In the Peruvian and Colombian Amazon, most of the rural population is engaged in agriculture, which includes cattle farming as a mainly family activity. Livestock farming has generated low sustainability in land use, mainly due to deforestation of forests for pasture. Livestock production is responsible for 80% of deforestation in the Amazon region and is responsible for the release of 340 million...
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...
"Science, technology and innovation to make agriculture and food security more sustainable and resilient to climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean"