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Climate change-resilient potatoes for the Andean region (AndesPapa)
Start Date:
05/03/2024
End Date:
05/06/2028
Description
Regional technical cooperation in Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia to reduce potato-crop vulnerability to climate change through participatory evaluation and selection of early-maturing, drought-resilient families and advanced clones, observation and multiplication plots, strengthened breeding programs, training, and a regional knowledge-exchange platform.
Iniciative Type
Action scope
Regional
Evaluated
No
Stage
Implementation- Ongoing
Temporalidad
Medium-term
Number of Years
4 - Year -s
Related elements
Sectors:
Beneficiaries:
Instruments:
- Support for the adoption of agricultural technologies (transfering to producers)
- Education and training for farmers
- Support to technological research and development
- Linkages between producers and value chains and markets
- International technical cooperation
- Individual capacity building
- Intersectoral and interinstitucional coordination
- Demonstration plots
Resultados:
Policy frameworks:
Budget in USD
Budget in USD
$200,000.00
Counterpart Budget
$718,658.00
Total Budget
$918,658.00
Annual Average Budget
$183,732.00
| Financing Sources | Financing Types |
|---|---|
| FONTAGRO | Regional funds |
Institutions
| Institutions | Institutions rols |
|---|---|
| AGROSAVIA: Colombian Agricultural Research Corporation | Execution and operation |
| PROINPA: Foundation for the Promotion and Research of Andean Products | Execution and operation |
| UDENAR: University of Narino (Colombia) | Execution and operation |
| UNAL: National University of Colombia | Execution and operation |
| UCE: Central University of Ecuador | Execution and operation |
| UNESUM: State University of Southern Manabi (Ecuador) | Execution and operation |
| IICA: Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture | Execution and operation |
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