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March | No. 02             
IICA Director General visits Peru for launch of environmental programs for Andean Region

Two programs funded by the Finnish cooperation agency – the Sustainable Forest Management Programme in the Andean Region and the Energy and Environment Partnership in the Andean Region – were launched on Monday, March 7, in Lima. The Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Víctor M. Villalobos, took part in the activity.

Other senior officials in attendance were the Minister for Foreign Trade and Development of Finland, Paavo Väyrynen; the Minister for the Environment of Peru, Antonio Brack; the Secretary of State at the Foreign Ministry of Finland, Pertti Torstila; ambassadors of a number of countries; and deputy ministers and delegates from the ministries of agriculture, environment and energy of Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia and Peru.

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ECLAC, FAO AND IICA analyze food price volatility in Latin America and the Caribbean

Food price volatility has increased in recent months and will remain high for the time being, according to a joint bulletin launched today by ECLAC, FAO and IICA.

The document entitled “Price volatility in agricultural markets (2000-2010): implications for Latin America and policy options” describes the current scenario: frequent, unpredictable and dramatic changes in the prices of agricultural raw materials, with the impact on countries varying in accordance with national conditions.

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About agriculture

Latin America and the Caribbean

Possible consequences of price volatility include economic efficiency losses, reduced food security and rising undernutrition, as well as negative effects on the trade balance. Instability also involves high risk for producers, especially small-scale farmers, as there is increased uncertainty over their expected income. Nor should we rule out the possibility that volatility may lead to social unrest, as was the case during the 2007-2008 food crisis. Source: Price volatility in agricultural markets (2000-2010): implications for Latin America and policy options (Spanish only)

Groundbreaking study analyzes impact of transgenics on Latin America
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Government of El Salvador launches ambitious Family Agriculture Plan
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Central Americans discuss plant health requirements for the region
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IICA provides technical support to the IDB/Zamorano Project
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Territorial development strategy to be executed in Durango, Mexico
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IICA Convenes International Experts at the ‘Second Annual Symposium for Facilitating the Development of Agriculture Insurance in the Americas’
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Venezuela discusses effects of climate change
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Further progress made with the design of a Central American course on the management of territorial rural development
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Documents used to prepare Brazil’s first National Agrarian Reform Plan collected and placed on the Internet
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Books
2010 – 2014 Medium-Term Plan: promoting competitive and sustainable agriculture in the Americas
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