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Geographical indications for Mesoamerican cacao
The Mesoamerican region has been fundamental in the domestication and diversification of Theobroma cacao, constituting a prominent origin of fine cocoa produced from Criollo and/or Trinitario varieties. Yet, fine cocoa remains insignificant in the cocoa world market, whereas its production is crucial in the economy and culture of multiple indigenous, afro-Caribbean and mestizo communities, living ...
Learn moreResilient potatoes to climate change for the Andean region
This project is a consortium among institutions leading in research, development and innovation in Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia, as well as the potato production sector in the Andean region. Its main goal is to reduce vulnerability to climate change with the incorporation of new families and advanced potato clones with early maturity and resilient to drought. This will be carried out through the ...
Learn moreSatellite monitoring of quantity and quality of available biomass in pastoral livestock systems
Pastoral livestock contributes 46% of GDP and is key to LAC's food and social security. Currently, pastoral systems for bovine production face the challenge of increasing their profitability by reducing their environmental impact, since high costs and a growing concern about their contribution to global warming threaten their development. Knowing the quantity and quality of available biomass is ke...
Learn moreWater management in agriculture platform 2030 - 2050
Producing more food for a growing population, the increase in competition for the use of water resources among economic sectors, as well as the effects of climate change on agriculture, represent a future with greater restrictions on the availability of water in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) countries. Faced with this complex panorama, the notable advances in knowledge for irrigation ...
Learn moreRegional control platform for bovine leukosis
Bovine leukosis is identified as one of the silent affections that affects the health, productivity, and therefore, the economic performance of herds. Its asymptomatic presentation in 90% of the cases and consequently, little identified and valued in terms of productive losses. The growing demand for diagnosis, the appearance of tumors, sudden deaths as a consequence of them, and the absence of of...
Learn moreRegional platform for the prevention and early detection of quarantine diseases in fruit trees
Pests and diseases cause significant losses in the world food supply, while hundreds of millions of family farmers depend on agriculture to survive. The cultivation of fruit trees is economically very important for the development of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), not only for its nutritional quality, but also because it is a generator of jobs. There are numerous quarantin...
Learn moreWorkshop: Regional strategy for capacity building and research in tropical Fusarium race 4
Fusarium wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc) Race 4 Tropical is a threat to the production of bananas and bananas in Latin America and the Caribbean, for this reason it is important to articulate actions between countries that allow the containment, prevention and control of the spread of the pathogen in the continent. This report presents the summary and conclusions of the work...
Learn moreMulti-agency cocoa platform for Latin America and the Caribbean “Cocoa 2030-2050”
Cocoa is one of the main commodities traded in the world for the production of food, beverages and other products. Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) countries have a long history or cacao production linked to millions of farmers and is key to food security. LAC's ability to supply the fine cocoa market is unquestionable, however, the high concentrations of cadmium (Cd) in cocoa beans has become a ...
Learn moreSustainable control of the Huanglongbing vector (HLB) in Family Farming (AF) in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia
HLB (Huanglongbing) is the most destructive citrus disease in the world caused by a bacterium (Candidatus Liberibacter spp). The disease dispersal dynamics respond to the transfer of diseased plant material and the presence of the vector (Diaphorina citri) as a dissemination agent. Since there is no cure yet, prevention is based on the use of healthy material, constant monitoring of crops and vect...
Learn moreScaling continuous improvement in family organic export banana (BOFX)
Family organic export bananas provide viable livelihoods for thousands of families in Ecuador, Peru, and the Dominican Republic, generating weekly income and employing local labor. These producers are under pressure from increasing losses of rejected bananas due to red rust caused by Thrips, increasing costs for fertilizers, and greater climatic variability. The FTG-RF-1332-RG project developed ec...
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