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FONTAGRO supports initiatives that seek to increase the productivity of family farming in Latin America and the Caribbean

One of the greatest challenges facing humanity is how to meet in the future the growing needs food demand of the population, while ensuring sustainability of natural resources and resilience to climate change. It is estimated that, in 2050, the world’s population will exceed 9,000 million people. The competition for resources between agriculture and urbanization […]

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Lupinus: a strategy for adaptation to Climate Change

Context and objectives: The High Andes of Bolivia and Ecuador and the Araucania in Southern Chile are highly vulnerable to climate change. Farmers have very limited options to improve their production systems. Lupinus species offer an alternative due to their resilience to adverse weather and soil conditions. In Bolivia and Ecuador about 1500 ha and […]

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Impact of fermentation and drying on the quality of products derived from Cocoa

  Context and objectives The Caribbean region in Costa Rica and Panama, where cocoa production is mostly based, is characterized by its vulnerability to extreme weather events, high levels of poverty and limited opportunities. Production declined in the past – despite the demands of high quality cocoa – due to diseases that severely affected the […]

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Water management in Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic

The context Agriculture uses about 70% of the water resources, which can generate conflicts with other users if availability is limited and seasonal, as occurs in many places due to the effects of climatic variability and extreme events such as droughts and excessive rainfall. The problem is compounded by the lack of understanding of different […]

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Innovation platforms for the adoption of climate-adapted technologies by smallholding farming in Honduras and Colombia

What are innovation platforms? The networks or platforms for dialogue and innovation, integrated by different social actors who share interest in a particular activity or sector such as agriculture, constitute an important tool at the service of the generation and adoption of technological, organizational, communicational and institutional innovations that favor productivity improvement, vulnerability reduction, adaptation […]

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Bases for the Generation of an Integrated Adaptation Strategy for Livestock Systems of Latin America

About us This consortium was integrated by Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Costa Rica. Historical context During the last 20 years, food demand increments led to greater agricultural and livestock production in South America. However, climate change effects, mainly on small producers, can negatively affect their future development. In Chile, about 90% of livestock systems depend […]

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The intensive rice cultivation system (SRI): An intelligent option

Context and objectives The popularity of rice consumption in Latin America and the Caribbean masks the challenges and limitations of its production, particularly in the tropical belt of the region. These challenges derive from the economic structure of the crop (subsidies, fixed prices), environmental (climate change, water use, agrochemicals), low productivity and social structure (dominated […]

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