Meat and dairy farming systems are essential for New Zealand, Latin America and the Caribbean.
Learn about the platforms used by the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (GRA), the Ministry for Primary Industries of New Zealand (MPI) and FONTAGRO to promote science and innovation for strengthening national systems’ capacities and supporting agri-food systems in responding efficiently and sustainably to future challenges.



A brief history
More than a decade
of collaborative work.
2010
New Zealand, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic
Total amount: USD 1,000,000

2014
- Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
Total amount: USD 857,500
- Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador
Total amount: USD 868,000
Livestock and climate change: applied research and knowledge
- United States, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Spain, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, New Zealand, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic, Uruguay, Venezuela
Total amount: USD 139,318

2017
Latin American and Caribbean platform for sustainable intensification of livestock farming
- Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Spain, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic, Uruguay, Venezuela

2018
Carbon sequestration opportunities in Latin American and Caribbean soils
- Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica
Total amount: USD 80,000
- Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Dominican Republic, Uruguay
Total amount: USD 1,794,524

2019
Agtech for climate-smart dairy farming
- Argentina, Costa Rica, Honduras, Dominican Republic, Uruguay
Total amount: USD 540,900
Innovation for pasture management
- Uruguay, Argentina, Costa Rica, United States
Total amount: USD 512,940
Cattle productivity in the South American Chaco region
- Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay
Total amount: USD 657,285

2020
- Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, United States
Total amount: USD 1,461,129

2021
- Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Uruguay
Total amount: USD 1,347,026

2022
Innovations for reduced methane
emissions in ruminants
- Argentina, Colombia, New Zealand
Total amount: USD 633,609
Platform for the transfer and efficient use of biologicals on Latin American farms
- Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Uruguay, New Zealand
Total amount: USD 720,483
Biological products for creating resilience to climate change
- Argentina, Colombia, New Zealand
Total amount: USD 668,500
Sustainable livestock farming in the Amazon of Peru and Ecuador
- Peru, Ecuador, Costa Rica, New Zealand
Total amount: USD 600,000

2023
Nitrogen optimization: strategies to address the climate crisis in food production
- Chile, Argentina, Panama, Peru, Dominican Republic
Total amount: USD 1,037,451
Indigenous communities and climate change
- Argentina, Chile, New Zealand
Total amount: USD 943,570

2024
Resilient production to mitigate climate change
- Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Brazil, Dominican Republic
Total amount: USD 1,108,764
Sustainable intensification of production in Central America
- Costa Rica, Argentina, Honduras, Panama, Peru, United States
Total amount: USD 773,500
Scaling innovation in pastoral systems
- Uruguay, Argentina, Costa Rica
Total amount: USD 902,790
Reduction of greenhouse gases in potato-pasture systems of Ecuador and Peru
- Ecuador, Peru
Total amount: USD 900,000

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