This webinar, hosted by FONTAGRO, the Institute of Agricultural Innovation of Panama (IDIAP), the University of Florida, the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, the Nicaraguan Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA), AGROSAVIA – Colombian Corporation of Agricultural Research, Directorate of Agricultural Science and Technology (DICTA) – Honduras, and the Dominican Institute of Agricultural and Forestry Research (IDIAF), aims to disseminate strategies being implemented by these organizations to control the bean pest Megalurothrips usitatus.

The event will take place on Friday, August 9th, at 10:00 AM Eastern Time (Washington D.C.).

To register for the webinar, visit: https://forms.office.com/r/Zme4D25mpG

Streaming: https://www.youtube.com/live/vWAEiwD8FdQ?si=66dtgTfqzKz3K3gG 

 

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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.