Agriculture & Climate Change Discussed at IICA’s 43rd Regular Meeting

Jose Abelardo Mai

Agriculture and climate change were the topics of discussion at the forty-third meeting of the Inter-American Institute on Cooperation in Agriculture, held in Costa Rica last week. Minister of Agriculture, Food Security and Enterprise Jose Abelardo Mai attended the meeting of the ministers of Latin America and the Caribbean. The meeting looked at the importance of international cooperation to overcome crises and challenges that threaten global food security. Minister Mai spoke to the media today about his participation.

Jose Abelardo Mai, Minister of Agriculture, Food Security & Enterprise

“All ministers of Central America are on the executive. Many topics were discussed. One of the main topics discussed was the road to COP28 and how the Central American ministers of government are preparing for that meeting, especially being that agriculture will be one of the main topics.  One of the other topics was how do we manage water as a region; the approach to managing sustainable use of water. You know that every year we are having serious problems with water shortage and climate change. And so that were some of the main topics discussed.”