°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 […]
Washington D.C., May 9, 2023. During the AIM for Climate Summit, the panel on how innovation can generate an impact but with gender inclusion: putting women at the heart of food systems investment took place. The panel was co-organized by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Ministry of Agriculture and Agrifood of […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
The important role of women in science FONTAGRO launches a campaign to highlight the role of women scientists in the process of transforming food systems. Starting with a webinar, different activities and initiatives will be carried out throughout the year to bring attention to the important work of women in the creation […]
February, 2023-. Dr. Barbara McClintock went down in history for being the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Medicine (1983) at the age of 81, a milestone also because she did not have to share the award with other colleagues. Graduated from Cornell University in 1927, the scientist’s work, focused on mobile genetic […]
The Institute for Agricultural Innovation of Panama (IDIAP) launched a new digital platform at the end of September 2022 to facilitate access to the information generated by all its projects. This is the first of its kind adopted by a FONTAGRO member country, which allows the institution to join the new digital reality in order […]