A team of researchers from Latin America and Spain, supported by FONTAGRO, is developing new inoculants that improve agricultural productivity and help mitigate climate change by reducing nitrous oxide emissions. In this webinar, advances in traditional techniques such as genomic analysis and strain selection will be shared, as well as gene editing using CRISPR/Cas9 technology, facilitated by a new regulatory framework. Options for intellectual property protection and the opportunities these innovations offer for the socioeconomic development of the region will also be discussed.

It will take place next Friday, January 31, at 10:00 AM (Eastern Time, Washington DC).

To register for this free webinar, visit: https://forms.office.com/r/BVYQCWa2Jf

To learn more about this project, visit: https://www.fontagro.org/new/proyectos/menoremision-oxidonitroso/en

 

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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.