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Greater agricultural production with lower nitrous oxide emission
Start Date:
30/08/2021
End Date:
17/12/2025
Description
Regional technical cooperation project focused on the genetic improvement of microbial inoculants, including non-transgenic gene editing (CRISPR/Cas9), to reduce nitrous oxide (N₂O) emissions and increase the productivity and quality of crops such as cereals, oilseeds, vegetables and forages. Its objective is to deliver a technology package applicable to a wide range of crops that raises production and lowers greenhouse gas emissions.
Iniciative Type
Action scope
Multicountry
Evaluated
No
Stage
Completed
Temporalidad
Medium-term
Number of Years
4 - Year -s
Related elements
Sectors:
Thematic Areas:
Beneficiaries:
Instruments:
- Scientific-technological transfer (from the laboratory to the market)
- Support for the adoption of agricultural technologies (transfering to producers)
- International initiatives in research and development
- International technical cooperation
- Technology validation
- Support to technological research and development
Budget in USD
Budget in USD
$200,000.00
Counterpart Budget
$525,000.00
Total Budget
$725,000.00
Annual Average Budget
$181,250.00
| Financing Sources | Financing Types |
|---|---|
| FONTAGRO: Regional Fund for Agricultural Technology | Regional funds |
Institutions
| Institutions | Institutions rols |
|---|---|
| UNAL: National University of Colombia | Execution and operation |
| INTA: National Institute of Agricultural Technology (Argentina) | Execution and operation |
| UFRO: University of La Frontera (Chile) | Execution and operation |
| FONTAGRO: Regional Fund for Agricultural Technology | Execution and operation |
| ARGENINTA: ArgenINTA Foundation | Execution and operation |
| IIBCE: Clemente Estable Biological Research Institute (Uruguay) | Execution and operation |
| CSIC: Spanish National Research Council | Execution and operation |
| EMBRAPA: Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation | Interinstitutional cooperation |
| IFAPA: Andalusian Institute of Agricultural, Fisheries, Food and Organic Production Research and Training | Interinstitutional cooperation |
| INIA: National Institute for Agricultural Research (Uruguay) | Interinstitutional cooperation |
| UDELAR: University of the Republic (Uruguay) | Interinstitutional cooperation |
| CONICET: National Scientific and Technical Research Council of Argentina | Interinstitutional cooperation |
| UNSAM: National University of San Martín (Argentina) | Interinstitutional cooperation |
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