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NASA Harvest and IICA enhance capacities for the use of technological tools that will improve agricultural statistics and the monitoring of climate impacts in the countries of the Americas
The organizations trained ministry of agriculture officials from Latin American and Caribbean nations in the use of tools based on free-access satellite data designed to facilitate decision-making on food security and agricultural resilience in the region.El Salvador team conducts technical mission to Argentina, aiming to promote best practices among dairy small farmers, under a South-South Cooperation project coordinated by IICA
The Salvadorian technical mission to Argentina will involve visits to small dairy farmers that have organized themselves into cooperatives in Misiones, a province in northern Argentina.At FONTAGRO commemoration and other high-level meetings in Spain, IICA Director General highlights the key role of Latin America and the Caribbean for global food security
During a visit to the Spanish capital, Otero also met with the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA) of Spain, Luis Planas, as part of a series of high-level bilateral meetings in which he reaffirmed the key role of Latin America and the Caribbean for global food security and its commitment to transforming agrifood systems to foster a more productive, sustainable and inclusive agriculture sector together with farmers.Conditions to increase investment in science, technology and innovation for the agriculture sector exist in Latin America and the Caribbean, experts say
At the Regional Dialogue on Science, Technology and Innovation in Agrifood Systems of Latin America and the Caribbean, participants discussed avenues for funding that countries in the region should explore to build a knowledge-intensive agriculture sector.Microsoft and IICA launch Minecraft-based technology challenge for high school students in Costa Rica
Registration is already open for the challenge, which seeks to foster digital and soft skills development among young people for application in agriculture.IICA attends massive congress of corn and sorghum farmers in Argentina, where farmers are hailing the bioeconomy as an extraordinary opportunity for development
Approximately 2,000 persons attended the event, including producers, researchers and various stakeholders from the agrifood value chain.