Coordination Federico Sancho Patricia Leon Coto Editing Olga Patricia Arce Design and layout Ana Catalina Lizano Karla Cruz Translation Language Services Unit Secretary Maria Elena Cedeño Authors in this issue Melania Portilla y Hannia Zuñiga    Adrian Rodriguez Vargas Evandro Chartuni, Francisco de Assis de Carvalho, Daniel Marcal and Emilio Ruz Assefaw Tewolde, Adriana Chavarria and Eduardo Rojas Ricardo Molins Editorial Board James French Jorge Ardila Julio Paz Sergio Sepulveda Miguel Garcia Ricardo Molins Enrique Alarcon Assefaw Tewolde is produced by the Directorate of Technical Leadership and Knowledge Management of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) ISBN 10 92-9039-811-6 ISBN 13 978-92-9039-811-0 The growing strength of   rural women micro-entrepreneurs in Latin America and the Caribbean   5 Climate change, water   and agriculture 13 Precision agriculture New tools to improve technology management in agricultural enterprises 24 Agrobiotechnology in the Americas Global challenges for food production   32 The hidden costs of   food-borne diseases 40 Table of contents