The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) is the specialized agency for agriculture of the inter-American system that supports the efforts of Member States to achieve agricultural development and rural welfare agency.

Encourage and support the efforts of Member States to achieve their agricultural development and rural welfare through international technical cooperation of excellence.

Achieving a competitive, inclusive and sustainable inter-American agriculture to feed the hemisphere and the world, and that in turn generates opportunities to reduce hunger and poverty in the producers and inhabitants of rural areas.