Thuesday, July 1 (Day 1)

Opening

Eugenia Saini, Executive Secretary of FONTAGRO

Opening Remarks

Nicolás Bronzovich – President of FONTAGRO, Eladio Arnaud Santana – Executive Director of the Dominican Institute of Agricultural Research (IDIAF), Manuel Otero – General Director of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Gabriela Quiroga – IICA Representative in the Dominican Republic, and Limber Cruz López – Minister of Agriculture of the Dominican Republic.

Presentation: Agriculture in the Dominican Republic.

Eladio Arnaud Santana – Executive Director of the Dominican Institute of Agricultural Research (IDIAF).

Presentation: Analysis of the Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation System of the Dominican Republic.

Deissy Martínez Barón – Regional Lead, Climate Action in Latin America and the Caribbean. Alliance Bioversity International – CIAT.

Welcome Panel 1

Eugenia Saini, Executive Secretary of FONTAGRO.

Multipurpose silvopastoral systems and family livestock

Nelson Pérez (Agrosavia, Colombia)

Soil-based carbon sequestration opportunities in LAC

Verónica Ciganda (INIA Uruguay)

Satellite monitoring of quantity and quality of available pasture livestock systems

Martín Durante (INTA Argentina)

Satellite methane monitoring in rice growing regions

Elizabeth Heros (UNALM Perú)

Nanotechnology in agricultural soil moisture management

Pablo Mamani (PROINPA, Bolivia)

Greater agricultural production with lower nitrous oxide emissions

Nicolás Ayub (INTA Argentina)

Q&A, panel close

Panel 2

Regional alliances for iron-rich beans in Latin American countries

Maika Barría (IDIAP Panamá)

Gene editing for improvement in plant and animal species

Sergio Feingold (INTA Argentina)

Geographical indications for Mesoamerican cacao

Carlos Hernández (Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica)

Vertical Farming: Horticultural innovation for Latin America and the Caribbean

Javier Pittí (IDIAP Panamá)

Climate change-resilient potatoes

Gina Garzón Martínez (Agrosavia Colombia)

Q&A, panel close

Panel 3

Sustainable livestock farming in the Amazon of Peru and Ecuador

Carlos Gómez (Universidad Agraria La Molina)

Innovations for reducing methane emissions in ruminants

Yuri Granja Salcedo (Agrosavia Colombia)

Leveraging biological products to build climate resilience

Gloria Barrera Cubillos (Agrosavia Colombia)

Network of resilient farms with sustainable forest management

Marcelo Cesar Contreras (INTA Argentina)

Q&A, panel close

Panel 4

Prevention and management of Fusarium wilt

Mónica Vásquez Betancourt (Agrosavia, Colombia)

One Welfare for resilience of livestock production

Natalia Aguilar (INTA Argentina)

Climate-smart research and indigenous communities

Sebastián Villagra (INTA Argentina)

Expanding the use of biologicals in Latin American agriculture

Federico Battistoni (IIBCE Uruguay)

Tropical Agriculture 4.0: efficient water management

Liliana Rojas (Agrosavia Colombia)

Q&A, panel close

Panel 5

Finalist Projects

Moderator: Jorge Ganoza, Vice President of FONTAGRO and Director of INIA Peru

Agroecological model for avian coccidiosis

Anabel Rodríguez (INTA Argentina)

More productive and sustainable rice for Latin America

Karla Cordero (INIA Chile)

Nanofertilizers in soils and nitrous oxide emissions

Mónica Botero (Universidad Industrial de Santander, Colombia)

Bioprocess for reducing the solubility of rhizospheric cadmium

Adalgisa Scotti (Universidad Técnica de Manabí, Ecuador)

Q&A, panel close

Closing day 1 and Announcement of the FONTAGRO Excellence Award

Cultural Visit to Santo Domingo and Welcome Cocktail

Wednesday, July 2 (Day 2)

Training in Knowledge Management and Communication (Project Leaders Only)

Collaboration and Synergies Between Projects: Round Tables

Science Voices: Video Production

Thursday, July 3 (Day 3)

Technical tour