Were found 6 initiatives and / or projects
following the criteria of your search

The project constitutes a regional experiment to validate and enrich experiences in participatory research with small farmers. Producers are the central axis in all processes, from prioritization, formulation of problems to be solved, design of strategies and capacities to be strengthened, all with the support of the research entities. The key objective has been to encourage innovations in small f...

Black Sigatoka (Mycosphaerella fijiensis Morelet) is the most important leaf disease of plantains and bananas, it increases production costs, reduces yield and affects producers' quality of life and income. Damage to roots caused by phytonematodes, mainly Radopholus similis is also very serious. The use of agrochemicals has been practically the only control strategy, damaging the environment as we...

The Project generated methods and tools to establish an information and monitoring system based on historical records, satellite images and simulation models, all integrated into a GIS for the evaluation of risks in agricultural production associated with climatic variability and the technological level of Paraguay and Uruguay. In Uruguay, a study area was defined to conduct the following activit...

There is a worldwide concern about environmental polution and food health, which has led markets to increase restrictions regarding pesticide registration and tolerance of residues in fruits. This forces the producer to adopt environmentally friendly and sustainable technologies, such as Integrated Pest Management (IPM), which requires knowing the biology and behavior of pests and their natural en...

Colombia and Ecuador are Andean countries with similar agro-ecological and cultural characteristics, which allows the same species to be cultivated and in many cases share the same economic and social importance. This is the case of the cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana L.), the tree tomato (Cyphomandra Betacea (Cav) Sendt) and the passion fruit (Passiflora Ligularis L.), which present a potenti...

Más de 3.000 millones de personas no cubren sus necesidades básicas de alimentos y están en riesgo de enfermedades y baja calidad de vida debido a deficiencias de micronutrientes. Entre las posibles soluciones se encuentra el mejoramiento genético de cultivos, la cual puede ser una opción a largo plazo y de menor costo que el de suministrar suplementos vitamínicos y minerales o el de fortif...