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Research studies aimed at resolving challenges faced by Latin American and Caribbean coffee farmers were presented in Guatemala
PROMECAFE, an initiative supported by IICA, held a symposium with 330 participants from 14 countries across the region, which is home to more than one million coffee-farming families.
“La Niña” phenomenon transitions to neutral phase, but tropical cyclone season will be more intense
A virtual seminar organized by IICA analyzed the implications of these climatic conditions for agricultural health in Mesoamerica.
106 new professionals will be able to assist their countries in complying with requirements for exporting processed food to the U.S.
The initiative, executed by IICA, USDA-FAS and USAID, seeks to support capacity-building in strategic topics for the countries.
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 specialists and members of Costa Rica’s CLIITAs receive training in how to reduce food losses
Experts from the Institute and other organizations were taught how to use and apply a methodology that helps reduce postharvest losses in agricultural crops.
Countries call for improved efforts to transfer technologies for the adaptation of climate change to small-scale producers
IICA report summarizes the arguments put forward by several countries in the Americas supporting the creation of an international working group on climate change and agriculture.