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At pre-COP29 summit, IICA and other sector leaders from around the world underscore the urgent need to speed up the development of the bioeconomy to tackle global challenges
The participants in the different discussion panels held in the run-up to COP29 emphasized the importance of the bioeconomy as a strategy for strengthening agrifood systems, reversing biodiversity loss, addressing health challenges, and using innovation as a driver of new economic opportunities, especially the creation of jobs for young people.
"For the third consecutive year, we have succeeded in giving agriculture in the Americas its own voice in climate negotiations," said IICA Director General Manuel Otero ahead of COP 29
Otero explained that agriculture has an essential role in mitigating climate change, while also undergoing a transformation to adapt to the increasingly adverse production conditions ushered in by the climate crisis.
New Inter-American Chair on Innovations in Tropical Agriculture and Agrifood Systems to be named after Dr. Manuel Otero, as a tribute from CATIE to IICA Director General
The act of recognition of Manuel Otero took place during the graduation ceremony of CATIE’s Master’s Program, honoring his career of over 35 years dedicated to promoting and developing tropical and temperate agriculture in the Americas.
At an event organized by Uruguay’s Embassy in Brazil and IICA, South American countries discuss logistics integration as a means to improve competitiveness
Representatives of the Embassy of Uruguay in Brasilia and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) met with officials from six South American countries to discuss logistics integration as key to the competitiveness of agrifood systems in the Southern Cone.
IICA and its partners are installing the Home of Sustainable Agriculture of the Americas, for the third consecutive year taking the voice of farmers to the premier global climate negotiation forum: COP29
The Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change to be held this year in Baku, Azerbaijan’s capital city will once again feature the pavilion of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and its private and public sector partners.
At the Borlaug Dialogue, one of the most important global conferences on food and agriculture, IICA Director General underscores the need to construct a new narrative that illustrates the true value of agriculture in the Americas
The conference, which every year brings together world leaders and experts in agricultural development and public policy in Des Moines, Iowa, is organized by the World Food Prize (WFP) Foundation, inspired by the legacy of scientist Norman Borlaug, father of the so-called Green Revolution, which multiplied agricultural production and saved millions of people from starvation.