Ottawa, Canada
December 15, 2016
Year end is always embraced with gusto as we all look forward to the holidays. It is also a time to ensure that deadlines for activities, reports and expenditures are met. As a result, the Delegation in Canada was engaged in a plethora of actions. These included implementing project activities, attending several high level meetings, conferences and seminars as well as planning for next year.
Tiempo de lectura: 3mins
December 14, 2016
Experts agree that governments play an important role in matters related to infrastructure, rural communication, and the development of policies and legal and regulatory frameworks that foster the financing of value chains.
Tiempo de lectura: 3mins
Costa Rica
December 14, 2016
The Americas can contribute effectively to feed the expected 9 billion people and contribute to the needed 70 percent increase in global food production. Public and private investments in research, development and innovation are key to increase agricultural productivity.
Tiempo de lectura: 3mins
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
December 13, 2016
WEF and IICA are exploring options to promote together this approach in Latin America.
Tiempo de lectura: 3mins
Georgetown, Guyana
December 13, 2016
Under the 10th European Development Fund (EDF) Sanitary and Phyto-sanitary (SPS) Project, a highly-interactive course featuring an in-depth look at how you can gain a competitive advantage and improve your bottom line by enhancing your existing traceability system, was held public and private sector stakeholders. This comprehensive course also provided examples and case studies on traceability best practices. The Facilitators examined how food companies recognize efficiencies and gain market share by enhancing their traceability systems.
Tiempo de lectura: 3mins
Trinidad and Tobago
December 1, 2016
The Intra-ACP Agricultural Policy Programme, is a broad technical cooperation framework funded under the 10th European Development Fund (EDF), which focuses on the two regions, Caribbean and the Pacific. The programme supports the reduction and eradication of poverty in the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries through sustainable development and successful integration of enterprises in these economies into national, regional and, where appropriate, global markets.
Tiempo de lectura: 3mins
Castries, St. Lucia
November 25, 2016
Beekeepers partnering in participatory research to build capacity and knowledge to increase honey yields.
Tiempo de lectura: 3mins
Otawa, Canada
November 14, 2016
The Jamaica Small Ruminants Association hopes to adopt Canadian best practices in the Caribbean country.
Tiempo de lectura: 3mins
Cayman Islands
October 28, 2016
The recommendation was made by the Director General of IICA at the official opening ceremony of the 14th Caribbean Week of Agriculture.
Tiempo de lectura: 3mins
