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  • Cocoa and coffee chain representatives from eight countries of America trained in the design of agricultural projects with evaluation criteria

    Through the application of methodologies, dialogue and group exercises, participants learned how to design projects that can be evaluated at all stages

  • ​New international project seeks to improve ​​rural development in 15 countries through ​​capitalization of experiences

    ​​Implementation of the project started in Costa Rica where experts shared their knowledge on this topic to enrich learning materials and revise the results after the initiative concludes.

  • New book promotes a holistic vision for improving the agricultural sector’s resilience to climate change

    An integrated approach to good agricultural practices (GAP) and close collaboration between producers and governments are key to the development of a more sustainable agriculture.

  • Gender equity: engine for the development of family farming

    The First Lady of Costa Rica, specialists and women producers call for gender mainstreaming in public agricultural policies.

  • Caribbean specialists acquire new expertise for adding value to cassava

    A meeting supported by IICA, the European Union, and Colombia’s Presidential Agency for International Cooperation enabled specialists engaged in promoting the crop to learn about new forms of marketing that could boost markets for the product.

  • IICA and GIZ support Costa Rican initiative designed to reduce emissions caused by the coffee industry

    Working with the Ministry of Environment, the organizations are training officials from the agriculture, transport, and waste management sectors to develop a NAMA, a set of actions that helps reduce emissions and for whose implementation financing is available.