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Ukraine one year later: Impacts on global food security
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 27-01-2023)
The outbreak of war between two of the world’s key agricultural producers jeopardized more than a third of world wheat trade, 17% of world maize trade, and almost 75% of world sunflower oil trade. Within a week of the ...
It’s just becoming such a burden on us in the community
(Instituto Interamericano de Ciencias Agrícolas (IICA), 03-02-2023)
Benjamin shares his experiences, which many residents in several rural communities across the Caribbean can relate to, living with the real, not projected impacts of climate change. Climate change impacts are threatening ...
After COP27 what next for SIDS and NbS?
(Instituto Interamericano de Ciencias Agrícolas (IICA), 01-02-2023)
Identify some questions with to Dr. Chaney St. Martin, where the answers focus on the current state of climate change and how to take the issue through COP27
Farming in the heat of Climate Change - Leave no soil uncovered
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 13-11-2023)
Hurricanes, droughts, and extreme floods have occurred in the Caribbean due to the impact of climate change, consequently affecting agriculture. In the Dominican Republic, the freshwater lake is "dying" due to abnormally ...
Climate goals and SDGs: Money, that’s what (we) want
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 06-12-2023)
Food systems are fundamental in plans and programs aimed at achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as well as the climate mitigation, adaptation, and resilience goals of the Paris Agreement. Therefore, it is ...
Desigualdad digital de género en América Latina y el Caribe
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 2020)
Se aborda la intersección y los patrones comunes entre la discriminación a la mujer rural y la brecha digital que la desfavorece. Ambas estructuras sociales desiguales en su implicación a desarrollar la potencialidad de ...
Oil and gas revenues and their role in developing climate resilient agriculture in Guyana
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 14-09-2022)
Ante la sugerencia de que se debe limitar el desarrollo de la explotación de petróleo y gas en Guyana como medida de control al cambio climático, existen varias razones para asegurar que este tipo de explotación puede ser ...
4DGAP: New tool for multidimensional impact assessment and guide to certification programs for Good Agricultural and Environmental Practices
(International Journal of Advanced Engineering Research and Science (IJAERS), 2021)
Food markets are increasingly demanding the implementation of good agricultural practices programs (GAP) in the public or private sectors as a way to guarantee the sustainable and responsible production of safe food. Due ...
COP27 Growing Roles for Agriculture and Food Security
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 06-12-2022)
Agriculture has not had a significant presence in the national and international climate processes. Yet as COP27 ended there was a strong push by many public, private and civil society actors for agriculture to have a ...
The world and the Americas ramp up climate leadership incluiding in agriculture
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 03-05-2021)
En la Cumbre de Líderes sobre el Clima, celebrada en 2021, Estados Unidos hizo un llamado a la acción y se comprometió a alcanzar la meta de cero emisiones para el 2050 y reducir las emisiones de efecto invernadero para ...