Report of the Nineteenth Regular Meeting of the Inter-American Board of Agriculture

Abstract

The opening ceremony of the Nineteenth Regular Meeting of the Inter-American Board of Agriculture (IABA) was called to order at 10:45 hours on 25 October 2017 at the Headquarters of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), located in San Jose, Costa Rica. The Acting President of the Republic of Costa Rica, Mr. Helio Fallas, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Religion of Costa Rica, Mr. Manuel González Sanz, the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock of Costa Rica, Mr. Luis Felipe Arauz, and the Director General of IICA, Mr. Víctor M. Villalobos Arámbula, were in attendance.