Santa Fé, Darién, Panamá
September 4, 2025
As part of the efforts to curb the spread of the New World screwworm (NWS), a current health threat in Central America and Mexico, the Ministry of Agricultural Development (MIDA) of Panama, the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and the Panama-United States Commission for the Eradication and Prevention of Screwworm (COPEG) organized a meeting with livestock farmers in the city of Santa Fé de Darién to strengthen health surveillance and better protect local livestock production.
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San José, Costa Rica
August 28, 2025
The partnership between the two entities has allowed for training more than 300 farmers in Colombia, Ecuador and Paraguay, as well as more than 534 online participants, as part of the training and prevention line of work.
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San José, Costa Rica
August 26, 2025
At the launch, the Institute donated mechanical tools to Costa Rican firefighters to combat wildfires, which in 2024 affected close to 2.24% of the total land area of the Americas.
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Panama City
August 26, 2025
Workshop shared key knowledge and organized field practices to improve the prevention and control of this pest in Central America and Mexico. The initiative seeks to protect livestock, public health and the rural economy through a network of trained trainers.
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Georgetown, Guyana
May 30, 2025
The launch took place during a three-day pilot program, which included farm visits, group work sessions, training activities, veterinary laboratory visits, and demonstrations of sample packaging procedures.
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Canada
May 21, 2025
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Ciudad de México
May 19, 2025
The main purpose of the regional course was to strengthen the technical skills of the teams responsible for disseminating information and providing training in the participating countries, with a view to making the measures implemented in response to this health emergency more effective.
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San José, Costa Rica
May 5, 2025
The presentation was made to more than 190 stakeholders in the banana production, marketing, and research sectors from 22 countries in the Americas and Europe, all of whom are on alert due to the spread of the Fusarium TR4 fungus.
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Granada e São Vicente e Granadinas
March 6, 2025
These contributions, obtained through the Institute’s partners in Chile and Uruguay, are part of the specialized agency for agricultural and rural development’s efforts to rebuild the agriculture sector in the wake of the devastation in the island nations caused by Hurricane Beryl in 2024.
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