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  • Farmers in the Maule region of Chile trust in bioinputs to improve their production

    The initiative is supported by the Hemispheric Bioinputs Platform, in which IICA is heavily involved.
  • IICA and CropLife renew partnership to promote technology transfer for the benefit of rural producers in the Americas

    The agreement signed between the organizations covers the next four years, and will promote agricultural sustainability and biotechnology and biosafety actions.
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    Two hundred government specialists and decisionmakers from 13 countries in the Americas complete biofuels course promoted by USGC, OLADE and IICA

    “Liquid biofuels in the energy and climate transition: policymaking and new technologies” is one of the virtual training courses offered by the IICA Innovation and Bioeconomy Program. It was developed with support from the U.S. Grains Council (USGC) and the Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE).
  • The ‘Bird flu’ threat and a functional emergency response plan

    It is for this reason, that the IICA funded and organised a poultry industry stakeholder consultation for Avian Influenza (AI) preparedness and outbreak management at the Sugarcane Feeds Centre in Longdenville
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    Agriculture is the key sector for solving the environmental crisis, stated scientist Rattan Lal, IICA Goodwill Ambassador, at the G20

    IICA was invited by the Brazilian presidency to participate in the G20 Global Initiative on Bioeconomy meetings that began this month. The mission of these meetings is to agree on High-Level Principles on Bioeconomy, which will be included in the Rio Declaration to be adopted by the Heads of State and Government at the end of the year.
  • NASA Harvest, the University of Maryland, and IICA present a joint study that surveys and promotes the use of remote sensing to develop agricultural statistics in Latin America

    The presentation took place in a webinar during the so-called Pre-Week of Digital Agriculture, a discussion forum that serves as the official launch and preview of the topics to be addressed in September at IICA’s headquarters in San Jose, Costa Rica, during the third edition of Digital Agriculture Week (DAW).