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Initiatives

Initiatives are interventions that can take the form of laws, guidelines, incentives, among others, which are often reflected in allocations of public and private resources.

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Global biodiversity hotspots
33% of global biodiversity hotspots are located in grassland regions threatened by agricultural expansion (Kan et al., 2026).
Global terrestrial carbon
Between 20% and 35% of the world's terrestrial carbon is stored in grasslands, ecosystems currently under increasing agricultural pressure (Kan et al., 2026).
Change of land use
6% of global land use change is attributed individually to countries such as Russia, India, China, and the United States (Kan et al., 2026).
Ecosystem conversion
13% of the global conversion of natural ecosystems is concentrated in Brazil, the country with the highest recorded proportion (Kan et al., 2026).
Conversion of grasslands and wetlands
The conversion of grasslands and wetlands to agriculture is progressing almost 4 times faster than deforestation worldwide (Kan et al., 2026).

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Management and restoration of forests in productive environments – Living and producing in the Chaco forest

The project improved the socio-ecological resilience of local populations through the strengthening of forest governance and management devices, which take the guidelines of Forest Management with Int...

Completed

Productive chains and short circuits: innovations in production and marketing schemes for family farming

The objective of the project was to contribute to the dissemination of production chains and short circuits as new marketing models for Family Farming in the region. Based on the characterization of t...

Completed

Organic productive systems in the Southern Cone

The objective of the project was to identify, systematize and validate successful organic horticultural and fruit production processes with market potential. 7 species were selected (blueberries, coco...

Completed

Cotton Project +

The +Algodón project promotes sustainable and inclusive production systems, from a comprehensive view of the cotton value chain to promote rural development by promoting value addition, fair trade and...

Completed

Network of resilient farms with sustainable forest management

The general objective is to increase the sustainability and resilience of farms of small livestock producers and experiences of women's groups associated with the multiple use of the forest, in the fa...

Implementation- Ongoing

First Individual Financing Program for the Improvement of Agricultural Research, Innovation and Technology Transfer in P...

The objective of the program is to improve the productivity of the agricultural sector through investments that improve the capacity of the Paraguayan State to provide quality agricultural public serv...

Implementation- Ongoing

Initiatives

Global biodiversity hotspots

Global terrestrial carbon

Change of land use

Ecosystem conversion

Conversion of grasslands and wetlands

Management and restoration of forests in productive environments – Living and producing in the Chaco forest

Productive chains and short circuits: innovations in production and marketing schemes for family farming

Organic productive systems in the Southern Cone

Cotton Project +

Network of resilient farms with sustainable forest management

First Individual Financing Program for the Improvement of Agricultural Research, Innovation and Technology Transfer in P...

Gene editing for improvement in plant and animal species

Cattle Productivity in the South American Chaco Region

Assessment and communication of the climate impacts of food

Support for food production by family farming

Kuña Katupyry Credit Line

Team Europe Initiative on Deforestation-free Value Chains