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January 15, 2012: Deadline for Research & Internship Assistance Program Applications.

January 31, 2012: Responses will be sent to all applicants for the Research & Internship Assistance Program.

February 7-8, 2012: Canadian Food Summit will be held in Toronto, Canada at the Metro Toronto Convention Center.

February 17-21, 2012: 2012 Energizing Farm Leaders of Today, for Tomorrow, CYFF Annual Conference and General Meeting to be held at The Westin Nova Scotian in Halifax.

February 22-23, 2012: Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Convention to be held at the Scotiabank Convention Center in Niagara Falls,  Canada.

February 24-25, 2012: International Potato Technology Expo to be held at the Charlottetown Civic Center, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

February 29-March 2, 2012: Ag Expo to be held at Lethbridge Exhibition Park, Alberta, Canada.

March 13-15, 2012: Ottawa Valley Farm Show to be held at the Capital Exhibition Center, Ottawa, Canada.

March 19, 2012: Value Chain Innovation Forum to be held over two days in Toronto, Canada.

 


The Call for applications for the 100 Scholarships Program supported by the National Science and Technology Council (CONACYT) and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) is now open.  The program is designed to promote capacity development for agriculture in the Americas.  For more information visit IICA's website by clicking here.

The Call for proposals to the General Directorate's Competitive Fund for Technical Cooperation Projects is now open.  Proposals must be prepared in conjunction with an IICA office and be inline with IICA Medium Term Plan 2010-2014 Technical Concentration and Cross Cutting Programs.  For more information contact the IICA Canada office at 613-230-1044.

The next competition for CP Small Grants for Innovative Research and Knowledge Sharing in now open with a deadline of February 13, 2012.  For more information click here.

CIDA's International Youth Internship Program (IYIP) is launching a call for proposals for 2012-2014.  The deadline for submissions is February 9, 2012, at 14:00 Pacific Standard Time (PST). For more information click here.

 


2011 - Director General's Visit to Canada (Meeting with the Honourable Gerry Ritz, the Minister of Agriculture)

2011 - Accountability Seminar and Sharing of 2011-2014 IICA Canada Technical Strategy

2011 - Visiting Stakeholders in Ontario 

 

2011 - Visiting Stakeholders in Western Canada

2010 - Signing of LOI with Canadian Verterinary Reserve

 

 

2010 - Wishing Dr. Michael Bedoya all the best in retirement and welcoming Dr. Audia Barnett as new IICA Canada Representative

 

2010 - Official Visit from Dr. the Honourable Christopher Tufton, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheriesfor Jamaica

2010 - Director General's Visit to Canada (Meeting with AAFC)

2010 - Officaial Visit from The Honourable Joanas Gue, Minister of Agriculture for Haiti

2098 - Signing of MOU with NAPPO

2008 - Direcor General's Visit to Canada (Lecturing at the University of Ottawa)

 

 

 

 

 

 


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