The main topic of the meeting was how to produce beef and milk using sustainable methods, without depleting such resources as soil or water, and reducing gas emissions. Photo: Cows […]
Learn about 2015-2016 FONTAGRO’s activities.
The call for proposals will fund up to $1.2 million in projects to support innovations that meet growing food demand without affecting natural resources. Photo: Gerson Vargas. FONTAGRO’s 2016 […]
FONTAGRO projects present at Silicon Valley Forum Maria Teresa Pino, Coordinator of the National Research Institution for Agriculture of Chile (INIA Chile) and Research Leader of FONTAGRO, presented example of […]
By: Dr. Margaret M. Zeigler, Executive Director, Global Harvest Initiative To read the full blog post, visit the following link: http://www.globalharvestinitiative.org/index.php/2017/03/sustainably-doubling-agricultural-productivity-the-right-global-goal-for-2050/ To download the 2016 GAP Report visit this link: http://www.globalharvestinitiative.org/index.php/2017/03/sustainably-doubling-agricultural-productivity-the-right-global-goal-for-2050/ […]
Women are the world’s food producers, making up 53% of the global agriculture labor force. Women tend dairy cows, conserve indigenous seeds, grow gardens for schools, harvest coffee, and carry […]
During the mission, DICTA and IHCAFE signed an agreement aimed at carrying out a regional project to combat coffee berry borer insects. Photo: Engineer Armando Bustillo, President of FONTAGRO; Hugo […]
Joint collaboration activities between CIAT and FONTAGRO were analyzed during the visit. Rubén Echeverría, PhD, Director General of CIAT (Washington, D.C., January 24, 2017) The Director General of the International […]
Researchers paying attention to the presentation at Venezuela’s INIA (Washington, D.C., December 5, 2016) On December 1 and 2, 2016, FONTAGRO organized an in-person course in Venezuela aimed at drafting […]
Webinar: Impactful Innovations. Lessons from Family Agriculture on Adaptation to Climate Change in LAC and the Caribbean (OUT-24862) Date: Tuesday, January 31, 2017 –Time: 3:00 pm (EST), Washington, DC –Organizer: FONTAGRO […]