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  • Central America and the Dominican Republic aim at strengthening the production of safer food

    A course on food safety auditing, organized by IICA and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, will allow countries to update their capacities in this area.

  • Central America and the Dominican Republic now have over 400 trained food inspection professionals

    The training took place in 2015 and 2016 as part of the IICA project: Regional Virtual School for Food Inspectors (RVSFI).

  • Impending emergence of La Niña will impact the agricultural sector in Central America and the Dominican Republic

    IICA facilitated a seminar on the potential repercussions of the phenomenon for the sector, which would be felt in the second half of this year.

  • IICA and the EU launch program to address the effects of coffee leaf rust on Central America and the Dominican Republic

    The initiative integrates national and regional efforts to achieve a more competitive, sustainable and inclusive coffee production, and will benefit over 330,000 small and medium-sized coffee growing families in the region.

  • IICA launches program to combat coffee leaf rust in Central America and the Dominican Republic

    The initiative will be carried out over the next five years and is expected to benefit 330 thousand coffee-growing families.

  • IICA and the FAO to pool resources in the Dominican Republic

    The organizations will support each other in projects aimed at bolstering the milk chain, conducting an agricultural census, and strengthening agricultural markets and pest control.