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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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People in a h. phase of food insecurity (ECU)
5,136,000 people were in a heightened phase of food insecurity in Ecuador between December 2025 and March 2026. (Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, 2026).
People in food crisis (Ecuador)
2,447,000 people were in a food crisis situation in Ecuador between December 2025 and March 2026. (Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, 2026).
People in food emergencies (Ecuador)
95,000 people found themselves in a food emergency situation in Ecuador between December 2025 and March 2026. (Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, 2026).
Vulnerability of livestock in Colombia
Between 25% and 30% of the 1,345,000 head of cattle are exposed to disease, death and loss of pastures, with the greatest impact in Arauca, Arauquita and Tame, Colombia. (Fundación Corocoras, 2026).
Impact of climate on agricultural land (COL)
In Arauca, Colombia, there are approximately 482,631 hectares dedicated to agricultural activities at risk due to permanent exposure to flooding. (Fundación Cocoras, 2026).

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Intervention Program for the Improvement of Pineapple Production for Export and National Market

Supreme Decree No. 4560 creates the Intervention Program for the Improvement of Pineapple Production for Export and the National Market. This program is part of the policies of productive reactivation...

Implementation- Ongoing

Scaling continuous improvement in family organic export banana

The project developed ecological intensification strategies such as bagging the banana bud before it opens, monitoring the causes of banana rejects and the frequency of pesticide applications, nutrien...

Implementation- Ongoing

Conservation of protected areas and wildlife (National Institute for Forest Conservation and Development of Honduras (20...

This program contemplates the actions and efforts aimed at preserving, maintaining and protecting the populations of plants and animals in their natural environment. The main objective is to guarantee...

Implementation- Ongoing

Productive scaling of mortiño to strengthen smallholder family farming. Colombia and Ecuador

The objective of this project is to contribute to the strengthening of food security and household economies through the use of wild mortiño species in southern Colombia (Nariño) and northern Ecuador...

Completed

Genetic resources of high sanitary quality, as an alternative for the sustainable development of fruit growing.

This is a project whose purpose is to contribute to the development of national fruit production, allowing increases in the levels of productivity, profitability and sustainability of the crop. To thi...

Implementation- Ongoing

Research and Innovation Project for the improvement of coffee varieties (Coffea arabica) in Chiriqui.

The project aims to pre-select the best coffee materials for their productivity, tolerance to rust and sensory quality. This is based on the germplasm bank in Rio Sereno that has 127 materials such as...

Implementation- Ongoing

Technological Alternatives and Biocontrol Strategies Applied to Highland Horticultural Production Systems

The project in Tierras Altas, Chiriquí, seeks to strengthen the productivity and sustainability of horticultural agriculture through the development of biocontrol technologies and innovative strategie...

Implementation- Ongoing

Research and innovation of agroecological pest management in horticultural systems in the Ngäbe Buglé region.

The project aims to evaluate, validate and adapt technologies generated by IDIAP in a participatory manner, under the agro-climatic conditions of the region, as an innovative alternative; and this wil...

Implementation- Ongoing

Generation of maize varieties and hybrids in the face of climate variability

The project focuses on increasing the productivity and sustainability of corn cultivation through the improvement and adaptation of new agricultural technologies, responding to challenges such as high...

Implementation- Ongoing

Research - innovation in the formulation of biopesticides with native strains of entomopathogenic fungi for vegetable pe...

This project is oriented to the search for bioinsecticide formulations, based on entomopathogenic fungi that were collected, isolated, purified, morphologically and genetically characterized, as natu...

Implementation- Ongoing

Forest Protection and Health (National Institute for Forest Conservation and Development of Honduras (2021-2023)

The Department of Forest Health is an instance within the ICF, attached to the Sub-Directorate of Protected Areas and Wildlife. It was created considering the importance of having a department within...

Implementation- Ongoing

Recovery of basic grains and coffee production in the municipalities affected by the 2018 drought in El Salvador.

Through the delivery of agricultural packages, coffee plants and food to agricultural producers, we aim to contribute to the recovery of the production of basic grains and coffee through the delivery...

Completed

Initiatives

People in a h. phase of food insecurity (ECU)

People in food crisis (Ecuador)

People in food emergencies (Ecuador)

Vulnerability of livestock in Colombia

Impact of climate on agricultural land (COL)

Intervention Program for the Improvement of Pineapple Production for Export and National Market

Scaling continuous improvement in family organic export banana

Conservation of protected areas and wildlife (National Institute for Forest Conservation and Development of Honduras (20...

Productive scaling of mortiño to strengthen smallholder family farming. Colombia and Ecuador

Genetic resources of high sanitary quality, as an alternative for the sustainable development of fruit growing.

Research and Innovation Project for the improvement of coffee varieties (Coffea arabica) in Chiriqui.

Technological Alternatives and Biocontrol Strategies Applied to Highland Horticultural Production Systems

Research and innovation of agroecological pest management in horticultural systems in the Ngäbe Buglé region.

Generation of maize varieties and hybrids in the face of climate variability

Research - innovation in the formulation of biopesticides with native strains of entomopathogenic fungi for vegetable pe...

Forest Protection and Health (National Institute for Forest Conservation and Development of Honduras (2021-2023)

Recovery of basic grains and coffee production in the municipalities affected by the 2018 drought in El Salvador.