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Since 2015, FONTAGRO has been promoting the mobilization of resources for the development of new scientific knowledge, the advancement of technologies, and innovations to support the transformation of agri-food systems in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Spain. The FONTAGRO Board of Directors considered it necessary to create a technical cooperation for the allocation of funding aimed at facilita...

FONTAGRO's Knowledge and Communication Management (GCyC) is a key element in its 2020-2025 Medium-Term Plan (PMP), positioned as a cross-cutting theme aimed at widely disseminating knowledge to all potential users. This technical cooperation was initiated at the request of FONTAGRO's Governing Council to continue the activities outlined in the 2020-2025 Knowledge and Communication Management Actio...

Given the importance of quantifying methane (CH4) emissions from rice paddies in national inventories and the increasing investment in mitigation technologies, there is significant value in developing verification technologies that can be applied at regional or national scales. It is currently possible to monitor CH4 content using satellite sensors. An example of such a sensor is the Sentinel-5 P...

There are several international efforts to seek solutions to global problems such as climate change, food security and environmental pollution. One of them is the Paris agreement signed in 2015, in which 196 countries join efforts to limit global warming. Different scenarios have been created and the most ambitious is to limit the temperature increase to less than 2 degrees. One objective proposed...

Musaceae (plantain and banana) are considered one of the most popular fruits in the world and are among the top ten food products. Bananas are an export item of great importance for Latin America and the Caribbean and, therefore, a fundamental pillar of the economy. The cultivation of plantain is also the basis of the daily diet of the population and the generation and diversification of income. A...

Producing more food for a growing population, the increase in competition for water resources among economic sectors, and the effects of climate change on agriculture, represent a future with greater restrictions on the availability of water in Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries. Faced with this complex outlook, progress in knowledge for irrigation management and technological developme...

Forage harvest levels in Latin American and Caribbean production systems are very low in relation to their potential. In tropical zones, such as Costa Rica, dry matter (DM) production of the main forage species ranges between 10 and 25 t DM/ha/year, but on average animals consume less than 45% of the available pasture. In temperate zones, as in Uruguay, forage production averages 4.5 t DM/ha/year,...

Fusarium wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc) Tropical Race 4 threatens banana and plantain production in Latin America and the Caribbean, necessitating coordinated action between countries for the containment, prevention and control of pathogen’s spread in the continent. This report presents the summary and conclusions of the working groups developed in the Workshop: “Resear...

Since 2020, FONTAGRO has set a milestone in promoting sustainable agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean, highlighted by its co-sponsorship of the International Congress AGROTECH 2019 and the webinar series on Agrodigitalization. These activities, along with strategic agreements with entities such as FAO and the government of New Zealand, have significantly expanded its global visibility, ...

The "Cacao 2030 - 2050" platform is a pioneer in the exchange of research experiences with a comprehensive focus on cocoa in Latin America and the Caribbean. The main objective is to coordinate research activities in one of the least studied but most important crops for the region, such as cocoa. The first issue addressed by the platform is the high concentrations of cadmium (Cd) in cocoa be...