Faced with the prospect of declining resources and greater climatic variability, agriculture stands at a crossroads and finds itself obliged to find new forms of production that are suited to climate change and, at the same time, environmentally friendly.

The Director General of IICA, Víctor M. Villalobos, summed up the situation in those terms on 21 May, during his participation in the event “Climate Change and Agriculture in Colombia: Looking Ahead to Mexico 2010.”

The Ambassador of the United States of America to Costa Rica, Anne Slaughter Andrew, said she followed IICA’s activities with interest and congratulated the organization on placing on its agenda issues of key importance for the modern world, such as climate change and food security.

Ambassador Slaughter headed a delegation that visited the Institute’s Headquarters on 28 May to meet with the Director General, Víctor M. Villalobos, and senior officials.