Partner Talk

By Alejandro Escobar A., Lead Specialist, Multilateral Investment Fund of the IDB Group - It has been two and a…

Increasing the productivity of agricultural systems without affecting natural resources is a major challenge. That's why FONTAGRO is encouraging innovations…

The Latin America Conservation Council Working Group visited the Green Growth Compact in Pará, Brazil, on March 17-19, 2017.

Agrimonitor is the IDB's Producer Support Estimates (PSE) country-level database for LAC countries.

By Paul C West, Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota, @coolfireecology - Farming and climate are tightly connected. Climate…

by Ginya Truitt Nakata, AgroLAC 2025 coordinator - As the IDB officer responsible for agriculture-related partnerships, let me begin by…

FONTAGRO promotes the native potato and its economic and cultural significance in the Andean Region.

Farmers in the Central Valley, the Southern Highlands and the Oaxaca coast are participating in joint programs with MasAgro (the Sustainable Modernization of Traditional Agriculture program) to improve native maize. The grain produced has found a new niche market in exclusive restaurants offering fine cuisine in Mexico and the United States.

Growing interest in value chains development has led to a proliferation of tools for value chain analysis, the results of which inform the design of value chain development initiatives. Recent research, however, has pointed to important gaps in the coverage of these tools, such as gender equity and impact assessment. The Value Chain Knowledge Clearinghouse, […]