ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES

This competition is funded by FONTAGRO and HarvestPlus, which may be supplemented with additional resources from other agencies related to FONTAGRO’s mission.

The following categories will be awarded:

i. Category I. Producers associations and other organizations of theprivate sector working with producers in LAC.
ii. Category II. National public sector and non-governmental organizationsin LAC.
iii. Category III. Regional or international sector working in LAC.

Special prizes will be awarded, one for each eligible category. The prize includes:

i. US$5,000 for the researchers, producers, processors who participatedin the case.
ii. US$10,000 to strengthen the institutional capacity of the winningorganizations.
iii. A trip to Washington DC to present the case (includes accommodation, round trip economy class and a small stipend for one person).

In addition, a recognition will be sent to the ten best cases selected through interviews which will be published on the FONTAGRO website and in social media.

Policies and conditions. The competition will be subject to the provisions detailed in the current FONTAGRO Operations Manual (MOP), IDB policies, and these Terms of Reference.

Additional sources of financing. This competition may have additional sources of funding if at the time of the final selection of cases other agencies are interested in co-financing them based on their regional priorities or other specific conditions.

 

PRESELECTED CASES

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AWARD CEREMONY

 

CATEGORY I. PRODUCERS’ ASSOCIATIONS AND OTHER PRIVATE SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS

  • SOWING NUTRITIONAL AND AGRO-ECOLOGICAL DIVERSITY ON THE COLOMBIAN PARAMO – Páramo Farms SAS. View impact story.

 

CATEGORY II. NATIONAL PUBLIC SECTOR AND NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

  • A NUTRITIOUS FOOD BASKET. BIOFORTIFICATION TO COMBAT HIDDEN HUNGER IN PANAMA – Instituto de Investigación Agropecuaria de Panamá (IDIAP). View impact story.
  • BIOFORT PLATFORM: THE NUTRITIOUS PATH TO THE GUATEMALAN DIET – ICTA, Guatemala. View impact story.
  • THE BRS AMÉLIA CASE, A SWEET POTATO AGAINST MALNUTRITION IN SOUTHERN BRAZIL – Embrapa, Brasil. View impact story.

 

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PUBLICATION

Innovations of impact. Lessons from family farming and its link to nutrition in Latin America and the Caribbean

English edition