Code:
ATN/SF-9159-RG
Initiative:
Extraordinary Call
Other agencies:
USD 500.000
Counterpart Amount:
USD 769.450
Execution time
36 Months
Total Amount:
USD 1.269.450
Participating countries:
Costa Rica Costa Rica Dominican Republic Dominican Republic Panama Panama Venezuela Venezuela
Funding source:
Other agencies 39% Counterpart Amount 61%

Executive Summary

The technological innovations project for the management and improvement of the quality and health of banana soils in Latin America and the Caribbean, financed by FONTAGRO, was implemented in four partner countries of the Fund: Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Panama and Costa Rica. The main objective of the project was to improve the productivity of banana plantations in Latin America and the Caribbean, through sustainable technological innovations that allow increasing the quality and health of the soil. The project was carried out in two phases, the first consisting of the diagnosis of 39 banana farms in the region, which generated more than 25,000 quantitative and qualitative data from the farms analyzed. It is important to highlight that with this information it was possible to carry out for the first time a mathematical analysis that could combine physical, chemical and microbiological factors to determine the soil quality of the farms in question. The second phase of the project consisted of the implementation of the farm management alternatives aimed at solving the problems found in the diagnosis.

The technological solution

Design and application of a mathematical index that describes the quality and health of banana soils, indicating the most critical factors in the production of the farms studied. The data collected describes the chemical, physical and microbiological components from the good and poor sectors in production.

Results

  • 39 technical publications
  • 12 undergraduate and 13 postgraduate theses
  • Determination of a soil quality and health index for banana farms
  • Use of microorganisms for the control of nematodes in banana and plantain

Beneficiaries

Banana producers in the participating countries.

Sustainable Development Goals

Responsible consumption and production Partnerships for the goals

Main donors

Participating Organizations

Executor
  • International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain (INIBAP) - Costa Rica
Co-executor
  • CORBANA - Costa Rica
  • Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE) - Costa Rica
  • Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agrícolas (INIA) - Venezuela
  • Instituto de Innovación Agropecuaria de Panamá (IDIAP) - Panamá
  • Instituto Dominicano de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales (IDIAF) - República Dominicana
  • CEDAF - República Dominicana

Graphics and data

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

Geolocated Map

Dissemination products

Researchers

Project leader Honduras

Luis Ernesto Pocasangre Enamorado

Researcher

Ramón Jimenez

Researcher

Domingo Rengifo

Researcher

Aridio Pérez

Researcher

Gustavo Martínez

Researcher

Juan Carlos Rey

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