This event led by FONTAGRO, the ArgenINTA Foundation, the National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA) – Argentina, UACH – Chile, the Colombian Corporation for Agricultural Research (AGROSAVIA), the Rural Change Program (P.C.R.), the Organic Pampa Group (GPO-MAPO), the Southern Nequino Producers Group (PSN), the Pulmari Interstate Corporation (CIP), the Nehuenco Chaiful Organization (ONCh), the National Service of Agri-Food Health and Quality (SENASA), the Faculty of Veterinary Sciences of the National University of the Northeast (FCV-UNNE), the Veterinary Sciences Center of Maimonides University (CCV-UMai) – Argentina, ProAgro Consultants, the Agricultural Research Institute (INIA) – Chile, the Colombian Cattlemen’s Federation (FEDEGAN), the Agrarian University Foundation of Colombia (UNIAGRARIA), the Collaborating Center of the World Organization for Animal Health (CC-OMSA) – Chile, and One Welfare CIC – United Kingdom, aims to socialize how these organizations will contribute to the resilience of livestock systems by implementing good practices for cattle and sheep based on animal welfare principles in Argentina, Chile, and Colombia.
The event will take place next Thursday, September 5 at 10:00 am (Eastern Time of the United States, Washington D.C.), and its schedule varies according to the time zones, as detailed below:
– 09:00 am (Colombia)
– 10:00 am (Chile)
– 11:00 am (Argentina)
The link to register for this event is available at: https://forms.office.com/r/zAzzaNxf42
The webinar will be livestreamed at: https://www.youtube.com/live/-EXCXk-giIs?si=nll1FzvNspWTg4GC
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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.