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8 March, International Women’s- Day IICA launches third edition of the “Introduction to Entrepreneurship for Rural Women” course
The course, which is delivered in Spanish, free of cost, aims to promote capacity building, as well as the development of work tools and leadership in women-led businesses in rural areas.
IFPRI and IICA present a document at the WTO Ministerial Conference, highlighting the value of multilateralism and promoting greater Latin American participation in negotiations to strengthen global food security
The publication, entitled “Navigating the Trade Landscape: A Latin American Perspective on the 13th WTO Ministerial Conference”, was launched as part of joint actions undertaken by IICA and IFPRI to promote greater participation of countries in the region in WTO agricultural trade negotiations and to provide an update on the advances in discussions and the consensus reached.
Costa Rican high school students, creators of a module for the promotion and dissemination of silvopastoral goat farming, recognized by IICA as Leaders of Rurality of the Americas
This initiative promotes agricultural education and training among young people and producers in Santa Cruz, Guanacaste, selling goat milk-based products in their communities.
Fourth edition of the Regional Water Dialogues will be held in Costa Rica
The annual meeting, organized by ECLAC and IICA, will take place from March 11 to 13 at the latter's Headquarters in San José. High-level officials from Latin America and the Caribbean are expected to take part.
WTO and IICA launch a manual for negotiators at a Ministerial Conference in Abu Dhabi and strengthen joint efforts to promote multilateralism in agrifood trade
It was launched during the 13th WTO Ministerial Conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, thereby reaffirming the long history of collaboration between both organizations to support member governments of the WTO system, in particular in the field of agriculture, including agricultural negotiations and sanitary and phytosanitary measures.
At the UN Environment Assembly, in which IICA took part, experts underscored the fact that dairy production can help combat climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution
The IICA took part in one of the Assembly’s panel discussions, organized by the International Dairy Federation and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), in collaboration with the U.S. Dairy Exporters Council (USDEC), the National Dairy Development Board of India, the International Dairy Research Institute, and the Environmental Defense Fund.