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The Ministry of Agriculture of Costa Rica and IICA define a roadmap to implement digital and precision agriculture solutions to benefit small Costa Rican producers
The action guide developed by 20 technicians and specialists will promote the adoption of advanced digital agriculture technologies to reduce the technological gap and improve the sustainability and productivity of the country's small producers.
Experts highlight the urgency of strengthening innovation ecosystems to enhance the development and use of digital agriculture solutions across the Americas
During Digital Agriculture Week, organized by IICA alongside its partners, the importance of exchanging and promoting ideas that foster a dynamic and inclusive digitalization of agri-food systems was emphasized.
Digital Agriculture Week is underway at IICA Headquarters, with the participation of Nobel Prize laureate Michael Kremer and many actors, and a focus on the generation of ideas and recommendations for the inclusive incorporation of new technologies into r
On day one, it was emphasized that the main objective of DAW is to generate ideas and recommendations for concrete actions for the inclusive and sustainable transformation of agrifood systems based on the use of new technologies.
U.S. scientist Cynthia Rosenzweig, World Food Prize laureate and an expert on the relationship between agriculture and climate change, is IICA’s new Goodwill Ambassador for Sustainable Development
Through her work, the scientist has rallied global political will to help the agriculture sector transform itself to meet the challenges posed by the climate crisis while also improving farmers’ livelihoods and guaranteeing food security.
The global alliance fighting against banana disease and for global food security receives strong support from the World Bank
The banana disease poses a threat to global food security and to the incomes of millions of small farmers around the world.
In New York, the Director General of IICA takes part in UN General Assembly and Climate Week debates, with food security at the top of the international agenda
With food security having become one of the most important issues on the international public agenda, in New York this week the Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Manuel Otero, is taking part in high-level discussions on sustainable agriculture and climate action, parallel to the sessions of the United Nations General Assembly.