The project is aimed at contributing toward the rural development of Gran Chaco Americano (Argentina, October 7, 2016) On October 5 and 6, a workshop was carried out at INTA Argentina’s experiment station in the town of Ingeniero Juárez, province of Formosa. The workshop focused on building an innovation platform for “Gran Chaco Americano” based […]
FONTAGRO’s incorporation into the Alliance was approved during the GRA’s Council meeting in Mexico. (Washington, D.C., October 12, 2016) During the Global Research Alliance (GRA) on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases Council meeting, FONTAGRO’s membership was approved as of 2016. The Global Research Alliance brings together countries that are interested in growing more food without increasing greenhouse […]
During the Twentieth Annual Meeting of FONTAGRO’s Board of Directors in Buenos Aires, the positions of president and vice president were renewed. (Buenos Aires, October 4, 2016) During the Twentieth Annual Meeting of FONTAGRO’s Board of Directors, held from September 29 to October 1 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, representatives of more than 15 FONTAGRO member […]
A mission carried out by FONTAGRO and FLAR/CIAT assessed the possibility of scaling up this project, which won FONTAGRO’s 2015 Contest for Successful Cases. (Washington, D.C., September 26, 2016) From September 20 to 24 FONTAGRO carried out a mission to Nicaragua to assess the possibility of scaling up the “Water Harvesting” project implemented by the […]
The generation of innovations has traditionally been attributed to research organizations while the farmer’s own potential for the development of innovative solutions has largely been neglected. However, producers are by definition true innovators as demonstrated by the story of the Ramsaroop family in the Caribbean island of Trinidad. Chemraj Ramsaroop and his wife Sita have […]
This briefing note presents an integrated rural livelihoods program that will help poor smallholder growers in Latin America and the Caribbean to improve their livelihoods while caring for the ecosystems on which they depend. Heifer International, with deep expertise in integrating sustainable rural livelihood programming with ecosystem restoration and conservation, has designed a broad regional program, […]