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August 13, 2020

IICA launches challenge to create the Rural Youth Community of the Americas

The project encourages youth across the hemisphere to propose ideas and solutions for overcoming post-pandemic challenges in agriculture.

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August 12, 2020

IICA commits to collaborating with the GEF to increase agricultural sustainability in Latin America and the Caribbean

Carlos Manuel Rodríguez, Minister of the Environment and Energy of Costa Rica, who will become the CEO of the GEF in a few weeks, participated in a virtual tour of IICA’s facilities together with the Institute’s Director General, Manuel Otero.

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August 7, 2020

Elvia Monzón, a natural leader who promotes the presence of women in coffee growing in Guatemala

Ever since her husband migrated and left her alone with four small children, this female coffee farmer has learned to deal with difficult situations and has become the leader of a cooperative in San Antonio Huista.

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August 6, 2020

Successful innovation attempt by a Venezuelan farmer to improve rice resilience

SRI enabled Miguel Agüero from Guárico in Venezuela to obtain greater yields from the crop while using fewer resources.

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August 6, 2020

Agro-processors in Grenada strengthened their governance capacity to improve competitiveness

A variety of value-added products are being made by other processors from the nutmeg pericarps and produce other agricultural goods to supplement their incomes whilst they try to improve market share for their nutmeg products.

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July 29, 2020

The Grenada National Forum takes it first step towards the Last Mile

The underlying Theory of Change of this Project is that Pluralistic Rural Advisory Services based on public-private partnership models, can be effective in responding to organised Rural Advisory Service demand, of individual and organised smallholder farmers.

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July 29, 2020

Family farming in Latin America and the Caribbean strengthens its capacity to adapt to climate change

Organizations from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and the Dominican Republic will execute initiatives for USD 1.5 million.

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July 28, 2020

IICA Survey: Covid-19 is affecting family farmers and will impact the food supply

Family farmers in the Americas have been hard hit by the pandemic, as they face limited access to protective gear and difficulties in selling their products. They therefore foresee a reduction in the production of some basic products.

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July 22, 2020

Amidst the health emergency, 31 countries express broad support for IICA’s technical work to strengthen agriculture

They also expressed a strong commitment towards the Institute’s objectives during the virtual meeting of the Executive Committee of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), one of the governing bodies of the Institute.

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