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  • In Rwanda, the Director General of IICA will strengthen cooperation ties with Africa on an agenda focused on innovation, trade and food security

    Otero will participate in the AGRF Summit, the main African forum to advance the food and agriculture agenda of this continent, which will hold its 12th Annual Summit under the theme “Grow, Nourish, Reward - Bold Actions for Resilient Food Systems”.
  • The Argentinian Ministry of Education and IICA join forces to spur greater bioeconomy development in the country

    The organizations spearheaded a post-graduate course on “The Bioeconomy in Agroindustry and Rural Territories: Best Practices and Lessons Learned”, enabling more than 35 participants to increase their awareness of science-based economic development opportunities, new technologies and business and financial organization.
  • U.S. Department of State, European Union and IICA launch initiative in Guatemala to economically empower women farmers in the Central American Dry Corridor

    The strategic alliance between these organizations considers the role that women play in agriculture in order to move them beyond subsistence farming and toward more value-added, market-oriented production.
  • U.S. Department of State, European Union and IICA launch initiative in Guatemala to economically empower women farmers in the Central American Dry Corridor

    The strategic alliance between these organizations considers the role that women play in agriculture in order to move them beyond subsistence farming and toward more value-added, market-oriented production.
  • Rattan Lal, IICA’s Special Envoy to COP27: “We need political willpower to translate science into action through policies that are pro-agriculture, pro-farmer and pro-nature”.

    Lal emphasized the need for high-level political willpower in order to drive the transformation of global agrifood systems, a science-based process in which farmers are considered to be central players and in which agriculture is seen as a fundamental part of the solution to climate change.
  • “Connecting countries and regions is key to dealing with climate, health and war-related crises,” says Head of the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) on the eve of the Africa-Americas ministerial summit

    “The Summit, which brings together ministers from Africa and the Americas, is intended precisely to provide a platform where, at the level of policies and technical operations, we can exchange ideas, we can examine issues, we can see how to really ensure the success of individual and collective efforts to provide solutions that support our populations and build resilience to deal with the consequences that we are experiencing,” Bwalya commented.