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Vi Café youth cooperative: A passion for making the best coffee

In San Antonio Huista, Guatemala, a youth cooperative is working to modernize the ancestral practices that hamper the production and commercialization of their crops, while teaching more and more people to appreciate great-tasting coffee.

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Precision Agriculture for Development (PAD) and IICA join forces to drive the digitalization of agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean

The signing of the association agreement between both organizations was signed in the presence of witness of honor, Michael Kremer, Harvard Professor and 2019 Nobel Prize winner for Economics.

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June 23, 2020

IICA joins forces to address non-communicable diseases and build resilience to COVID-19 in CARICOM

All CARICOM member states will receive varieties of iron biofortified beans and zinc biofortified rice varieties, products that can provide an affordable supply of nutritious food to the whole population in the region.

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Talented Venezuelan musician Alfredo Naranjo joins IICA’s tribute to food chain workers

The musician has taken part in IICA’s campaign to channel greater political and social attention towards the agriculture sector and rurality during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Uruguayan Alejandro Balbis joins IICA’s campaign in tribute to food chain workers

Dueño de una voz inconfundible, cuenta con una extensa trayectoria marcada por géneros como el rock and roll, la murga y la música rioplatense.

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Argentine concertina player, Oscar López Salaberry, joins the IICA campaign to pay tribute to food chain workers

The musician and former diplomat has joined IICA in its campaign to heighten political and social awareness about the agricultural sector and rurality during Covid-19.

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IICA and PROCAGICA distribute seeds and inputs to bolster the food security of small-scale Nicaraguan coffee farmers

The materials were distributed to families in Matagalpa, Rancho Grande, Tuma La Dalia, Jinotega, El Cuá, San Sebastián de Yalí, Dipilto, El Jícaro and Jalapa.

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Costa Rican Foreign Minister visited IICA to explore joint initiatives and foster cooperation

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship of Costa Rica, Rodolfo Solano, along with his deputy foreign ministers, met with the Director General of IICA and acknowledged the strategic nature of the Institute's multilateral platform.

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Nicaraguan singer, Ceshia Ubau, joins IICA in its tribute to food chain workers

The singer-songwriter and composer has joined the IICA tribute to turn the political and social spotlight on the agriculture sector and rurality during Covid-19.

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