IICA PROMOTES SOUTH-SOUTH CO-OPERATION
The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) will convene an Interregional Ministerial Roundtable discussion on Digitalization and Investment for the Transformation of Food Systems on April 25 in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Ministers from various countries are expected to participate in the roundtable, sharing national and regional experiences in designing and implementing digital solutions, promoting collective action and fostering investments to transform food systems.
In particular, participants will discuss South-South cooperation models and best practices in the Americas, Asia and Africa, in addition to opportunities for reciprocal cooperation that will facilitate accelerated action.
The forum is being done in collaboration with the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), as well as Grow Asia and Food Action Alliance—the two multisectoral platforms promoted by the World Economic Forum (WEF) to strengthen food security.
Director General of IICA, Manuel Otero, will deliver a message, as well as Special Advisor to the Director General, Jorge Werthein. IICA has been advocating for greater South-South cooperation, as well as pursuing relevant actions to promote closer engagement between the Americas, Africa and Asia.
In 2022, IICA convened the first Africa-Americas Ministerial Summit on Agrifood Systems at its headquarters in San Jose, Costa Rica, in collaboration with AGRA and the African Union Development Agency–New Partnership for Africa’s Development (AUDA-NEPAD).
