SEE NEWSLETTER IN SPANISH Discover the science, technology, and innovation ecosystems co-financed by FONTAGRO Prevention and management of Fusarium in Musaceae in LAC. This project focuses on strengthening capacities to prevent and manage Fusarium in bananas, through the standardization of diagnostic methods, biosafety practices, biological control and material resistance […]
SEE NEWSLETTER IN SPANISH Learn more about the science, technology and innovation ecosystems co-financed by FONTAGRO Nanofertilizers in soil and nitrous oxide emissions. Nanoparticle use can reduce the required dosage of fertilizer by 20% without affecting crop yield. Multipurpose Silvopastoral Systems, a sustainable strategy for the reconversion of family […]
Learn more about the science, technology and innovation ecosystems co-financed by FONTAGRO Sustainable intensification of livestock systems with legumes. A collaborative platform has been created between eight Latin American countries looking to improve their livestock production, biological nitrogen fixation and soil-based carbon sequestration through the introduction of pastoral legumes. At present, more than […]
Learn more about the science, technology and innovation ecosystems co-financed by FONTAGRO. Agtech “Innovation for pasture management” A platform for Uruguay, Argentina and Costa Rica that seeks to increase forage production by at least 30% through software that simplifies and optimizes pasture management decisions, with the results: 14,200 hectares being monitored, over 230 […]
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 […]
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 […]
For 3 days, more than 25 researchers from 21 countries of Latin America, the Caribbean, and Spain gathered to present advances and results in agrifood research. The XVIII Workshop on Annual Project Monitoring was held this week in Madrid, Spain, in tandem with the celebration of the 25th anniversary of FONTAGRO: the organization that promotes […]
°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 […]
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 […]
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 […]