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  • Minister of Agriculture and Livestock of El Salvador calls for discussing solutions to the impact of El Niño in the Central American Dry Corridor

    In the Dry Corridor, where most of the population depends on agriculture and especially on the production of basic grains, this phenomenon severely impacts food production.
  • In collaboration with IICA, El Salvador launches its Leadership School for the Transformation of Agrifood Systems

    One hundred of the country’s youth farmers and agronomy students will be able to expand their knowledge of innovation and biotechnology, as well as climate smart and digital agriculture, among other areas.
  • European Union and IICA join forces to minimize food and nutrition insecurity for 1,508 families in the Trifinio region of Central America

    The AGRO-INNOVA and PROCAGICA projects provide technical assistance and agricultural inputs to bolster food production based on good agricultural practices under agroforestry systems.
  • The Salvadorian livestock industry and Panamanian rice sector forge ahead with the development of climate change mitigation actions

    IICA, GIZ, Expertise France and the ministries of agriculture in both countries are executing a project, under the EU-funded EUROCLIMA+ Program, which involves training more than 200 rice and livestock farmers in low-carbon and climate-adapted production.
  • PROCAGICA is banking on production chain integration to improve the quality of El Salvador’s coffee

    The program involves the transfer of the relevant technology and the development of activities to diversify income streams, while also introducing the appropriate mechanisms to respond to threats identified in the coffee sector.
  • IICA and FAO define joint agenda that calls for dialogue between the ministers of Agriculture and the Environment of Central America and the Dominican Republic

    The organizations also proposed actions to prevent Fusarium Tropical Race 4 and a swine fever outbreak on the continent.