Per la primavera 2010 l’Istituto Agronomico per l’Oltremare organizza assieme all’Associazione Neotropica, un ciclo di conferenze e visite all’Istituto, sul tema ”La Botanica Tropicale nella ricerca pura e applicata”.

Gli incontri si terranno presso l'Aula Magna dell'Istituto dal 6...
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El Proyecto “Caféiilatino”, con la cooperacion de lo IAO en el marco de la colaboracion con el Istituto Italo-Latino Americano, para la Promoción de la Cohesión Social y Productiva del Sector del Café Centroamericano se desarrollará en San Salvador del 16 al 20 de noviembre de 2009.
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The Conference is organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Directorate General for Development Cooperation (DGCS), the Italian National Council of Research (CNR), the Alliance of the CGIAR Centres, and IAO will be held in Rome, 27th October 2009. The three objectives are:
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55 stakeholders from Europe, one observer from AARINENA and one CGIAR representative attended a one day GCARD-Europe workshop in Brussels on the 29th September 2009.
This face to face workshop was the 3rd element of the GCARD-Europe initiative, the others being the more...

Dr. Luciano Conticini was awarded the "Friendship Award", tributed by the Chinese government to international experts who have contributed their efforts and work to economic and social development in China.
The awarding of this prestigious prize is connected to the brilliant results of the...
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The project will add value to coffee and promote the Central American region and its local cultural heritage. Areas suitable for high quality crops will be selected and planning abilities strengthened, with particular emphasis on rural development and the promotion of the region.
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El aprovechamento de los subproductos del cafè es parte de las actividades promocionadas y desarrolladas en el marco del Programa cafèycaffè, financiado por la Cooperaciòn Italiana y Fondo Comun de los Productos Bàsicos. Se han realizado modulos para lombricompost y para la producciòn de hongos...
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En los días 3 y 4 de agosto la Sra. Paola Viero, directora de la Oficina Regional de Cooperación Italiana de Centro Amèrica y del Caribe visitò, en Huehuetenango, las actividades del Programa que lo IAO desarrolla con Slow Food como partner tecnico y los grupos de pequeños productores,...
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Los días 13 y 14 de julio se ha realizado en la ciudad de Huehuetenango, Guatemala el Seminario-Taller de Intercambio entre pequeños productores y productoras de cafè beneficiarios del Programa de cooperación italiana CaféyCaffè. El evento ha contado con la participación de 31 productores y 17...
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IAO is glad to inform you that has just been published an handbook on the Agricultural Research for Development (ARD) International scenario. The publication has been realised in the framework of the Project “Technical Support to the Italian Development Cooperation (MAE-DGCS) on Agricultural...
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Huehuetenango Guatemala, 12-15 de julio 2009.
El día 12 de julio dará inizio el Seminario-taller de intercambio en el Hotel Casa Blanca en la ciudad de Huehuetenango, Dep.To Huehuetenango en el marco del Programa de Cooperación CaféyCaffè.
Alrededor de cuarenta productores y productoras de...
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In the framework of the FAO Global Land Cover Network (GLCN) Programme, the South Sudan Land Cover dataset will be updated in the GLCN Topic centre hosted by the Istituto Agronomico per l’Oltremare (IAO). For this purpose a group of 7 Sudanese experts, representing all the national institutions...
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IAO will participate in the conference on “Agriculture, development engine for poor countries”, jointly organized by the Agronomist Association of Florence, and Shalom Movement.
The conference will take place on 29 May 2009 during the sixth international fair and meeting “Terra Futura” (Future...
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En el marco de las actividades de intercambio, promovidas por la Red Regional de apoyo a las asociaciones de pequeños productores de Centroamérica y del Caribe, del 29 de junio al 3 de julio, se realizará un seminario taller de intercambio en Huehuetenango, Guatemala. Participarán al evento...
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Giovanni Totino is the new Director General of IAO. He has a MSc in Agriculture at the University of Perugia, and a specialization in Business Management at the Luiss University in Rome.
For over 25 Years he has been working, with managerial responsibilities, for various types of...
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Gracias al aporte del proyecto CaféyCaffè financiado por la Cooperación Italiana y ejecutado en República Dominicana por la ONG UCODEP ha sido realizado en la Loma de Salcedo la Inauguración del Beneficio Húmedo de café.
El beneficio húmedo de café orgánico de Salcedo esta diseñado para un...
