This webinar led by FONTAGRO, the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) – Argentina, the National University of Loja (UNL) – Ecuador, the National Agrarian University La Molina (UNALM) – Peru, the Institute of Agricultural Research (INIA) – Chile, the Austral University of Chile (UACH), and the University of Talca (UTALCA) – Chile, aims to share how these organizations propose a sustainable management of irrigation and fertilization in quinoa.

Key software tools will be discussed to understand the responses to water and yields, as well as a Fertilization Calculator to estimate nitrogen requirements. These tools will be freely available on the websites of the participating institutions, with training provided to farmers, agronomists, technicians, and students.

The event will take place on Friday, November 1, at 10:00 AM (Eastern Time, Washington DC), with the following local times:

9:00 AM (Peru and Ecuador), 11:00 AM (Chile and Argentina).

To register for this free-access webinar, visit: https://forms.office.com/r/vehyvfKMxi

 

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About FONTAGRO

FONTAGRO was created 1998 with the purpose of promoting the increase of the competitiveness of the agri-food sector, ensuring the sustainable management of natural resources and the reduction of poverty in the region. The objective of FONTAGRO is to establish itself as a sustainable financing mechanism for the development of agricultural technology and innovation in Latin America and the Caribbean and Spain, and to establish a forum for the discussion of priority topics of technological innovation. The member countries are: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Spain, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic, Uruguay and Venezuela. In the last 21 years 167 regional agricultural innovation platforms have been co-financed for an amount of US $ 124 million, which has reached 452 institutions and 33 countries worldwide.