Fontagro conference at the UF/IFAS Crop Transformation Center on Wednesday, May 14th, 2025.
From May 13 to 15, 2025, FONTAGRO, in collaboration with the University of Florida and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), held a successful workshop titled “Strategic Dialogues for the Future: Advancing Agricultural Science to Deliver Societal Value in LAC and the U.S.” This event brought together more than 80 representatives from various academic institutions, companies, and funding organizations, focusing on sustainability and technological innovation in the agri-food sector.
With the support of FONTAGRO’s Board of Directors, the workshop marked the beginning of a new phase in the creation of a Medium-Term Plan 2025-2030. Key partnerships have been established with five prestigious universities in the United States: the University of Florida, Clemson University, Cornell University, North Carolina State University, and The Ohio State University. These collaborations are designed to facilitate investment in research, development, and innovation in the agri-food sector.
During the sessions, investment priorities in R&D&I needed to address the current and future challenges facing agriculture were discussed. Leaders from important organizations such as the Meat Institute, ICARDA; International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, the Inter-American Development Bank, the World Bank, the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF), Corteva Agriscience, Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology, GRUPO CAJAMAR, Embrapa, the GAP Initiative at Virginia Tech, and UF Innovative participated in these discussions, identifying key trends in science and technology that will enable the transformation of agri-food systems in Latin America, the Caribbean, and beyond.
The leadership of FONTAGRO’s Board of Directors, representing the 15 National Agricultural Research Institutes of member countries, reaffirms the organization’s commitment to creating public-private institutional ecosystems that promote sustainable development in the agri-food sector.
Learn more at: https://digital.fontagro.org/plan-de-mediano-plazo-2025-2030/
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