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The development of special coffees varieties (Huehuetenango Tierra Altas in Guatemala and Sierra Cafetalera in the Dominican Republic) featured in an important project financed by the Italian General Directorate for the Cooperation Development and coordinated by the “Istituto Agronomico per...
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Italian WWF awards were handed over during the closure ceremony of the nineteenth edition of the "Oasis Day" for the protection of nature. The awards are given recognition and thanks to all those working in practice and willingly in defence of the values of the environment and sustainability. For...
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The Pakistan National Conference on Olive Oil was held in Rawalpindi on 08 April, 2009. The Conference was organized by the PMAS-AAUR (Pir Mehr Ali Shah - Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi) in collaboration with the IAO (Istituto Agronomico per l’Oltremare, Italy) and PODB (Pakistan Oilseed...
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On 16-17 June 2009, in Wageningen (The Netherlands) will take place a forum on Science for Development, called Science Forum 2009.
It will explore ways to mobilize science more effectively to enhance food security, improve nutrition, reduce poverty and to better manage natural resources. The...
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The meeting ““Buscando la Sostenibilidad” that took place in a hotel in Chichicastenango, in the Quiché highlands, marked the beginning of the 2nd phase of the Program PADERUCHI-CREDyCOM. The title itself, which means Looking for Sustainability, uncovers the firm intention of the Italian...
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The Istituto Agronomico per l’Oltremare (IAO) and the Chinese Tianjin Polytechnic University (TJPU) on the 3 April, 2009 have signed an agreement to exchange technical and scientific knowledge on Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for natural resources evaluation. In addition to other forms...
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April 8th, 2009 – A delegation composed by Dr. Violeta Lucila Prates, Diputada Provincial of the Government of the Province of Misiones (Republica Argentina) and VicePresident of the Commission for Natural Resources and Environment Conservation and Dr. Simone Apollo, representative of CESPI (Centro...
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Day after day, Guatemalan Coffees are reaching new heights by: 1. implementing better practices to improve the quality of our coffee; 2. discovering exceptional coffees through our auction program link to auction winning farms; 3. moving toward premium prices that reward the quality of our...
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The Presidium for Huehuetenango Highlands coffee in Guatemala, together with the Presidium for Sierra Cafetalera coffee in the Dominican Republic, are part of the Program “Regional Network for the Support of Small Coffee Producers” of the Central American and Caribbean Region. The Program is...
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The Italo-Latin American Institute (IILA) is an international body located in Rome which represents Italy and the twenty Republics of Latin America (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay,...
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The research program carried out by the Biotechnology Department, Genetics Unit of the University of Florence, has born within the project : "Lybia - Improvement and valorisation of the Palm date in the Oases of Al Jufra" (financed by the Italian Cooperation and implemented by IAO) and aims at...
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From the 10th to the 13th of February 2009, in collaboration with the National Coffee Association of Guatemala (ANACAFE) and Slow Food, some areas of intervention of the Programme implemented in the Huehuetenango Region (northern part of the Country close to the Mexican border), have been...
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The IAO has recently signed Agreement with the Institute of Sciences of Food Production (ISPA) of the Italian Research Council (CNR). The objective of the agreement is to find solutions to the main problems of pre and post-harvest sector of fruits and vegetables in developing countries.

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The culture of the fungus ostra is an alternative of food security in the rural areas promoted by the CafeyCaffe’ Program financed by Italian Cooperation and by the Common Found for Commodities and the International Coffee Organization and executed by the Istituto Agronomico per Oltremare of...
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The 17th of February 2009 a delegation from the Republic of Yemen has paid a visit to the “Istituto Agronomico per l’Otremare” (IAO), technical branch of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Florence.
The delegation, coming with the honorary Consul of the Yemen Republic of Tuscany Prof. Guido...
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Pubblicato sul DIPCO (n° 45 del 24/12/2008) Bollettino ufficiale della Direzione Generale per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo del Ministero degli Affari Esteri. Il DIPCO esce settimanalmete con le delibere, pareri del Comitato Direzionale, gli avvisi di incarico e altri documenti rilevanti sui temi...
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