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Technical Fora 























 

Series of Technical Fora on Agriculture and Rural Life

As part of the strategy for repositioning IICA technically, Technical Forums are being held in IICA's headquarters. The Forums, the purpose of which is to exchange opinions on issues of critical importance to agriculture and rural life, are intended to yield ideas and approaches which can be applied in IICA’s technical cooperation actions and to generate information of use to decision makers in the public and private sectors

Land in Latin America and the Caribbean will be key to increased food production(02/05/2013)
During a presentation at IICA Headquarters, the Director of the USDA’s Global Policy Analysis Division explained this region’s potential to provide food for the world’s growing population.
ICTs in agriculture should meet the needs of the end user, not only those of the staff of government agencies(23/04/2013)
According to a seminar held at IICA, the fact that financial entities view agriculture and ICTs as high-risk ventures hampers the development of technologies designed to promote the agricultural sector in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Risk management in agriculture should focus on everyday situations(31/10/2012)
Specialists gathered at an IICA technical forum declare that extreme events are not the only ones that cause severe impacts.
Bioinformatics and nanobiotechnology could revolutionize current agricultural research(02/10/2012)
The use of cutting-edge technologies in agriculture requires a modern regulatory framework, according to specialists at an IICA technical forum.
Growth of agricultural trade worldwide to come mostly from developing countries(09/05/2012)
This was one conclusion of the 2012 USDA Agricultural Outlook Forum, an event held annually by the United States Department of Agriculture, the results of which were discussed by IICA technical personnel.

Conferencia Magistral: "Proyecciones de demanda y precios de los commodities para los proximos 10 años", con el Dr. Michel J. Dwyer, del USDA (Spanish only)

  

Foros recientes

Seminario Internacional: Las tecnologías de información y comunicación para la competitividad, la inclusión social y el desarrollo sostenible en la agricultura costarricense (Spanish only) + info

Implications of the CoP 18 for Latin American and Caribbean Agriculture + info

Modelos institucionales innovadores en el ámbito de la investigación agrícola + info

Promoting intersectoral synergies as a strategy for reducing the vulnerability of agriculture to climate change: Experiences in Mexico, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador and Uruguay + info

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