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The participants in Dialogues organized by the Brazilian government and IICA conclude that cooperatives, science and technology, connectivity and financing should be core elements of policies designed to strengthen family farming
The Dialogues on Family Farming in the Americas held at the Itamaraty Palace in Brazil involved senior officials and representatives of governments, international agencies and peasant and indigenous organizations, as well as experts from various countries.Yessica Yana, an indigenous woman who operates a drone that makes agriculture in the Bolivian Altiplano more efficient, named a “Leader of Rurality” by IICA
Yana grew up in Villa Puni, a small community in the department of La Paz, on the shores of Lake Titicaca and more than 3800 meters above sea level. Most of the people who live there engage in fishing and the production of crops such as potatoes, quinoa, broad beans and barley, despite having to contend with the poor quality of soils in the area.Yessica Yana, an indigenous woman who operates a drone that makes agriculture in the Bolivian Altiplano more efficient, named a “Leader of Rurality” by IICA
Yana grew up in Villa Puni, a small community in the department of La Paz, on the shores of Lake Titicaca and more than 3800 meters above sea level. Most of the people who live there engage in fishing and the production of crops such as potatoes, quinoa, broad beans and barley, despite having to contend with the poor quality of soils in the area.Yessica Yana, an indigenous woman who operates a drone that makes agriculture in the Bolivian Altiplano more efficient, named a “Leader of Rurality” by IICA
Yana grew up in Villa Puni, a small community in the department of La Paz, on the shores of Lake Titicaca and more than 3800 meters above sea level. Most of the people who live there engage in fishing and the production of crops such as potatoes, quinoa, broad beans and barley, despite having to contend with the poor quality of soils in the area.The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences of Virginia Tech University and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture make an urgent call to expand sustainable productivity growth in agriculture to strengthen food security and protect t
IICA and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Tech, USA, published the executive summary of the 2022 GA Report “Troublesome Trends and System Shocks,” explaining how sustainable agriculture is being consolidated in Latin America and the Caribbean.Argentine Ministry of Science and IICA launch a call for bioeconomy projects in technologies applied to agriculture from researchers in the Americas
Aimed at technologies applied to agriculture, the call for projects will be open until 6 October and will exclusively prioritize areas related to the development of biomaterials, waste biorefineries, bioenergies, bioinputs and bioventures.