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Chilean Ministry of Agriculture and IICA train rural producers in biofertilizer production and regenerative agriculture techniques
The activity is part of IICA's commitment to the Chilean Ministry of Agriculture to promote the use of biofertilizers, mainly in the country's coastal dryland sector, for producers affected by drought, eroded soils, the effects of climate change and high fertilizer prices.
Carbon harvesting, a key tool to enhance agriculture's role as a solution to climate change, was a central topic at the AAPRESID Congress
Carbon harvesting in the agenda of sustainable agriculture was one of the central topics in the special section of the congress that AAPRESID designed in collaboration with the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), focusing on perspectives and opportunities for producers offered by agri-food systems in the Americas.
Experts at AAPRESID Congress highlight digital technologies as key to agriculture's transformation for increased productivity and resilience
The panel on digital innovation and the digitalization of agriculture at the congress was one of four organized jointly by AAPRESID and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), as part of a special section addressing future perspectives and the opportunities that agri-food systems in the Americas offer to producers.
"Just as we reject climate denialism, we must reject the denial of agriculture and its role in decarbonizing the global economy," said the former Minister of Environment of Brazil and advisor to IICA at the AAPRESID Congress
Teixeira was one of the most anticipated speakers at the opening of the Congress of the Argentine Association of No-till farmers (AAPRESID), which brought together producers, academics, businesspeople, and local and international figures in Buenos Aires, seeking solutions and projects for more sustainable agriculture. About 7,500 people attended.
Farmers must participate and be included in the design of public policies, said Kip Tom, American farmer and former U.S. Ambassador to UN agencies in Rome
Tom highlighted the importance of farmers actively participating in designing agricultural public policies during his speech at the Congress of the Argentine Association of No-till Farmers (AAPRESID).
Producers committed to agricultural sustainability call for strengthening global cooperation and public-private partnerships at congress with prominent IICA participation
The opening of the congress—which includes over 100 conferences over the course of three working days—included a panel within a special section designed by AAPRESID and IICA, which focused on the agri-food systems of the Americas, their future perspectives, and opportunities for producers.