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U.S. scientist Cynthia Rosenzweig, World Food Prize laureate and an expert on the relationship between agriculture and climate change, is IICA’s new Goodwill Ambassador for Sustainable Development
Through her work, the scientist has rallied global political will to help the agriculture sector transform itself to meet the challenges posed by the climate crisis while also improving farmers’ livelihoods and guaranteeing food security.
Columbia University and IICA convene international leaders to design new narrative illuminating essential role of Latin American agriculture for planet
The planned exchange is the result of a major effort by Columbia University's School of Climate and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA). The partnership is designed to shed light on the true contribution of agriculture in the region to food security, environmental balance and global social stability.
“Producing in impossible environments”: in presentation to 23 ministers and deputy ministers of agriculture of G20 countries, the Director General of IICA set outs challenges and suggests solutions for the sector that guarantees global food security
Manuel Otero noted that agriculture is facing new challenges, such as energy security, in addition to those of sustainability, food and nutrition security, food safety, and rural and territorial development.
At G20 ministerial meeting in Brazil, the Southern Agricultural Council (CAS) makes call for science-based decisions affecting trade and highlights the value of biotechnology in combating food security challenges
The ministers adopted two statements: one on the value of biotechnology, and the other on the application of criteria for the inclusion of banned or severely restricted chemicals in the Rotterdam Convention, which seeks to promote shared responsibility and joint efforts regarding the international trade of certain hazardous chemicals, in order to protect human health and the environment.
At meeting of G20 ministers of agriculture in Brazil, IFAD and IICA sign agreement to step up their joint efforts to combat rural poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean
IFAD and IICA have been working together since 1987, when they signed their first agreement aimed at improving the quality of life of rural dwellers in Latin American and Caribbean nations.
With support from IICA, Wilson Center in U.S. organizes dialogue on future of agriculture with President of EMBRAPA and Secretary of Brazil's MAPA
The Wilson Center's Brazil Institute is pleased to announce a private dialogue event, Farming Forward: Strategic Approaches to Sustainable Agriculture, featuring Silvia Maria Fonseca Silveira Massruhá, President of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa), and Roberto Perosa, Brazil's Secretary of Commerce and International Relations at the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAPA). The event will take place at the Wilson Center on September 20, 2024, from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM ET.