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San José, Costa Rica

July 16, 2025

FONTAGRO and IICA launch the “LATAM 2025 Agro-bioentrepreneurship with Impact” competition to promote agricultural innovation in Latin America

This competition is an opportunity for entrepreneurs to improve their projects, and is designed to strengthen the region’s bio-entrepreneurial ecosystem by promoting collaboration and knowledge sharing among the participants.

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San José, Costa Rica

July 16, 2025

Duhaje Jennings, a producer who has infused science and passion into Jamaican beekeeping and inspired new generations of beekeepers, has been named an IICA Leader of Rurality of the Americas  

Duhaje Jennings, a visionary in Jamaican beekeeping, demonstrates his connection to the industrious bees, whose work has been the basis of his successful business, Dada B’s.

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Imagen promocional del podcast “Cultivando Acción Climática”, una iniciativa del IICA, PLACA y el Banco Mundial que impulsa la Agricultura Climáticamente Inteligente en América Latina, con enfoque en sostenibilidad, resiliencia y seguridad alimentaria.

San José, Costa Rica

July 15, 2025

“Cultivating Climate Action”: a new podcast to reflect on and explore the scope of Climate-Smart Agriculture in our current context

The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), the Platform for Climate Action on Agriculture (PLACA), and the World Bank have announced a partnership to launch a new podcast aimed at promoting dialogue, learning, and reflection on Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA).

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Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

July 14, 2025

The President of the Dominican Republic, Luis Abinader, honors IICA Director General Manuel Otero for his contributions to sustainable agriculture, food security, and regional integration

During the ceremony, Abinader spoke with Otero about the possibilities of increasing IICA’s cooperation with the Dominican Republic on matters such as livestock development and trade promotion. They also discussed a number of other topics, including the strengthening of agricultural health and generational renewal in the agriculture sector in Central America and the Caribbean.

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Catamarca and Posadas, Argentina

July 11, 2025

IICA takes part in training sessions on innovation and technology use in agriculture for students and teachers from 530 Argentine schools

More information: Institutional Communication Division. comunicacion.institucional@iica.int

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San José, Costa Rica

July 11, 2025

Maritza Solano Arce, an entrepreneur who proved that high-quality gourmet cheeses can be produced in Costa Rica’s rural areas, is named an IICA Leader of Rurality of the Americas

Maritza produces twenty-five different varieties, including raclette, hard Gruyere cheeses, bloomy rind cheeses, such as Camembert and Brie, tomme cheeses and creamy gourmet cheeses in five different flavors.

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Santo Domingo, República Dominicana

July 9, 2025

Alongside agribusiness leaders in the Dominican Republic, IICA Director General highlights the opportunities afforded by Agriculture 4.0 to capitalize on the strategic potential of Latin America and the Caribbean

IICA Director General Manuel Otero delivered a keynote speech on innovation in production systems at the headquarters of the Dominican Agribusiness Board.

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Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

July 9, 2025

On a visit to the Dominican Republic, IICA Director General highlighted the country’s tremendous progress in agricultural productivity and food security

At the start of an official visit to the country, the IICA Director General met separately in Santo Domingo with Minister of Agriculture, Limber Cruz, and Deputy Minister of Multilateral Foreign Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rubén Silié, with whom he discussed IICA’s main technical cooperation areas in the Dominican Republic, most notably joint work to combat and eradicate African Swine Fever (ASF) and other biosecurity issues, and contributions in various areas towards innovation, digitalization and the resilience of the local agriculture sector.

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San Jose and Turrialba, Costa Rica

July 7, 2025

Latin American and Caribbean public and private sector representatives and European Union officials meet at IICA to discuss pathways towards sustainable livestock production

More than eighty public and private sector representatives from Latin America and the Caribbean held discussions with European Union officials on how to foster more sustainable livestock production systems, during a working meeting jointly organized by the EU’s AL-INVEST Verde program and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA).

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