{"id":1662,"date":"2022-04-04T14:38:33","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T14:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/?page_id=1662"},"modified":"2024-09-27T14:08:38","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T14:08:38","slug":"iica-news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/iica-news\/","title":{"rendered":"IICA (Antigua &#038; Barbuda)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1791\" src=\"http:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iica-300x136.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iica-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iica.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>WH<\/strong><strong>O ARE <\/strong><strong>W<\/strong><strong>E<\/strong><strong>?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation \u00a0on Agriculture \u00a0(IICA) is the\u00a0 specialized agency for agriculture of the Inter-American System that supports the efforts of Member States to achieve agricultural development and rural well-being.<\/p>\n<p>The Institute provides \u00a0cooperation services through close \u00a0and permanent work with its 34 Member \u00a0States, addressing their needs in a timely \u00a0manner. Without a doubt, IICA\u2019s most \u00a0valuable asset is the close \u00a0relationship it maintains with the beneficiaries of its work. \u00a0We have \u00a0broad \u00a0experience in \u00a0areas such as \u00a0technology and innovation for agriculture, agricultural health, \u00a0food\u00a0 safety and quality, \u00a0international agricultural trade, family farming, rural development, natural resource management and the bioeconomy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>M<\/strong><strong>ISS<\/strong><strong>ION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our mission is to encourage, promote \u00a0and support Member \u00a0States in their efforts to achieve agricultural development and rural well-being through \u00a0international technical cooperation of excellence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>VI<\/strong><strong>S<\/strong><strong>ION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our vision is to be a modern and efficient institution supported by a platform of human resources and processes that are capable of mobilizing the knowledge available in the region \u00a0and around the world, with the aim of achieving a competitive, inclusive and sustainable \u00a0agriculture sector that\u00a0 takes advantage of opportunities to contribute \u00a0to economic growth \u00a0and development as well \u00a0as to foster greater \u00a0rural well-being \u00a0and sustainable management of its natural capital.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IICA PRIORITIES FOR STATEGIC <\/strong><strong>AC<\/strong><strong>T<\/strong><strong>ION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In pursuit of its vision and mission, IICA focuses its actions in six strategic areas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Contributing to the Repositioning of Agriculture and Rural life and a new institution<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Framework<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Promoting trade and Competitiveness of Agribusiness<\/li>\n<li>Promoting the Development of Rural Communities based on a Territorial Approach<\/li>\n<li>Promoting the\u00a0 \u00a0Sustainable \u00a0Management \u00a0of\u00a0 \u00a0Natural \u00a0Resources\u00a0 \u00a0and\u00a0 \u00a0the<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Environment<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Promoting Agricultural Health and Food Safety<\/li>\n<li>Promoting the Introduction of Technology and Innovation for the Modernization of<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Agriculture and Rural Development<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.end&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; WHO ARE WE? The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation \u00a0on Agriculture \u00a0(IICA) is the\u00a0 specialized agency for agriculture of the Inter-American System that supports the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1662","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1662"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1774,"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1662\/revisions\/1774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}