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Full supply of fertilizers and energy through public-private partnerships and greater investment in agricultural innovation are key to maintaining food production in the Americas
The Director General of IICA participated in a dialogue with members of the Wilson Center’s Latin American Program. They agreed on the need for greater investment in science, technology and innovation in agriculture, with active participation by the private sector.
Director General of IICA highlights opportunities for cooperation between Africa and the Americas in facing global food security challenges
The first Summit of Africa and the Americas on Agrifood Systems will seek to enhance bi-regional cooperation amid global threats to food security. The forum is being organized by IICA, the African Union Development Agency - New Partnership for Africa’s Development (AUDA-NEPAD) and the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA).
Countries of the Americas ask IICA to increase support for the design of public policies to foster and develop innovation, science and technology
The decision was reached through a resolution adopted at the IICA Executive Committee meeting, where Member State representatives heard a presentation by the Argentine scientist Raquel Chan on the importance of science, technology and innovation in agriculture.
The President of AGRA informed IICA’s Executive Committee that the Americas and Africa are working together to produce more and better-quality food
Kalibata, former Minister of Agriculture of Rwanda and the UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for the 2021 Food Systems Summit, addressed the ministers, secretaries, and other representatives of more than 20 countries in the Americas taking part in this year’s meeting of the Executive Committee of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), in Costa Rica.
Countries express broad support for IICA’s renewed roadmap to address global food security challenges
Ministers and representatives of more than 20 countries in the Americas who participated in the Forty-second Regular Meeting of the Executive Committee of IICA agreed that, in order to guarantee the continuity of technical cooperation of excellence, it is crucial to correctly interpret the current scenario, which shines the spotlight on the hemisphere’s role as a guarantor of the planet’s food, nutritional and environmental security.
Countries of the Americas defined actions to enhance food security and agricultural resilience
The members of the Executive Committee reiterated the importance of innovation, science and technology to make agrifood systems of the Americas more productive, sustainable and inclusive, and urged the Institute’s member countries to continue strengthening their capabilities in these areas and their linkages with the agriculture sector.