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



A little history
More than a decade
of collaborative work.
2010
- New Zealand, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic
Total amount: USD 1,000,000
Gas measurement in the Southern Cone and Dominican Republic.

2014
- Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
Total amount: USD 857,500
Greenhouse gas emissions in Central America.
- Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador
Total amount: USD 868,000
Greenhouse gas emissions in the Andean Region.
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
Livestock and climate-change in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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
Regional strategy for climate change adaptation and effect mitigation.

2018
Carbon sequestration opportunities in Latin American and Caribbean soils
- Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica.
Total amount: USD 80,000
Carbon sequestration strategy for Latin America and the Caribbean.
- Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Dominican Republic, Uruguay
Total amount: USD 1,794,524
Legume-based Livestock Farming in Latin America and the Caribbean.

2019
Agtech for climate-smart dairy farming
- Argentina, Costa Rica, Honduras, Dominican Republic, Uruguay
Total amount: USD 540,9000
Dairy farming in the Southern Cone, Central America and the Caribbean.
Innovation for pasture management
- Uruguay, Argentina, Costa Rica, United States
Total amount: USD 512,940
Pasture management in the Southern Cone and Costa Rica.
Cattle productivity in the South American Chaco region
- Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay
Total amount: USD 657,285
Cattle productivity in the Chaco.

2020
- Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica
Total amount: USD 1,460,240
Carbon sequestration in Latin America and the Caribbean.

2021
Satellite monitoring of quantity and quality of available biomass in pastoral livestock systems
- Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica y Uruguay
Total amount: USD 1.347.547
Satellite monitoring of biomass.

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

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