Carbon sequestration opportunities in soils in Latin America and the Caribbean
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Sustainable intensification
of livestock systems with
legume
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Innovation for Pasture Management and Improvement of Self-Sufficiency and Sustainability in Livestock Production
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Satellite monitoring of quantity
and quality of available
biomass in pastoral livestock systems
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Establishment of a team to work on the issue of purple
top disease in potatoes
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On January 8th, the first coordination meeting for the Purple Top Seed Fund took place, with the participation of authorities and technicians from INIAP in Ecuador, INIA in Peru, and CIP. A commitment was made to prepare a project for presentation in the 2024 call to address this potato crop disease, providing a response for producers in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Seed Fund INIA URUGUAY – Smart meadows for greener livestock production: designing a real-time data platform to display the results of “regenerative agriculture” sustainability and develop an overall sustainability rating
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On January 19th, a meeting was held with representatives from INIA Uruguay and the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (GRA) from New Zealand to schedule activities, coordinating efforts between countries in the southern cone, Australia, and New Zealand.
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Seed Fund INIA Chile – Integrasem
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On January 23rd, a preparatory meeting for the Nitrogen Optimization project was held with representatives from INIA Chile, supported by New Zealand.
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Greater agricultural production with lower nitrous oxide emission
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Multi-agency cocoa platform for Latin America and the Caribbean: Cocoa 2030-2050
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Gene editing for improvement
in plant and animal
species
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On January 25th, the first webinar on the 2024 Call took place, in which over 517 registered individuals participated and the Terms of Reference were presented. The next webinar on the 2024 Call will be on February 15th. Register
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IFPRI and The Rockefeller
Foundation
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Announce an event: Analyzing the Global Commitments Toward Promoting Food Security and Healthy Diets. Feb 6th, 2024 – 9:00 to 10:30 AM (EST).
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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.
