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El Niño and the Resilience of Agrifood Systems

El Niño and the Resilience of Agrifood Systems

A space to anticipate, understand, and act in response to one of the most influential climate phenomena affecting agrifood systems in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Measures against Foc TR4 – IICA Musaceae Network

Measures against Foc TR4 – IICA Musaceae Network

The Musaceae family, which includes bananas, plantains, and bluggoes, plays a key role in the economic, social, and nutritional development of Latin American and Caribbean. In 2024, the region accounted for 56% of the total bananas and plantains (fre...

Family farming linked to competitive markets. Public food procurement, valuation of origin-related attributes, productive alliances.

Family farming linked to competitive markets. Public food procurement, valuation of origin-related attributes, productive alliances.

This dialogue forum enables the sharing of knowledge on initiatives that link small-scale agriculture and rural MSMEs with public food procurement, as well as their integration with various actors along value chains—primarily through commercial partn...

Inserción financiera e inversiones de impacto para la agricultura familiar y las MIPYMES rurales

Inserción financiera e inversiones de impacto para la agricultura familiar y las MIPYMES rurales

Family farming in the Americas plays a key role in food security, the revitalization of rural economies, and poverty reduction. Its capacity to absorb family labor, generate employment, added value, and well-being in rural territories, among other co...

Responses of technical assistance and rural extension to the challenges of competitive sustainability in family farming and rural MSMEs.

Responses of technical assistance and rural extension to the challenges of competitive sustainability in family farming and rural MSMEs.

Technical assistance and rural extension are key drivers of sustainable development, innovation, and economic inclusion for family farming and rural MSMEs.The use of appropriate technologies, digital strategies, and innovative approaches in these ser...

European Union Regulation on Deforestation (EUDR): Challenges and solutions to deforestation

European Union Regulation on Deforestation (EUDR): Challenges and solutions to deforestation

The Regulation (2023/1115) on the placing on the Union market and export from the Union of certain commodities and products associated with deforestation and forest degradation, from now on EUDR, was adopted by the European Union (EU) Parliament on A...