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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
November, 2022 -. Dr. Eugenia Saini, Executive Secretary of FONTAGRO, took part in the lunch of C-FARM, the Carbon Farming Alliance for Research and Management, a multi-actor supported initiative seeking to study carbon sequestration in agriculture practice, in order to generate climate positive contributions and enhancing potential for soil quality improvement. The project, led by […]
(Washington DC, September 21st, 2020). FONTAGRO announces the start of this project, one of the winners of the 2019 Call “From Science to Impact: innovations for climate-smart agriculture through AgTech solutions in Latin America and the Caribbean”. The project will be financed for a total of US $ 512,940, with contributions from the New Zealand […]
(Washington DC, September 21st, 2020). FONTAGRO announces the start of this project, one of the winners of the 2019 Call “Increase of productivity in family farming with sustainability, inclusion, and profitability”. The initiative will be financed for a total of US $ 657,285, with contributions from the New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries and other […]
(Washington DC, September 21st, 2020). FONTAGRO announces the start of this project, one of the winners of the 2019 Call “From Science to Impact: innovations for climate-smart agriculture through AgTech solutions in Latin America and the Caribbean”.