We are a collective dedicated to promoting sustainable agricultural practices and moving towards a future where agriculture is not only productive but also a driver of climate resilience.
The Public Policy Observatory for Agrifood Systems is a meeting point that seeks to foster a new generation of public policies to strengthen agrifood systems of the Americas.
It addresses advances in sustainable agriculture, highlighting innovations and practices that are transforming the sector. We explore how planting today ensures a more productive and resilient future.
Buenos Aires
June 2, 2026
The shared aspiration of the participating entities is to build a common agenda that will accelerate the development of sustainable energy solutions, strengthen industrial competitiveness, and promote an energy transition adapted to Argentina’s capabilities and opportunities.
Tiempo de lectura: 3mins
San José, Costa Rica
June 2, 2026
A chain of collaboration from the farm to school cafeterias in the municipality of Vázquez de Coronado, Costa Rica, allowed children and adolescents from various schools to receive fresh, pesticide-free foodstuffs as part of a joint initiative by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE).
Tiempo de lectura: 3mins
Merida, México
June 1, 2026
The Global Alliance Against TR4, whose Executive Secretariat is operated by IICA and which is composed of major stakeholders in the world’s banana industry, promotes research aimed at finding resistant varieties and increasing on-farm prevention practices.
Tiempo de lectura: 3mins
Headquarters, Sede Central
January 27, 2026
All, Guyana, Headquarters
January 27, 2026
We are a collective dedicated to promoting sustainable agricultural practices and moving towards a future where agriculture is not only productive but also a driver of climate resilience.
A campaign to express appreciation to and recognize the work of farmers and food chain workers who, at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, guarantee food production, transportation, commercialization and supply in countries throughout the Americas.
IICA is committed to giving visibility to the role of women and accelerating the development of sound public policies for the benefit of women who live in the countryside. To this end, the Institute has included the topic of rural women as a cross-cutting issue in its 2018-2022 Medium-term Plan.
Each edition of the ECLAC-FAO-IICA joint report analyzes the main trends that affect agriculture and impact the lives of rural dwellers, and provides an outlook on possible future scenarios with respect to each topic covered by the document.
