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Newsletter

Monthly Newsletter – June 2023

    Get to know FONTAGRO’s science, technology and innovation ecosystems that were introduced during the Annual Technical Follow-up Workshop as well as those individuals that competed for the 2023 Prize for Excellence.   Agtech “AhoRa: Application for family farmers of Musa “Prize for Excellence 2023”.  A free application that provides information about Musa banana […]

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SPECIAL NEWSLETTER | 25 Years of FONTAGRO – XVIII Workshop on Annual Project Monitoring

      The celebration of FONTAGRO’s 25th anniversary was attended by the members of FONTAGRO Board of Directors, FONTAGRO Executive Secretary, special guests, and high-level officials such as ambassadors and representatives of outstanding institutions such as IICA, IDB, CGIAR, FAO, CSIC, AECID, IRTA, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Polytechnic University of Valencia (Universidad […]

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Newsletter

Newsletter May 2023

    °AHORA: APPLICATION FOR FAMILY FARMING OF MUSACEAE A project that seeks to improve planning and decision-making of agronomic practices in Musaceae (banana and plantain) plantations in the face of climate variability, with emphasis on family farming in Colombia, Peru, and the Dominican Republic.  BOVINE PRODUCTIVITY IN THE SOUTH AMERICAN CHACO REGION   The project […]

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Press

Pan-American Bio-inputs Forum in Panama to discuss the perspectives and opportunities of bio-inputs as a strategic technology for the transformation of agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean

FONTAGRO, IICA, EU, IDB, FAO, and AGRO INNOVA organized the first Pan-American Bio-inputs Forum in Panama to discuss the perspectives and opportunities of bio-inputs as a strategic technology for the transformation of agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean Panama, May 26, 2023. The first Pan-American Forum on Bio-inputs: Perspectives and Opportunities was held in […]

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Press Releases

Leveraging Investments for a Better Agricultural Research Ecosystem

Washington D.C., May 10, 2023. FONTAGRO co-organized with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (GRA) and the National Institute of Agricultural Research (INIA) from Chile attended together a meeting on May 10 to describe the work of the […]

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Press Releases

FONTAGRO participated in the Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate Summit, a global meeting to address climate change, and innovation in agrifood systems.

The Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM for Climate) Summit, which took place in Washington D.C, gathered together more than 800 participants from the public and private sector, with the aim of increasing investments in climate-smart agriculture and innovation for agrifood systems. AIM for Climate, supported by the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research, FFAR, […]

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Newsletter

Newsletter March – April 2023

    DIGITALIZATION OF SMALL-SCALE AGRICULTURE The project developed a technological solution that allows measuring soil humidity, robust, of low cost and high usability, to bring the Agriculture 4.0 revolution to all farmers in Colombia and Honduras. IRRIGATION ADVISORY SYSTEM AND TECHNOLOGIES OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION The efficient use of water is essential to sustainably […]

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Other News

FONTAGRO and FAO held exchange panel on projects in the region

March 24, 2023-. In an effort led by the Administrative Technical Secretariat of FONTAGRO in collaboration with the Regional Office of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) for Latin America and the Caribbean, an exchange panel was held in which leaders of FONTAGRO projects presented in detail the results of new […]

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