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Satellite monitoring of the quantity and quality of biomass available in pastoral livestock systems in LAC
Start Date:
08/02/2023
End Date:
11/05/2025
Description
Regional technical cooperation in Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica and Uruguay to develop, validate and transfer satellite and digital tools for real-time estimation of forage biomass quantity and quality in pastoral livestock systems, improving grazing management, productivity and profitability, and greenhouse-gas emissions monitoring.
Iniciative Type
Action scope
Multicountry
Evaluated
No
Stage
Completed
Temporalidad
Short-term
Number of Years
2 - Year -s
Related elements
Sectors:
Thematic Areas:
Countries:
Beneficiaries:
Instruments:
- Support for the adoption of agricultural technologies (transfering to producers)
- Education and training for farmers
- Support to technological research and development
- Institutional capacity building
- Studies and diagnoses
- Agri-food digitilation
- Collect, analyze, disseminate and exchange data and information between countries
Resultados:
Policy frameworks:
Budget in USD
Budget in USD
$399,479.00
Counterpart Budget
$947,547.00
Total Budget
$1,347,026.00
Annual Average Budget
$673,513.00
| Financing Sources | Financing Types |
|---|---|
| FONTAGRO | Global or multilateral funds |
| MPI: New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries | Grants |
Institutions
| Institutions | Institutions rols |
|---|---|
| FAUBA: Faculty of Agronomy, University of Buenos Aires | Execution and operation |
| GRA: Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases | Execution and operation |
| MPI: Ministry for Primary Industries (New Zealand) | Execution and operation |
| MPI: Ministry for Primary Industries (New Zealand) | Execution and operation |
| ArgenINTA Foundation | Execution and operation |
| INTA: National Institute of Agricultural Technology (Argentina) | Execution and operation |
| AGROSAVIA: Colombian Agricultural Research Corporation | Execution and operation |
| INIA: National Institute for Agricultural Research (Uruguay) | Execution and operation |
| MGAP: Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries (Uruguay) | Interinstitutional cooperation |
| CREA: Argentine Association of Regional Agricultural Experimentation Consortia | Interinstitutional cooperation |
| CNPL: National Chamber of Milk Producers | Interinstitutional cooperation |
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