Project to promote sustainable avocado production in Costa Rica and Colombia

A new triangular cooperation project, funded by the European Union's Adelante 2 Fund, will support avocado and coffee producers in Costa Rica and Colombia by promoting sustainable agriculture through the use of bioinputs and reducing agrochemicals. Led by Costa Rica's National Center for Biotechnological Innovations, the project aims to strengthen the health of soil and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by examining the benefits of bioinputs. The project will also focus on technology transfer capabilities in sustainable agricultural production systems. The initiative will be launched with a workshop in July and will include a workshop in Colombia to exchange best practices and analyze bioinputs.

A new triangular cooperation project will contribute to avocado producers in the Central-Western Region of Costa Rica and in the Eastern Antioquia Region in Colombia, carrying out more sustainable agriculture by strengthening the use of bioinputs and reducing agrochemicals, the Ministry reported. of Foreign Relations and Worship of the Government of Costa Rica. The initiative also includes coffee producers and is led by the National Center for Biotechnological Innovations (Cenibiot-CENAT), the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) of Costa Rica, the Corporation for Biological Research (Colombia) and the University of Sciences Swedish Agricultural Organizations (SLU). At the beginning of July, the launch and first workshop of the project was held with about 70 producers from Costa Rica, an event in which they shared experiences on the use and preparation of bioinputs. "At the MAG we are very committed to promoting the development of the capacities of extension agents and ...