SAN JOSÉ, April 22 2015 – The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) is fleshing out the details for the meeting of the Inter-American Board of Agriculture (IABA), which will take place this coming October in Mexico.
The proposals for strengthening the Institute will be discussed by the IABA, which is made up of delegates from 34 countries, and which will be held within the framework of the Meeting of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas, from October 19 to October 23.
The meeting is being organised by IICA and the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (SAGARPA) of Mexico.
Discussions on the preliminary proposals began at the April 16 videoconference of the Special Advisory Commission on Management Issues (SACMI), which includes delegates from nine member countries.
Víctor M. Villalobos, Director General of the Institute, stated that the results of that meeting would be presented to the Executive Committee next July, in order to generate concrete recommendations on IICA’s financial standing for presentation to the IABA.
