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A Hemispheric Partnership for Food Security and Sustainable Development

The Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas will meet between the 3rd and 5th of October in San José de Costa Rica with a broad work program that will also call on presidents, a Nobel Prize and a World Food Prize, and in which Solutions to the most urgent challenges facing the sector will be debated, at times when food security is at the top of the global agenda.

The Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas 2023 will take place at the headquarters of the Inter-American Institute of Cooperation for Agriculture (IICA) and will also be attended by other high-ranking national authorities and international organizations, academics with global recognition and representatives of the sector productive and industrial.

The Inter-American Board of Agriculture (JIA) will sit within the Ministerial Conference, which is the highest governing body of the IICA. The body is made up of 34 Member States of the Institute, an organization of the Inter-American System specialized in agricultural and rural development.

During the Conference, ministers will also debate the continent's participation in the next United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP 28), scheduled for the end of this year in Dubai.

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En cierre de Conferencia, Ministros de Agricultura de las Américas respaldan alianza continental propuesta por el IICA y afirman que agro continental está preparado para enfrentar desafíos globales

La conferencia se constituyó como un foro de discusión e impulso a la acción colectiva y reforzó el papel del continente como garante de la seguridad alimentaria y la sostenibilidad ambiental mundial, en momentos de crisis superpuestas e incertidumbre global.

En cierre de Conferencia, Ministros de Agricultura de las Américas respaldan alianza continental propuesta por el IICA y afirman que agro continental está preparado para enfrentar desafíos globales

Ministro de San Vicente y las Granadinas Saboto Caesar resaltó apoyo técnico del IICA para afrontar los retos del agro del CARICOM

Durante su declaración, el ministro hizo énfasis en la importancia que tienen las acciones estratégicas con apoyo del IICA, para brindar apoyo a los productores agrícolas.

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The IICA Leaders of Rurality reflect on their challenges, in addressing the Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas

Eodora Méndez, who has tirelessly championed the well-being of Honduras’ small farmers; Rosamund Benn, a farmer who has encouraged dozens of rural women in Guyana to process and market their crops to improve their income and standard of living; and Alfredo Carrasco, a promotor of inclusive and integrative agriculture in Chile, were the three farmers honored at the meeting.

The IICA Leaders of Rurality reflect on their challenges, in addressing the Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas

ECLAC, FAO and IICA call for actions to strengthen regional cooperation in order to promote sustainable, inclusive and resilient agrifood systems in Latin America and the Caribbean

The recommendation is made in The Outlook for Agriculture and Rural Development in the Americas 2023-2024, a report prepared by the three institutions and presented in Costa Rica during the Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of the hemisphere.

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Líderes empresariais defendem o trabalho estratégico com o setor público para aumentar a sustentabilidade, a inovação tecnológica e a preservação dos recursos naturais na agricultura das Américas.

Representantes do Conselho de Exportadores de Laticínios dos Estados Unidos (USDEC) e a Federação Centro-Americana de Câmaras Agropecuárias e Agroindustriais (FECAGRO) participaram da Conferência de Ministros da Agricultura das Américas organizada pelo IICA.

Líderes empresariais defendem o trabalho estratégico com o setor público para aumentar a sustentabilidade, a inovação tecnológica e a preservação dos recursos naturais na agricultura das Américas.

Especialistas em sanidade agropecuária concordam que a abordagem Uma Saúde é essencial para fornecer soluções aos desafios dos sistemas agroalimentares das Américas

No fórum foram promovidos os esforços para impulsionar o conceito Uma Saúde como pilar para fortalecer a segurança alimentar na América Latina e o Caribe.

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