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Integral Use Platform Model, Value Addition and Competitiveness of Andean Commercial Fruits
The volume of world fruit production has grown around 3% annually in the last decade. Colombia is the fifth fruit producer in Latin America, with more than 95 types of fruit marketed. In Colombia more than 85% of agricultural production comes from small producers where women play a very important role. Andean fruit chains have common problems of price instability, high marketing intermediation wit...
Learn moreA new market for small banana and plantain producers: Innovation of technologies for the sustainable production of bioethanol
The international debate focused on the advantages or disadvantages of biofuels motivated the development of this Project considering, in this case, the high productivity by area of bananas and plantains and the particular fact - in the case of export bananas - of a high percentage of rejection that could be used as energy. Five objectives were set within the framework of a public / private allian...
Learn moreImproving the Life Quality of Rural Communities in Four Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, through Technological Innovations in Production, Agro-Processing and Marketing of Plantain
The Project, a consortium led by Bioversity International (Costa Rica) with direct participation of banana producing countries in the region considered four components. They are listed below, including highlights of the main products and results:Improving the productivity of banana farms through a number of technological innovations: Selection, evaluation and dissemination of superior and elite pl...
Learn moreTechnological Development for Guava Postharvest Management in Colombia and Venezuela
Guava is a species of tropical origin that is found in various agroecosystems of the Colombian-Venezuelan Andes from sea level to 1,800 meters above sea level. Currently, a large proportion of the fruit is produced wild in silvopastoral systems, through the work of small producers who contribute more than 80% of the family workforce and where women play a leading role. In Colombia and Venezuela th...
Learn moreSweet potato product development in Latin America
The project structured eight sub-projects with the aim of developing sweet potato products for human and animal consumption, both directly and those resulting from the processing of roots and foliage. The production and consumption of sweet potato paste in baby food was evaluated. Productive root varieties were selected and the foliage yield of different clones and the effect of their consumptio...
Learn moreSelection and use of disease-resistant potato varieties for industrial processing in Latin America
The project aimed to improve the competitiveness and sustainability of potato production in the participating countries by evaluating and selecting germplasm resistant to different bacterial, viral and fungal diseases and suitable for industrial use and processing of value-added products. Currently, farmers produce varieties that do not fully meet the needs of processing plants and are highly sus...
Learn moreCharacterization and development of germplasm to improve the industrial quality of wheat in the Southern Cone
The objective was to contribute to the development of wheat varieties (Triticum aestivum) of industrial quality to increase the competitiveness of the crop in the Southern Cone and improve the availability of food in the Region. This depended on the determination of molecular factors associated with gluten quality and rheological and processing factors determining industrial quality. Germplasm sel...
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