FONTAGRO in collaboration with the IICA and members of the Latin American Bioeconomy Network, announces the launch of the “LATAM 2025 Agro-bioentrepreneurship with Impact” competition, designed to identify, incubate, and accelerate the 100 initiatives with the greatest impact in the region, in order to address crucial challenges such as climate variability, food security, and the transition toward more sustainable economic models.

The winners will receive up to USD 15,000 to support their incubation and acceleration process.

For more information about the competition and the application process, you can visit: https://old.fontagro.org/type-casos/concurso-de-casos-agrobioemprendimiento-2025/

 

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About FONTAGRO

FONTAGRO was created 1998 with the purpose of promoting the increase of the competitiveness of the agri-food sector, ensuring the sustainable management of natural resources and the reduction of poverty in the region. The objective of FONTAGRO is to establish itself as a sustainable financing mechanism for the development of agricultural technology and innovation in Latin America and the Caribbean and Spain, and to establish a forum for the discussion of priority topics of technological innovation. The member countries are: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Spain, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic, Uruguay and Venezuela. In the last 27 years 204 regional agricultural innovation platforms have been co-financed for an amount of US $ 150.7 million, which has reached 531 institutions and 35 countries worldwide.