More than 100 000 farmers increased their productivity based on climate-site-specific agronomy recommendations in LAM

About 100 000 farmers in Colombia benefit from climate-site-specific-agronomy-analysis generated by CIAT and Partners . Fedearroz and Fenalce adjusts their blanket recommendation systems with site-specific CSA practices identified by analysis. The former increased 15% its production and reduces 18 % of costs; benefiting 3000 farmers; Fenalce increased 24% its yields and benefit 3335 famers. The- Secretary-of-Agriculture-and-Rural-Development-Pereira used the analysis to identify 119 groups of agroecological-zones within 55923 hectares benefiting 90000 farmers. In Mexico, through MasAgro 4000 farmers access to data-driven-CSA-practices.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
Format: Case Study biblioteca
Language:English
Published: 2017-12-31
Subjects:agriculture, farmers, climate, yields, productivity, production, costs, development, data, analysis, agronomy, systems, colombia, groups, case studies, agrifood systems, rural development,
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121355
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