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Vertical Farming: Horticultural Innovation for Latin America and the Caribbean
Start Date:
20/03/2024
End Date:
20/09/2027
Description
Regional technical cooperation to evaluate vertical farming systems as a sustainable alternative for intensive horticultural production in Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Panama. The initiative validates technologies in controlled, protected, and semi-protected environments, assesses their productive, socioeconomic, financial, and commercial feasibility, and strengthens capacities and knowledge management to improve productivity, competitiveness, food security, and resource-use efficiency.
Iniciative Type
Action scope
Multicountry
Evaluated
No
Stage
Implementation- Ongoing
Temporalidad
Short-term
Number of Years
3 - Year -s
Related elements
Sectors:
Thematic Areas:
Countries:
Beneficiaries:
Instruments:
Budget in USD
Budget in USD
$250,000.00
Counterpart Budget
$788,159.00
Total Budget
$1,038,159.00
Annual Average Budget
$259,540.00
| Financing Sources | Financing Types |
|---|---|
| FONTAGRO | Regional funds |
Institutions
| Institutions | Institutions rols |
|---|---|
| IICA: Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture | Execution and operation |
| INTA: National Institute of Agricultural Technology (Argentina) | Execution and operation |
| INTA: National Institute for Innovation and Transfer of Agricultural Technology (Costa Rica) | Execution and operation |
| AGROSAVIA: Colombian Agricultural Research Corporation | Execution and operation |
| FONTAGRO | Execution and operation |
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