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MERIAN Project in El Salvador

Start Date: 14/03/2024
End Date: 14/03/2027

Description

The project is called “MERIAN – Strengthening the capacities of CENTA and ENA for agricultural research, extension and digital education”, an initiative that will improve CENTA's technical assistance coverage; It will promote digital education in CENTA extension workers and researchers, students from the National School of Agriculture (ENA), producers, and will generate new environmentally friendly technologies with the aim of improving productivity in the agricultural sector. MERIAN will have national coverage, will be valid for three years, and is financed by the European Union (EU) and the FAO, and will also be executed by the latter with the support of the International Telecommunications Union (IUT). The amounts: EU: 5,000,000.00 EUR and FAO: 200,000.00 EUR.

Action scope

National

Evaluated

No

Stage

Development-design

Temporalidad

Short-term

Number of Years

3 - Year -s

Related elements

Budget in USD

Budget in USD
$5,372,645.00
Counterpart Budget
$214,905.00
Total Budget
$5,587,550.00
Annual Average Budget
$1,862,517.00

Institutions

Institutions Institutions rols
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería (MAG) de El Salvador Execution and operation
CENTA: Centro Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria y Forestal "Enrique Álvarez Córdova" Execution and operation
ENA: Escuela Nacional de Agricultura "Roberto Quiñónez". Execution and operation
Execution and operation
IUT: Unión Internacional de Telecomunicaciones Execution and operation

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