Increasing pressures on freshwater pose global, regional and national challenges. In Peru, a country facing a potential water shortage, a project for the social management of water is beginning to show promising results.

These policies should facilitate the successful insertion of rural producers into national and international markets, rewarding their efforts to adopt environmentally-friendly practices and technologies

The free trade agreement with the United States provides greater legal protection and Central America’s fruit industry is well placed to seize the opportunities it offers.

The partnership involving the NARIs and IICA is a “win-win” mechanism, an arrangement from which all the participants stand to benefit.