Code:
FTG/RF-15126-RG
Initiative:
Seed fund
FONTAGRO Amount:
USD 20.000
Counterpart Amount:
USD 11.000
Execution time
12 Months
Total Amount:
USD 31.000
Participating countries:
Argentina Argentina Bolivia Bolivia Paraguay Paraguay
Funding source:
FONTAGRO Amount 65% Other agencies 0% Counterpart Amount 35%

Executive Summary

The Gran Chaco represents the second largest forest region in Latin America after the Amazon jungle and is shared between Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia and a small part of Brazil. Climate vulnerability studies of the Gran Chaco foresee significant impacts in the next three decades, particularly due to greater risk of droughts and floods and an increase in extreme climatic phenomena. This climatic variability is already affecting production systems, with loss of agro-productivity and reduction in the quality and availability of water, presenting an urgent need to accelerate the creation of new capacities, instruments, knowledge, and production and marketing models that enable producers of the Gran Chaco and its ecosystems to reduce their vulnerability.

PROADAPT is a regional initiative financed by the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) and the Nordic Development Fund (FND) with US $ 11.9 million to help micro, small and medium-sized companies adapt to climate change and access opportunities for green business.

The project proposes South-South cooperation for the exchange of knowledge and experiences on climate change resilience, in which organizations from Paraguay, Bolivia and Argentina will participate. The objective is to develop a proposal that increases the resilience of small producers and poor communities in the Gran Chaco.

Results

  • Design a proposal for participation of the national research institutes of Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay in the different components of the PROADAPT Project.
  • Integrate the national research institutes of Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay into the project execution plan led by AVINA.

Beneficiaries

Small producers in the Gran Chaco and its ecosystems that will reduce their vulnerability to climate change.

Sustainable Development Goals

Responsible consumption and production Climate action Life on land Partnerships for the goals

Main donors

Participating Organizations

Executor
  • Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA) - Argentina
Co-executor
  • Instituto Paraguayo de Tecnología Agraria (IPTA) - Paraguay
  • Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agropecuaria y Forestal (INIAF) - Bolivia

Graphics and data

Financing by country (in USD)
FONTAGRO Amount Other agencies Counterpart Amount

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Researchers

Project leader Argentina

Enrique Luciano Bedascarrasbure

Researcher

Carlos Parera

Researcher

Hans Mercado

Sponsors
BID
IICA
With the support of
Fondo Coreano de Alianza para el Conocimiento en Tecnología e Innovación (KPK)