FONTAGRO (Regional Fund for Agricultural Technology) is a Latin American and Caribbean-based agricultural research and innovation fund that supports initiatives in agricultural technology, sustainable production, food systems, climate resilience, and rural development. It funds and encourages collaboration among agricultural research institutions, universities, governments, producers, and other organizations working on agricultural development.
FONTAGRO, founded in 1998, is a cooperation mechanism that includes 15 countries from Latin America and the Caribbean. The fund is supported by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA). Its operations revolve upon regional research projects, technological collaboration, information exchange, and the development and application of agricultural technologies.
Activities:
- Funding agricultural innovation projects
- Promoting public-private cooperation platforms
- Supporting technology transfer and knowledge dissemination
FONTAGRO promotes collaborative initiatives involving many nations and organizations, including projects focused on crop production, agricultural productivity, environmental sustainability, climate adaptation, and food-system development. Its programs encompass a wide range of agricultural value chains and production systems, as well as crop, livestock, natural resource, and community research.
