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The third edition of the Digital Agriculture Week took place from September 23 to 27 at the headquarters of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), where ACTIVA-CATIE<\/a><\/ins>, as one of the promoting partners, <\/ins> This event was organized by IICA and aimed to provide a platform for key players in agri-food digitization in the Americas to engage in dialogue and coordinate actions to foster the necessary development for the region. It also served as an excellent opportunity to gain first-hand knowledge of some selected AgTechs from various Latin American countries.<\/p> Ricardo Padr\u00f3n and Juan Jos\u00e9 Serrano, both specialists from the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Lab (ACTIVA-CATIE)<\/a><\/ins>, under the Forests and Biodiversity in Productive Landscapes Unit of CATIE (Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center), represented the institution as a key promoting partner and as a relevant player in Costa Rica's entrepreneurial ecosystem.<\/p> \"ACTIVA-CATIE enriches the agricultural technology, or AgTech, landscape by focusing on business development aligned with decarbonization policies, bioeconomy, and nature-based solutions, which adds great value to the regional ecosystem,\" said Padr\u00f3n.<\/p> Padr\u00f3n was also responsible for speaking on the panel titled Financing Digital Agro Innovation: Where It's Heading and How to Enhance It, where he presented the successful experience as an operating agency of the Costa Rican Development Bank System and highlighted the implemented approach and methodology.<\/p> Regarding the importance of sharing this experience on the panel, the innovation and entrepreneurship specialist mentioned that these spaces are fundamental for maintaining ACTIVA–<\/ins> At the same time, through ACTIVA–<\/ins> The Digital Agriculture Week is organized by IICA and has strategic allies such as the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), the Latin American Development Bank (CAF), the Economic Commission for Latin America of the United Nations (ECLAC), and Bayer.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> More information:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n Ricardo Padr\u00f3n <\/p>\n\n <\/p><\/div>\n\n Written by:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n Marianela Arg\u00fcello L. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" La tercera edici\u00f3n de la Semana de la Agricultura Digital se realiz\u00f3 del 23 al 27 de setiembre en la sede del Instituto Interamericano de Cooperaci\u00f3n para la Agricultura (IICA), en la cual, ACTIVA-CATIE, al ser uno de los socios … <\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":29564,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"pmpro_default_level":"0","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29563"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29571,"href":"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29563\/revisions\/29571"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} <\/del>played a solid role, enhancing its positioning and visibility.<\/p>![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ACTIVA-CATIE2.jpg\")
<\/figure><\/div> <\/del>CATIE as a relevant actor in promoting rural entrepreneurship and innovations.<\/p>![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ACTIVA-CATIE3.jpg\")
<\/figure><\/div> <\/del>CATIE, the participation of agricultural technology initiatives, with whom they have been working, such as Innobovino and Green Xpo Lab, was fostered. These initiatives had notable exposure during the event, which allowed their growth and relevance in the digital agriculture environment to be highlighted.<\/p>
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Specialist
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Lab (ACTIVA-CATIE<\/a><\/ins>)
Forests and Biodiversity in Productive Landscapes Unit
CATIE
ricardo.padron@catie.ac.cr<\/a><\/p>\n\n
Education and Communication Specialist
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Lab (ACTIVA-CATIE<\/a><\/ins>)
Forests and Biodiversity in Productive Landscapes Unit
marguello@catie.ac.cr<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>