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Seed fund 2019 · ATN/RF-16338-RG-3

Strengthening of the Biofortified Bean Value Chain in Native People of Latin America and the Caribbean

Approximately 53 million people suffer from malnutrition in Latin America and the Caribbean. Consequences include low birth weight and anemia. Biofortification enhances the nutrient content in crops through conventional breeding practices, addressing deficiencies in iron, zinc, and vitamin A in the human body. Biofortified crops exhibit improved agronomic characteristics and provide higher levels ...

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Call for Proposals 2015 · FTG/RF-15459-RG

Biointensive Cultive for Rural Families in the Dry Corridor

The Central American Dry Corridor is one of most vulnerable regions to the effects of climate change worldwide, which has already meant longer dry periods that intensify when the El Niño phenomenon is present, reducing rainfall by between 40% and 60%, as has happened during 2014 and 2015. All this translates into high levels of food insecurity in rural areas caused by insufficient and unstable fo...

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Call for Proposals 2014 · FTG/RF-14893-RG

Promote the Resilience of Production Systems to Reduce the Vulnerability of Small Farmers Families through the Revaluation of the Genus Lupinus Neglected Crops

The high Andes of Bolivia and Ecuador, and the Araucania in Southern Chile are highly vulnerable to climate change, show high poverty incidence, and have few economic opportunities. Legumes of the genus Lupinus show high adaptation capacity to adverse weather and soil conditions. In Bolivia and Ecuador the bitter Lupinus (Lupinus mutabilis) prevail, while in Chile, both bitter and sweet (L. albus,...

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Extraordinary Call 2009 · ATN/KP-12193-RG

Maize and Beans Adaptation to Climate Change in Central America and Dominican Republic: A tool for Poverty Alleviation

The project "Adaptation of corn and beans to climate change in Central America and the Dominican Republic" (PRACCA) ", proposed to contribute to the reduction of poverty in the region, through research on the adaptation of corn and beans to climate change. This action linked the bean and corn networks of the Agricultural Technology Integration System (SICTA). In its development, it established fiv...

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Extraordinary Call 2007 · CGIAR#7052

Improving the competitiveness of value chains of Amazonian fruit species

The ancestral Amazonian communities have selected numerous plants for their palatability and nutritional properties. The members of the research consortium of this project considered that these species, through integrated innovation, should contribute to the sustainable development of the region. The initiative was articulated through a consortium formed by the Research Institute of the Peruvian A...

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Call for Proposals 2007 · CGIAR#7027

Innovation network for research and development: towards efficient dissemination and pro-poor impact mechanisms based on new potato varieties in the Andean region

The Andean countries have made progress in potato breeding, but innovations are still needed for low-income people in marginal high-Andean areas. The gap is a consequence of the weak articulation of research systems with development agents and grassroots organizations, the incompatibility between formal seed systems and peasant ("informal") systems, the limited systematization and replication of e...

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Call for Proposals 2007 · CGIAR#7010

Improving the Life Quality of Rural Communities in Four Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, through Technological Innovations in Production, Agro-Processing and Marketing of Plantain

The Project, a consortium led by Bioversity International (Costa Rica) with direct participation of banana producing countries in the region considered four components. They are listed below, including highlights of the main products and results:Improving the productivity of banana farms through a number of technological innovations: Selection, evaluation and dissemination of superior and elite pl...

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Call for Proposals 1998 · ATN/SF-6486-RG30/98

Relationship between rural poverty and environmental degradation in Latin America

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...

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Initiatives in progress

2023 Call - Call for Proposals

"Science, technology and innovation to make agriculture and food security more sustainable and resilient to climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean"

Status: Closed
2022 Call - Extraordinary Call

“Innovations to improve the sustainability and resilience of farms to the impact of climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean”

Status: Closed
2021 Call - Call for Proposals

Innovation for sustainable and resilient agri-food and territorial development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Status: Closed
Call 2020 - Call for Proposals

Innovations for the sustainable increase of agricultural productivity in Latin America and the Caribbean in the context of climate change

Status: Closed
Call 2019 AgTech - Call for Proposals

From Science to Impact: Innovations for Climate-Smart Agriculture Using Agtechs in Latin America and the Caribbean

Status: Closed
Call 2019 Productivity - Call for Proposals

Increase in Productivity in Family Agriculture with Sustainability, Inclusion and Profitability

Status: Closed
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