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Rattan Lal, IICA’s Special Envoy to COP27: “Farmers are the major implementors of the concept of how to make agriculture a solution to climate change”
At the upcoming COP27, Rattan Lal and the Director General of IICA, Manuel Otero, will spearhead the Institute’s support for the efforts of the countries of the Americas to ensure that agriculture’s voice is heard loud and clear on the global stage of the climate discussions.
IICA Director General, Manuel Otero, receives an Honorary Doctorate from the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE)
Otero was awarded the title in recognition of his work to foster sustainable agriculture and rural development in the Americas, collective action among countries of the region, the digitization of agriculture, tropical agriculture and the improved positioning of the agriculture sector.
An effective climate action must consider food security, stated the Director General of IICA, who expects agriculture to be the protagonist at COP 27
At the UN climate summit, the agriculture sector of the Americas aims to ratify its key role as a guarantor of global food and environmental security.
IICA launches website to support collective action by the countries of the Americas aimed at positioning the region’s sustainable agriculture at COP27
The page (available at https://cop27.iica.int/en) offers detailed information about the strategic role of the region’s agriculture sector in tackling climate change, and the contribution it will make to the upcoming event, as the eyes of the world turn to Sharm El Sheikh.
AECID and IICA launch project to promote renewable energies and energy efficiency in rural areas of Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Guatemala
Implementation of the initiative will get under way in the first quarter of 2023, and take a year and a half to complete.-
AECID and IICA launch project to promote renewable energies and energy efficiency in rural areas of Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Guatemala
Implementation of the initiative will get under way in the first quarter of 2023, and take a year and a half to complete.