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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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Chicken exports rise 16.5%
3.815 million tonnes of chicken meat were exported by Brazil between January and August 2026, 16.5% more than in the same period of 2025; revenue reached USD 7.543 billion.
Retail potato price rises 69.1%
69.1% was the increase in the retail price of smooth-skinned potatoes in Paraná between August and September 2026, rising from BRL 4.15 to BRL 7.01 per kilogram.
Wheat crop quality deteriorates
182 thousand hectares of wheat remained to be harvested in Paraná: 12% of the area was in poor condition, 42% in average condition, and 46% in good condition.
Production reaches 78.7 million pounds
78.7 million pounds of shrimp were produced by Honduras from January through August 2026, compared with 76 million pounds during the same period of 2025.
Loss of 13 million pounds
13 million pounds of shrimp are estimated to have been lost because of drought and high salinity, reducing the annual production target from 159 million to 146 million pounds.

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Integration of productive systems as a strategy for climate change mitigation and adaptation

This regional project seeks to strengthen the climate resilience and mitigation capacity of livestock systems in Latin America and the Caribbean by integrating trees and forests into traditional lives...

Implementation- Ongoing

Platform for the Transfer and Efficient Use of Bioinputs on Farms in Latin America

Regional technical cooperation that develops a platform linking producers, technicians, scientists, and decision-makers to validate, transfer, and promote the efficient use of microbial bioinputs on L...

Implementation- Ongoing

Sustainable livestock farming in the Amazon of Peru and Ecuador

Applied research project to sustainably intensify dual-purpose cattle farming in the Amazon of Peru and Ecuador through feed supplementation with local agro-industrial residues. It characterizes produ...

Implementation- Ongoing

Satellite monitoring of the quantity and quality of biomass available in pastoral livestock systems in LAC

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 qual...

Completed

Nitrogen optimization: Strategies to address the climate crisis in food production

Regional technical cooperation project to optimize nitrogen fertilizer use and reduce nitrous oxide emissions in cropping and pasture systems in Chile, Argentina, Peru, Panama and the Dominican Republ...

Completed

Boosting livestock productivity in the South American Chaco

Applied research project to improve the efficiency, stability and resilience of family cattle systems in the South American Chaco in Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay, through a network of pilot sites t...

Completed

Innovation for pasture management

Implement a resident service in the cloud, user friendly, and accessible via web with a browser or through an app for computers and smartphones, which with the use of drones and simulation models allo...

Implementation- Ongoing

Improving animal production systems with emphasis on dairy farming in the Andean Region in the context of climate change

Regional project aimed at improving techniques to quantify enteric methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions and developing mitigation strategies for dual-purpose livestock systems in the Andean...

Completed

Initiatives

Chicken exports rise 16.5%

Retail potato price rises 69.1%

Wheat crop quality deteriorates

Production reaches 78.7 million pounds

Loss of 13 million pounds

Integration of productive systems as a strategy for climate change mitigation and adaptation

Platform for the Transfer and Efficient Use of Bioinputs on Farms in Latin America

Sustainable livestock farming in the Amazon of Peru and Ecuador

Satellite monitoring of the quantity and quality of biomass available in pastoral livestock systems in LAC

Nitrogen optimization: Strategies to address the climate crisis in food production

Boosting livestock productivity in the South American Chaco

Innovation for pasture management

Improving animal production systems with emphasis on dairy farming in the Andean Region in the context of climate change