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Nature-based solutions are the path to resiliency for rural communities, affirmed panelists in a discussion organized by the Commonwealth at COP29, with the participation of IICA
Nature-based solutions have huge potential for climate change mitigation and adaptation, especially for the rural communities of the Caribbean and small island states. This was highlighted by experts at an event at COP29 organized by the Commonwealth of Nations, to which the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) was invited for its experience in projects aimed at improving the resiliency of agrifood systems.
At cop29, biotechnology showed how it is revolutionizing the way food is produced in the Americas in harmony with nature
Details of the latest advances were presented to participants in the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 29) at an event held in the pavilion that the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) installed in Baku, Azerbaijan, with its private and public sector partners.
In the IICA pavilion at COP29, Dominica’s Minister of Agriculture describes the challenges facing agriculture in the Caribbean and calls for financing
The resilience of the country’s agriculture sector, which has some 6000 active farmers, is important not only for the island nation itself, but for the entire Caribbean region, since for decades much of its production has been exported to neighboring islands, explained Roland Royer, Dominica’s Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Blue and Green Economy.
The agriculture sector of the Americas shone brightly at COP29, where it demonstrated to the world that it is essential for food and environmental security
At the most important international event for political and technical negotiations on the future of production methods and consumption around the world, farmers in the Americas had an influential voice, and the science- and innovation-based solutions to the climate crisis they are implementing in rural areas attracted a great deal of interest.
In the IICA pavilion at COP29, U.S. dairy exporters publicized the advances they have made in producing affordable and sustainable food
The pavilion of IICA and its partners, which for the third consecutive year is present at the world’s biggest forum on the environment, was the venue where the President and CEO of the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC), Krysta Harden, showed the advances the sector has been making in recent years in the area of sustainability.
Supporting farmers and increasing their income will guarantee the future of sustainable agriculture, state experts at IICA pavilion at COP29
The conversation conveyed an optimistic outlook on the future of agriculture, an activity that is already contributing adaptation and mitigation solutions.