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IICA Director General joins international experts at the Global Future Council, aiming to foster the promotion of innovative ideas to guarantee food and water security
The Global Future Council is a network of experts from academia, government, international organizations, business, media and civil society. Membership is for a two-year period and is by invitation only, with members collaborating to identify and disseminate innovative ideas with the potential to create a global impact.
Ministers of agriculture to meet in Chile to promote the sector’s role in mitigating climate change, with the participation of IICA
The two-day meeting will serve to promote a high-level dialogue regarding global perspectives on decreasing methane emissions and low-emission food systems.
Aviation industry underscores the need for public policies to guarantee investments and enable agriculture in the Americas to achieve its potential for biofuel production
This was one of the ideas expressed by the CEO of the Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA), José Ricardo Botelho, at the Pan-American Liquid Biofuels Summit held at the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) in Costa Rica.
On the road to COP28, the countries of the Americas are increasing the implementation of measures to mitigate and adapt agriculture to climate change, say specialists at IICA forum
IICA held a new online meeting with experts and authorities on agriculture and environment in the Americas to analyze with member countries how regional agriculture can play an active role in climate change solutions in the context of global negotiations.
In Washington, Director General of IICA and USDA agree to support participation of the agriculture sector in climate negotiations
Under Secretary Taylor and Otero also touched on the subject of gender and the Director General invited Taylor to the Forum of Female Ministers and Deputy Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas, which will meet again this year.
The Ministers of Agriculture of Mercosur, Chile and Bolivia, accompanied by the President of Uruguay, have urged rich nations to fulfill their assistance commitments because of the brutal drought that has affected food production
The ministers and secretaries of agriculture of the member countries pledged to continue promoting the development of sustainable practices and technologies and, in particular, to disseminate already existing, effective regional technologies that make production systems more resilient and facilitate adaptation to climate-related challenges.