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August 19, 2020

Artwork by Argentinean painter Manuel Cancel is featured on IICA’s virtual gallery “Art, Education and Agriculture”

The gallery, which is available on IICA’s website, features paintings that depict different realities of rural areas in the Americas.

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August 18, 2020

Brazil: first Latin American country slated to benefit from agricultural digital solutions, spearheaded by Nobel Prize winner, Michael Kremer

This was announced by Brazil’s Minister of Agriculture, Tereza Cristina, at a ceremony in which the 2019 Nobel Prize winner for Economics was named an IICA Goodwill Ambassador. The focus will be family farming.

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August 15, 2020

At OAS Permanent Council meeting, Member States express decisive support for IICA actions

The endorsement was in response to a presentation by Manuel Otero, Director General of IICA (Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture), summarizing the 2019 Annual Report, which outlines the accomplishments of the agency for rural and agricultural development of the Americas. Otero also referred to the rigorous efforts of IICA during the months of the pandemic.

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August 14, 2020

Michael Kremer, 2019 Nobel Prize winner for Economics, will receive the title of IICA Goodwill Ambassador

Manuel Otero, Director General of IICA, will present Kremer with the award during a ceremony that will include the participation of the ministers of Agriculture of Brazil and Colombia, Tereza Cristina and Rodolfo Zea Navarro.

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August 13, 2020

IICA launches challenge to create the Rural Youth Community of the Americas

The project encourages youth across the hemisphere to propose ideas and solutions for overcoming post-pandemic challenges in agriculture.

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August 12, 2020

IICA commits to collaborating with the GEF to increase agricultural sustainability in Latin America and the Caribbean

Carlos Manuel Rodríguez, Minister of the Environment and Energy of Costa Rica, who will become the CEO of the GEF in a few weeks, participated in a virtual tour of IICA’s facilities together with the Institute’s Director General, Manuel Otero.

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August 7, 2020

Elvia Monzón, a natural leader who promotes the presence of women in coffee growing in Guatemala

Ever since her husband migrated and left her alone with four small children, this female coffee farmer has learned to deal with difficult situations and has become the leader of a cooperative in San Antonio Huista.

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August 6, 2020

Successful innovation attempt by a Venezuelan farmer to improve rice resilience

SRI enabled Miguel Agüero from Guárico in Venezuela to obtain greater yields from the crop while using fewer resources.

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August 6, 2020

Agro-processors in Grenada strengthened their governance capacity to improve competitiveness

A variety of value-added products are being made by other processors from the nutmeg pericarps and produce other agricultural goods to supplement their incomes whilst they try to improve market share for their nutmeg products.

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