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The Mesoamerican region has been fundamental in the domestication and diversification of Theobroma cacao, constituting representing a prominent origin of fine flavor cocoa produced from Criollo and/or Trinitario varieties. YetHowever, fine flavor cocoa remains insignificant in the global cocoa world market, whereas despite its production is being crucial in the economy and culture of multiple indi...

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...

The Regional Fund for Agricultural Technology (FONTAGRO) is a unique mechanism to promote collaboration for the innovation of family farming. It was created in 1998 by 15 countries with the sponsorship of the IDB. Through the years FONTAGRO has supported more than 160 projects and initiatives in the region, for a total of over US$120 million. In order to promote the use of knowledge products gener...

The Regional Fund for Agricultural Technology (FONTAGRO) is a unique mechanism to promote collaboration for the innovation of family farming. It was created in 1998 by 15 countries with the sponsorship of the IDB. Through the years FONTAGRO has supported more than 160 projects and initiatives in the region, for a total of over US$120 million. In order to promote the use of knowledge products gener...

The Regional Fund for Agricultural Technology (FONTAGRO) was created in 1998 by 15 countries and is an example of sustainable cooperation, aimed at promoting agricultural technological innovation in its member countries. FONTAGRO has been supporting a portfolio of more than 160 projects and initiatives in the region, having successfully mobilized resources from different donors, including the IDB,...

This was a proposal to strengthen the Forum of the Americas for Agricultural Technological Research and Development (FORAGRO) with the collaboration of FONTAGRO. Specifically, it was proposed to support the XV Meeting of the Executive Committee and VII International Meeting of FORAGRO where the results of the external evaluation were presented, the proposal for reengineering of FORAGRO and the dia...

Climate change will affect large areas of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), mainly due to rising temperatures, variations in rainfall intensity and frequency, which will have an effect on productivity and the appearance of new pests and diseases. The most affected would be family farmers, who are the majority. On the other hand, it is estimated that in the next 30 years, the demand for food w...

The objective of this project was to create a network on livestock and climate change to exchange information, standardize methodologies, provide mutual technical support and promote collaboration. The project was executed by FONTAGRO/TAS and contemplated the financing of networking and capacity building activities for Latin America and the Caribbean. This project consisted of 3 components. The fi...

The Regional Fund for Agricultural Technology (FONTAGRO), together with its sponsors the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), held the 2012 Successful Innovation Contest for Family Farming. The purpose was to document successful experiences and lessons learned and contribute to a better understanding of the innovation process...

This was a research project aimed at studying the relationships between rural poverty and environmental management and degradation, with a view to generating information that can be used to formulate public policy. The research comprised ten case studies in different agro-ecosystems in seven countries of the region covering several locations in the Andes, low humid tropics, temperate zones and a d...