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Rattan Lal to lead consensus-building dialogue on agriculture and the environment in the Americas ahead of COP27
The announcement was made by the Director General of IICA, Manuel Otero, during a meeting held on Tuesday, which brought together about twenty Secretaries and Ministers of Agriculture of the countries of the Americas. Representatives of 34 countries discussed joint approaches to the urgent need to transform the agriculture sector in response to climate change and requested that the inter-American organization coordinate regional consensus-building efforts with a view to including agriculture in international negotiations on climate change
Agrifood enterprises commit to working more closely with farmers in view of the threat to food security posed by the crisis in Eastern Europe
At the invitation of IICA, representatives of the companies were engaged in a dialogue on the challenges posed by the situation. They agreed that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine had already triggered increases in the prices of agricultural products, fertilizers and energy, demonstrating once again the importance of public policies in support of family farmers, who are the main food suppliers in the region.-
Agrifood enterprises commit to working more closely with farmers in view of the threat to food security posed by the crisis in Eastern Europe
At the invitation of IICA, representatives of the companies were engaged in a dialogue on the challenges posed by the situation. They agreed that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine had already triggered increases in the prices of agricultural products, fertilizers and energy, demonstrating once again the importance of public policies in support of family farmers, who are the main food suppliers in the region. 
IICA supports installation of a submersible solar pump system to supply peasant families with water in Bolivia
The system directly benefits 26 families in the Bolivian peasant community of Aguas Negras, whose members raise cattle and grow corn, cassava, and rice. The technology installed is designed to supply some 20,000 liters per day, at a rate of up to 3,000 liters per hour.
Ecuadorian farmer, Lorena Valdez, who founded an association to improve the lives of Afro-descendant women, is named an IICA Leader of Rurality of the Americas
The work of Valdez and of AMATIF serves as a positive example for rural areas in the Americas. The association has already established a cocoa processing plant that produces chocolate and other by-products that are sold throughout the province and plans to expand to international markets.
IICA will support the consolidation of a network of AgTechs in the Americas to drive agricultural digitalization
The commitment was undertaken during Digital Agriculture Week, an event organized by the Institute with the co-sponsorship of Bayer, Microsoft and the World Bank, in which 15 innovative tech startups from the region participated.