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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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Accelerating the Sustainable Transformation of Ecuadorian Banana Industry (Ecuador Green Footprint Project)

The project seeks to promote the sustainable transformation of Ecuador's banana industry by reducing its environmental footprint and ensuring compliance with international sustainability standards. It...

Development-design

CENADA Digital

To modernize agricultural marketing and improve access to price information, Costa Rica is promoting CENADA Digital, a national online auction platform that directly connects producers and buyers. Thi...

Implementation- Ongoing

Strengthening the Management of the Punta Morada Potato Complex in the Andean Region

This project seeks to address the Punta Morada Potato Complex (PMPC), one of the most destructive potato pests in the Andean Region (Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, and Chile). It focuses on three components...

Implementation- Ongoing

Climate-Resilient Sustainable Fruit Growing in Ñuble

A 36-month initiative (2024–2027) led by INIA Quilamapu and Ñuble’s Regional Government, aimed at building climate resilience in fruit production through the diversification of crops (including macada...

Implementation- Ongoing

Next Generation Sweet Potato Production in the Caribbean (NextGenSP)

A regional project focused on the conservation and sustainable use of sweet potato plant genetic resources across Jamaica, Saint Lucia, and Antigua & Barbuda. Key pillars include: expanding farmer acc...

Implementation- Ongoing

Territorial Product Valuation Program

The Territorial Products Valorization Program, initiated in March 2019 by INTA, has the support of various collaborating institutions in each project executed in the territories. Its objectives are: t...

Implementation- Ongoing

Siembra por Chile Program 2024

The Siembra por Chile 2024 program is a Chilean government initiative aimed at strengthening agricultural development. With an initial budget of $131 billion, the program includes funds for traditiona...

Implementation- Ongoing

Research-Innovation for the sustainability of agricultural activities in soils threatened by degradation and drought

This project in Panama focuses on improving the sustainability of production systems through the recovery of degraded soils, specifically in the areas of the Arco Seco and the Veragüense Savannah. Usi...

Implementation- Ongoing

Innovations for horticulture in protected environments in hot zones: an option for sustainable intensification of family...

This project aims to improve food security and reduce the vulnerability of family farming to climate change through the sustainable intensification of horticulture in protected environments. Agricultu...

Completed

Technology innovation in cassava and yam crops in Herrera and Veraguas.

The project aims to address significant problems in cassava and yam cultivation in Panama, especially damage caused by the Cyrtomenus bergi bug in cassava and anthracnose in yam, which seriously affec...

Implementation- Ongoing

Carbon Positive: Transforming agricultural value chains into carbon sinks

The Carbon Positive project addresses the critical challenge of agricultural waste in Costa Rica, where 8.9 million tons of pineapple and coffee waste are generated annually, representing a significan...

Implementation- Ongoing

Management of degraded soils and efficient use of water in the Panama Canal Watershed.

The project seeks to contribute to national food security and sovereignty and to that of the Panamanian agricultural sector by addressing technological demands identified in the rice, pineapple and ca...

Implementation- Ongoing

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