The IV Successful Cases Contest of Innovations in Bioeconomy was a success. FONTAGRO, together with the IICA and the IDB, held the award ceremony for the IV Successful Cases Contest of Innovations in Bioeconomy 2023–24 on Tuesday, April 2nd, at the IICA Headquarters in San José, Costa Rica. Economic support of US$15,000 was granted to the winners.
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FONTAGRO – IICA. From March 4th to 8th, FONTAGRO participated in the Sixth Institutional Management Meeting 2024.
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Keys to more ecological livestock farming with efficient pastures. FONTAGRO Seed Fund.
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Iron-enriched beans: the secret to improved nutrition.
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Good quality seed: the basis for good production and increased yield in native potato cultivation.
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Strengthening capacities for the prevention and management of Fusarium wilt in Musaceae in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Sustainable control of the HLB vector in family citrus farming.
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Demonstrating how to inhibit the emission of a greenhouse gas when fertilizing pastures for milk production. See more
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Associating native lupins from Uruguay with more than 100 strains of their nitrogen-fixing rhizobia. Symbiosis, coevolution, and sustainable production. See more
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Magnitude and sources of nitrous oxide and methane emissions in pastures in the tropical humid forest zone of Costa Rica. See more
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Video: Innovation for grazing and forage reserve management. See more
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Video: HLB Course: Guidelines for vector monitoring. See more
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Award for the project “Satellite methane monitoring in rice-growing regions of Latin America”. Cristhian Delgado presented a neural network prototype capable of predicting methane flows based on Sentinel-5 satellite data. This innovative approach, complemented by the development of a prototype web application, will be implemented within the framework of this project.
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Towards Effective HLB Control: Training and Awareness-Raising in Bolivia.
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Capacity Building Workshop on Long-Term Monitoring of Soil Organic Carbon Stock for Land Use and Management.
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FONTAGRO participated in the launch of the report on the situation and prospects of the bioeconomy in Latin America and the Caribbean. FONTAGRO, along with the IICA and global leaders, addressed key challenges of the bioeconomy in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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FONTAGRO Vice President appointed as Head of the National Innovation Institute in Peru. This appointment is crucial for the agricultural sector, as INIA plays a fundamental role in improving innovation and development in agriculture.
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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.
