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June 16, 2021

Minister Saboto Caesar: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, on the road to recovering its food sector after a volcanic eruption, but still in need of external help

"Farmers who work close to the volcano will receive financial help until the end of the year and also in 2022. We will rebuild the agricultural sector, and we will do it better than before", Minister Saboto Caesar told the Brazilian TV channel AgroMais.

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June 15, 2021

Council of the Americas and IICA: International trade is key to improving the circumstances of farmers and rural communities

The Council of the Americas and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) invited experts from the public and private sectors to a debate ahead of the UN Food Systems Summit 2021.

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June 14, 2021

USDEC and IICA publish report on the importance of livestock production and animal protein in sustainable food systems

The document compiles the technical perspectives of 13 experts on the positive impact this production activity has not only on food and nutritional security, but also on the socioeconomic and environmental development of the Americas.

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IICA Jamaica Representative, Dr. Elizabeth Johnson

Kingston, Jamaica

June 7, 2021

IICA Jamaica World Food Safety Day message 2021

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June 7, 2021

Small enterprises from Portuguese-speaking countries discussed their participation in the food system

The Dialogue was organized by IICA, FAO, the Chamber of International Trade, the African Union and the International Agrifood Network, in an attempt to make the voice of this segment heard at the United Nations Food Systems Summit.

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May 17, 2021

Bayer online course on the IICA platform will help prevent the disease that is threatening banana production

The course is free and available on the IICA training platform (https://elearning.iica.int/). It provides important information about Fusarium, its historical, social, and economic consequences, its rate of propagation, and how it could affect global food security.

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May 11, 2021

One hundred representatives of the public and private sectors in the Caribbean received training on nutrition labelling.

The training was imparted in a virtual seminar organized by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Caribbean Agricultural Health and Food Safety Agency (CAHFSA), and IICA.

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May 6, 2021

Andean Ministers of Agriculture back Global Alliance against banana disease and call for increased joint international actions

IICA is the coordinator of the Secretariat of the Alliance’s Executive Committee, whose mission is to support the banana industry in the fight against the destructive Fusarium TR4 fungus, by developing knowledge, technology, and a definitive scientific solution to the disease.

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April 29, 2021

The Minister of Agriculture of the Dominican Republic underscored the key role of the sector in the recovery and boosting of this country’s economy

Minister Limber Cruz announced a record production of beans, rice, vegetables, tomatoes and onions, as well as cooperation actions with Costa Rica to modernize the coffee industry. "We will be self-sufficient in coffee and we will export this product again," he said. Major support was also given to the fruit growing sector.

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