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“Por tercer año consecutivo, logramos que la agricultura de las Américas tenga su propia voz en la negociación climática”, dijo el Director General del IICA, Manuel Otero, en la previa de la COP 29

Otero explicó que la agricultura tiene un rol esencial que cumplir en la mitigación del cambio climático, al mismo tiempo que está inmerso en un proceso de transformación para adaptarse a las condiciones más adversas para la producción que llegaron para quedarse, de la mano de la crisis climática.

Con la Casa de la Agricultura Sostenible de las Américas, el IICA y sus socios llevan por tercer año consecutivo la voz de los productores agropecuarios al mayor foro global de negociación climática: la COP 29

La Conferencia de las Partes de la Convención de las Naciones Unidas sobre Cambio Climático -que este año se realizará en Bakú, la capital de Azerbaiyán- albergará nuevamente el pabellón del Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) y sus socios del sector privado y el sector público.

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In the IICA pavilion at COP29, U.S. dairy exporters publicized the advances they have made in producing affordable and sustainable food

The pavilion of IICA and its partners, which for the third consecutive year is present at the world’s biggest forum on the environment, was the venue where the President and CEO of the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC), Krysta Harden, showed the advances the sector has been making in recent years in the area of sustainability.

IICA and Carbon Asset Solutions work to offset travel emissions to COP29

For the third consecutive year, IICA has collaborated with partners such as CAS and the Ministries of Agriculture of the Americas to bring the voice of agriculture and climate solutions to the annual COP conferences.

At COP29 in Baku, countries of the Americas showcased to the world the fundamental role played by biofuels

Actors from the continent reported on the results already being achieved through bioethanol and biodiesel in reducing greenhouse gas emissions from transportation, at the world's largest environmental forum.

At COP29, ministers of agriculture from Latin America and the Caribbean ask developed countries for financing with a focus on small farmers to boost food security and prevent migration

Faced with this scenario, during COP29 IICA launched a groundbreaking mechanism aimed at mobilizing financial resources to strengthen producers across the continent. Lloyd Day explained that the Hemispheric Fund for Agricultural Resilience and Sustainability (FoHRSA) was developed in response to the difficulties that farmers face in accessing mechanisms that afford them protection, such as insurance, and new technologies that help them produce more with less.

At the IICA pavilion at COP29, experts assert that higher productivity, market access, and whether farmers remain in rural areas all depend on a robust relationship between agriculture and nature

These were some of the most powerful messages that emerged from one of the technical events held at the Home of Sustainable Agriculture of the Americas pavilion, set up by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and its partners at the Olympic Stadium in Baku

Supporting farmers and increasing their income will guarantee the future of sustainable agriculture, state experts at IICA pavilion at COP29

The conversation conveyed an optimistic outlook on the future of agriculture, an activity that is already contributing adaptation and mitigation solutions.

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Em pavilhão do IICA na COP29, Ministro da Agricultura de Dominica descreve os desafios da agricultura no Caribe e reivindica financiamento

Enquanto espera a concretização do auxílio financeiro prometido no Acordo de Paris para ajudar os países em desenvolvimento a melhorar sua capacidade de adaptação aos novos cenários climáticos, Dominica trabalha pela sustentabilidade e resiliência de sua agricultura, com o apoio do Instituto Interamericano de Cooperação para Agricultura (IICA) e de outros organismos internacionais.

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