By Comunicaciones

This webinar will address the intersection between biodiversity and agricultural production, highlighting how the integration of ecological principles into production systems can enhance sustainability and profitability. It will emphasize the need to design multifunctional agricultural landscapes that balance production with ecosystem conservation. Key initiatives and tools for data-driven decision-making will be presented, such as DAT CREA, a collaborative digitization project that gathers information on the management of crop production plots in a homogeneous and traceable database. The TATU Platform (Transdisciplinary for Agriculture and its Transitions in Uruguay) will also be introduced, an initiative that facilitates the transformation of information into accessible knowledge. These tools allow for improved understanding and monitoring of sustainability, promoting strategic decisions, transparency, collaboration, and innovation in the agricultural sector.

Panelist:

  • Dr. Lucas Alejandro Garibaldi – Director of the Institute for Research in Natural Resources, Agroecology, and Rural Development (IRNAD) (UNRN-CONICET).

📅 : May 22, 2025

🕒 : 12:00 PM (EST, Washington D.C.)

🔗 : Free registration here: https://forms.office.com/r/p1bT1eH1Bt

📺 Live broadcast at: https://www.youtube.com/live/t_RFXg_Ifq0?si=BuTBfZKVIuhQXOxH

 

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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 27 years 204 regional agricultural innovation platforms have been co-financed for an amount of US $ 150.7 million, which has reached 531 institutions and 35 countries worldwide.