EVENTS

Intraregional food trade in the LAC region offers untapped opportunities for expansion. Currently, 60 percent of LAC food imports come

The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) launched a network of agricultural negotiators in Latin America, which will seek to strengthen the positioning of those countries in multilateral forums that address matters related to the agrifood sector, such as the World Trade Organization (WTO).

The initiative brings together experts from IFPRI, the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, Notre Dame University, and over a half dozen other organizations to synthesize evidence on food systems innovations. At the meeting, participants explored the research synthesis process and further developed their strategies for achieving the project goals.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) are

Join Valeria Pineiro as part of a discussion panel on some of the technical and innovative approaches that international NGOs are adopting to address the most critical agricultural and food security challenges facing the Global South such as Nutrition, Food security, Climate smart agriculture, Resilience, Access to finance, Inclusive agricultural market systems & value chains, Improved production practices and technology.

Join Valeria Pineiro presenting her comments on the report Report “Competing in Agribusiness: Corporate Strategies and Public Policies for the Challenges of the 21st Century” and Roundtable with the CGIAR in Latin America and the Caribbean.

This policy seminar, co-organized by FAO, IFPRI, and the CGIAR Research Initiative on Foresight, offers an opportunity to hear from the report’s authors and engage with a group of panel discussion on challenges facing food and agriculture, foresight approaches to exploring alternative future pathways, and opportunities for food system transformation, with particular focus on the Americas.

The agri-food markets of Latin America and the Caribbean have been transformed as a result of the Uruguay Round that gave rise to the Agreement on Agriculture of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the globalization process and the deepening economic integration, both within the region and with trading partners external

The main objective of the meeting is to reinstate in the international agenda, strategic topics  on the necessary evolution of the innovation systems that are absent today and identify potential areas of joint work