Agreement between Corteva and IICA aims to strengthen quality food production in the Americas

Corteva Agriscience has joined the network of strategic partners of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) by signing an agreement that will facilitate producers' access to markets, increase agribusiness competitiveness and increase farm productivity by improving access to agricultural inputs in the Americas .

The cooperation agreement, announced at the 2019 Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas in San José, Costa Rica, was signed by Ana Claudia Cerasoli, President of Corteva Agriscience for the Mesoandean region, and Manuel Otero, Director General of IICA.

“Digital agriculture will not only impact farmers but also all parts of the production chain, including increasingly informed and demanding consumers,” said Cerasoli.

“Corteva Agriscience and IICA recognize the important role of public-private associations in agricultural development initiatives,” indicated Otero.

The understanding responds to IICA's strategy of having increasingly important interaction with the private sector to offer concrete solutions to the climatic, social and productive challenges of agriculture in the Western Hemisphere.

The alliance between Corteva Agriscience and IICA had its first experience with the creation and launch of the book “Fighters – Rural Women in the World” and the campaign for the photography exhibition “The soul of rurality” organized by IICA and Vogue magazine in several cities in Latin America and Spain. These initiatives seek to increase recognition of the role of women in the development of rural territories.

Together with Corteva Agriscience, IICA held an intense public discussion on the fundamental role of rural women. These activities were centered on the International Day of Rural Women, when several seminars and debates were held in Brasília, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Madrid, Montevideo, São José and São Salvador.

“We will continue working together to favor those who produce food and those who consume food, we want to be able to produce more, with fewer resources and with higher quality,” said Cerasoli.