February 23, 2021
During an interview with the program Agro América, broadcast by Brazilian TV channel AgroMais, the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of Argentina underscored the need to discuss how to provide economic support for the conservation of ecosystems such as the Amazon or the Gran Chaco Americano.
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February 19, 2021
During a forum organized by IICA, public and private sector representatives agreed that efforts must be geared towards establishing national regulations to ensure that more rural areas have full connectivity at a lower cost.
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February 17, 2021
During a forum organized by IICA, ministers, regulators and private sector representatives emphasized the importance of laying the groundwork for a digital agricultural revolution in order to guarantee a better quality of life in the countryside.
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February 17, 2021
Bananas are the fourth most produced food crop in the world after wheat, rice and corn, and the fifth most consumed unprocessed crop on the planet.
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February 16, 2021
A banana “pandemic” caused by the Tropical Race 4 (TR4) strain of the Fusarium fungus is devastating the crop in several countries. Coordinated public-private efforts are needed to generate knowledge and build capacities to contain the disease.
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February 15, 2021
IICA has invited high-level public authorities, academics and private sector representatives to come together to assess how to create a roadmap for the full connectivity of rural areas in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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February 11, 2021
This took place at a meeting of the Central American Agricultural Council (CAC), whose President Pro Tempore is Renato Alvarado, Minister of Agriculture and Livestock of Costa Rica.
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February 10, 2021
The Director of the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) and the Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) will bring together the technical groups they lead to develop a joint work agenda.
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February 8, 2021
Speaking at IICA, Fernando Schwanke, Brazil’s Secretary of Family Farming and Cooperativism, outlined his country’s new generation of public policies to bolster a sector that is key to food security and territorial development.
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