofuels and their role in the decarbonization of transportation

At the "Cultivating Energy" seminar, organized by the U.S. Grains Council and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), these organizations signed an agreement to promote technical cooperation in the field of biofuels.

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President of U.S. Grains Council and Director General of IICA highlight the importance of the bioeconomy and biofuels for agricultural and economic development in the Americas

In a discussion that took place during a regional seminar entitled “Growing Energy” organized by the two organizations in San José, Costa Rica.

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“The level of integration that the ministers of the Southern Agricultural Council (CAS) have achieved marks a historic milestone for our countries,” said Fernando Mattos in reviewing his experience as President pro tempore

Mattos observed that agriculture, which usually is not included in the discussions at the highest political level, is now high on the international agenda, thanks to Brazil’s Presidency of the G20 during 2024 and the holding of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 30) in Belem do Pará in 2025.

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IICA selects 16 AgTechs from 14 countries across the Americas to participate in-person at the 2024 Digital Agriculture Week

The winners were chosen from a group of 152 AgTechs across 21 countries that applied following a call for submissions launched by the Institute for the event, which will take place at the end of September in Costa Rica.

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IICA strengthens internship program that promotes the professional development of young people across the Americas

In a discussion with the 2024 generation of interns, the Director General of the Institute, Manuel Otero, highlighted the extraordinary professional and personal opportunities offered by the program and committed to further strengthening it in the next year and a half of his tenure.

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The key stakeholders of the sustainable aviation fuel value chain come together to discuss the sector’s opportunities and challenges

The aviation sector plays a crucial role in mitigating the consequences of greenhouse gas emissions from human activity, since it accounts for between 2% and 3% of global CO2 emissions and 12% of emissions produced by the transportation sector. 

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Embrapa and IICA strengthen their alliance and joint efforts: they will enhance cooperation with Africa and the global positioning of sustainable agriculture

Massruhá and Otero signed an agreement at Embrapa’s headquarters in Brasília to strengthen international technical cooperation. The commitment aims to promote the exchange of public policies, technologies, and knowledge, with the objective of implementing concrete actions to benefit the agricultural sector in the near future.

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IICA and the prestigious Brazilian business school INSPER sign a scientific cooperation agreement to globally promote sustainability and agricultural trade

With an initial duration of two years, the agreement opens a series of opportunities for collaboration with the INSPER Agro Global program, which since 2019 has been analyzing the vectors of transformation and the insertion of Brazil in global agribusiness, contributing to the design of public policies and the training of leaders in the public and private sectors.

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Minister of Agriculture Carlos Fávaro invites Director General Manuel Otero to the G20 Agricultural Summit and agrees to strengthen the joint work between Brazil and IICA with a focus on Caribbean resilience

Otero and Fávaro also discussed the organization of the Conference of Ministers of Agriculture – Inter-American Board of Agriculture (IABA), which will be held in Brazil in 2025. The Conference brings together the 34 Agriculture Ministers of the Americas every two years and is the main governing body of IICA. It will be held prior to COP30, which will be hosted in Belém do Pará, Brazil. Fávaro assured the full support of his country in organizing this meeting.

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