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San José, Costa Rica

May 29, 2025

Eastern Caribbean ministers of Agriculture—on a visit to IICA with rural youth and women from the region—maintain that fostering rural retention will play a decisive role in guaranteeing regional food security 

The ministers are accompanying more than twenty rural youth and women from the region on a study trip to IICA, organized by the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS).

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Madrid

May 29, 2025

IICA to award scholarships to four Latin American students to pursue a Master’s Degree in Digital Transformation in Spain

For the fifth consecutive year, IICA will award tuition scholarships to Latin American youth up to the age of 30 to pursue the Master's in Digital Transformation of the Agri-food and Forestry Sector (Digital Agri) at the University of Córdoba (UCO) in Spain. Applications for admission will be open from 2 to 11 June 2025.

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San Jose, Costa Rica

May 28, 2025

On a visit to IICA to deepen cooperation, Eastern Caribbean ministers of Agriculture and rural youth commend the community empowerment efforts of Director General Manuel Otero

The award was presented during a study and training mission to IICA Headquarters in San Jose, Costa Rica, by rural women and youth of the Caribbean, accompanied by various ministers of Agriculture of the region.

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San José, Costa Rica

May 28, 2025

Accompanied by rural women and young people, ministers of agriculture from the Eastern Caribbean make a historic visit to IICA Headquarters aimed at accelerating transformations and strengthening territorial communities

Ministers of agriculture, senior officials, and rural women and young people from the Eastern Caribbean nations began a historic joint work and study visit to the Headquarters of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), with the aim of accelerating collaboration in areas such as the digitalization of agriculture, entrepreneurship, and food security.

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San José, Costa Rica

May 27, 2025

The climate agenda should be a development agenda, said experts convened by IICA, who also called on the agriculture sector in the Americas to take advantage of COP30 in Brazil to demonstrate its profound transformation 

Participants in the debate—held in person at IICA Headquarters and virtually—highlighted the importance of the return of the COP, the world’s largest environmental forum, to the Americas after eleven years.

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San José, Costa Rica

May 26, 2025

Karen González Campinez, tireless Panamanian advocate for the values of the land, recognized by IICA as a Leader of Rurality of the Americas

Karen González Campinez, a Panamanian rice producer, creative advocate for the values of the land, and promoter of technological innovation, has been recognized by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) as a Leader of Rurality of the Americas.

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Istanbul, Turkey

May 23, 2025

The International Seed Federation and IICA join forces to promote the use of science and technology as key tools for productivity and food security

At this year’s annual meeting of the ISF World Seed Congress, the seed industry’s most important global forum for technical and political dialogue, the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and the International Seed Federation (ISF) signed a strategic cooperation agreement aimed at transforming the seed trade into a vector of sustainable development, innovation, and food security for the Americas and the world.

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

May 22, 2025

Caribbean countries receive training in animal health disease detection and control to protect food safety, at a workshop organized by IICA and its partners

As part of the ongoing efforts to improve animal health protection and food safety in the Caribbean, a training workshop was held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on the World Animal Health Information System (WAHIS).

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Canada

May 21, 2025

2025 Americas Agriculture & Food Security Forum #AmericasAgForum25

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