Good practices of initiative:
Agtech for Climate-Smart Dairy
Relevance
It measures the alignment of the initiative with existing policy frameworks in the country. In addition, the scalability of the initiative to other realities and geographies is valued.
| Marco | Description | Ambit | Country | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agreement for the Cooperative Program of the Regional Fund for Agricultural Technology (FONTAGRO) | Agreement establishing a regional cooperation mechanism among Latin American and Caribbean countries to finance agricultural research, innovation, and technology transfer with a strategic and regional focus. Under this agreement, member countries contribute voluntary resources, participate in defining research priorities, and the Inter-American Development Bank acts as fund administrator. | Regional | Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate) | Link |
| Resolution 297/2010 Approves the National Dairy Program in Argentina | The program aims to support and strengthen the country's dairy sector, especially small and medium-sized producers. It seeks to guarantee national food sovereignty and security, promote cooperatives and associations, and add greater value to milk production. It focuses on improving the sector's competitiveness through actions aimed at product differentiation, certification, logistics, and quality. The program also aims to increase milk supply, optimize production systems, and improve the sector's profitability, with a special focus on producers affected by droughts and with difficulties in accessing financing. | National | Argentina | Link |
Eficacy
This measures how well the objectives and goals set out in the initiative were fulfilled, as well as the extent to which the results achieved are attributable to the actions implemented by the initiative.
| Indicator | Description | Indicator Type | Measure Unit | Base date | Base | Goal | Measure Date | Measure | Compliance | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benefiting producers | Small and medium-sized milk producers covered by the initiative | Effectiveness | Number of producers | 12-04-2019 | 0 | 3000 | 20-05-2022 | 1503 | 50.1 | Link |
| Strengthened organizations | Cooperatives, associations, clusters, SMEs linked to the dairy sector | Effectiveness | Number of organizations | 12-04-2019 | 0 | 20 | 20-05-2022 | 25 | 125 | Link |
| Trained professionals and technicians | Technicians and professionals trained in climate-smart dairy technologies | Effectiveness | Number of technicians | 12-04-2019 | 0 | 200 | 20-05-2022 | 1027 | 513.51 | Link |
| Processing companies involved | Participating milk processing companies in the initiative | Effectiveness | Number of companies | 12-04-2019 | 0 | 10 | 20-05-2022 | 12 | 120 | Link |
| Municipalities under intervention | Municipalities in participating countries where the project is being implemented | Effectiveness | Number of municipalities involved | 12-04-2019 | 0 | 25 | 20-05-2022 | 25 | 100 | Link |
| Digital tools developed and published | Development and publication of the LECHECK mobile application and web platform for producers | Effectiveness | Number of tools | 12-04-2019 | 0 | 2 | 20-05-2022 | 2 | 100 | Link |
Sustentaibility
It measures the installed capacities or actions identified to maintain or improve the results of the policy initiative.
| Indicator | Description | Indicator Type | Measure Unit | Base date | Base | Goal | Measure Date | Measure | Compliance | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Co-implementing institutions that incorporate LECHECK | INTA, INIA, INIAP, CITA, and Austral University validate and continue to apply the tool in their outreach and research programs | Sustainability | Number of institutions | 2019-04-12 | 0 | 5 | 5 | Met | Link | |
| Regional platforms with LECHECK published | Publication in regional repositories that ensure permanent access: PLACA, RIDAG, INTA Lechero | Sustainability | Number of platforms | 2019-04-12 | 0 | 3 | Met | Link | ||
| Validation workshops in co-implementing countries | National validations carried out with producers and technicians, ensuring local ownership of the tool | Sustainability | Number of countries with workshops | 2019-04-12 | 0 | 5 | 5 | Met | Link | |
| Continued use of LECHECK by producers and technicians | Use of the app/website after launch, with ELCI scores generated on real farms | Sustainability | Number of active users | 2019-04-12 | 0 | 1,503 productores; 1,027 técnicos (reportados) | Met | Link |
Learned lessons
Gained knowledge from implementing, evaluating, and managing a policy intervention, including why it was or was not effective and how it could be improved in the future.
| Lesson | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Co-construction strengthens technical consensus | Since 2020, virtual meetings have been held between INTA, INIA, INIAP, CITA, and IDIAF to agree on and approve the Good Practices document before developing the app. This showed that early collaborative work avoids duplication and generates institutional acceptance | Link |
| Participatory validation improves the relevance of the tool | The LECHECK application was tested in five face-to-face workshops in each co-executing country, with technicians and producers, and adjusted based on their observations. This showed that end-user participation is key to strengthening and adapting the technology | Link |
| Publishing on open platforms ensures permanence | The decision to upload LECHECK to PLACA, RIDAG, and INTA Lechero demonstrated that placing tools in regional repositories guarantees public access and facilitates their scaling beyond the project's duration | Link |
| The simplicity of the app's design encourages its adoption | LECHECK organizes BPs into simple forms, generates diagnostic graphs, and allows exporting to Excel. This user-friendly design was key to its acceptance among producers and technicians | Link |
| Linking up with regional events increases visibility | The launch of the app in Costa Rica (May 2022), as part of IICA's Digitalization Week, made it possible to disseminate results to a wider audience and coordinate with other climate projects | Link |