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PROCAP Beneficiary Producers

01/12/2025 Go to Evidence

13,000 goat producers in Peru benefit from the PROCAP Investment Project, which promotes research, technical assistance, and productive strengthening in goat farming (INIA, 2025).

INIA, 2025

PAI focused on technology extension

09/10/2025 Go to Evidence

1.2% of the 497 productive articulation initiatives (PAI) (same 20 countries; 2023–2025) focus on technology extension services (ECLAC, 2025).

Digitalized agricultural extension programs

21/04/2025 Go to Evidence

85% more effective are agricultural extension programs that incorporate digital components for technology transfer in Latin America, being fundamental to materialize innovations and connect research with producers according to CAF evaluations (Velásquez, A., 2025).

85% más efectivos resultan los programas de extensión agrícola que incorporan componentes digitales para transferencia tecnológica en América Latina, siendo fundamentales para materializar las innovaciones y conectar la investigación con productores según evaluaciones de CAF (Velásquez, A., 2025).

Velásquez, A. (2025). Estudios arqueológicos del aguacate en Mesoamérica. Editorial Académica.

Agricultural extension for technology adoption

21/04/2025 Go to Evidence

300% could increase the productivity of small Latin American farmers through adequate training and extension services that facilitate the transfer and adoption of adapted technologies, according to CAF projections for regional development (Velásquez, A., 2025).

300% podría aumentar la productividad de pequeños agricultores latinoamericanos mediante servicios de capacitación y extensión adecuados que faciliten la transferencia y adopción de tecnologías adaptadas, según proyecciones de CAF para el desarrollo regional (Velásquez, A., 2025).

Velásquez, A. (2025). Estudios arqueológicos del aguacate en Mesoamérica. Editorial Académica.

Honduras achieves record figure

04/01/2024 Go to Evidence

3.4 million quintals of beans reached Honduras in record production, 500 thousand more than in 2022 (SAG, 2024).

Honduras logra cifra récord con producción de 3.4 millones de quintales de frijol, 500 mil más que en 2022. (SAG, 2024)

Secretaría de Agricultura y Ganadería de Honduras

Technology adoption PRODAF

01/08/2022 Go to Evidence

21% is the increase in the probability of technology adoption among beneficiaries versus controls, estimated via IPW.

El 21 % representa el incremento en la probabilidad de adopción de tecnologías en productores beneficiarios frente a controles, estimado con IPW.

PRODAF's smart subsidies

01/08/2022 Go to Evidence

Smart subsidies combine co-financing and technical assistance. PRODAF’s smart subsidies combined non-reimbursable contributions with technical assistance to foster efficient and environmentally sustainable technology adoption.

Los subsidios inteligentes de PRODAF se implementaron como aportes no reembolsables acompañados por asistencia técnica para promover adopción tecnológica eficiente y ambientalmente sostenible.

Technology adoption

01/08/2022 Go to Evidence

56 % of beneficiaries reported adopting at least one new agricultural practice or technology after receiving the smart subsidy and technical assistance.

56 % de los beneficiarios reportaron haber incorporado al menos una nueva práctica o tecnología agrícola luego de recibir el subsidio inteligente y asistencia técnica.

Investment in the recovery of sugarcane

24/01/2021 Go to Evidence

PRONAF credit increases the commercialization of family farms and is reinforced with technical assistance, while seed delivery shows no significant impact (Wesz Junior et al., 2024).

Centro de Desenvolvimento Sustentável de la Universidad de Brasília (UnB)

Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia para Mudanças Climáticas

Dry Matter Intake in Heifers with Cowpea vs Pangol

29/08/2020 Go to Evidence

The 7.37 kg/day represents the average dry matter intake in heifers fed cowpea hay, being 0.42 kg/day higher than those fed pangola grass hay (Corea et al., 2020).

El 7.37 kg/día representa el consumo promedio de materia seca en novillas alimentadas con heno de caupí, siendo 0.42 kg/día mayor que aquellas alimentadas con heno de pangola (Corea et al., 2020).

Corea, E.E., Castro-Montoya, J., Mendoza, M.V., López, F.M., Martinez, A., Alvarado, M.E., Moreno, C., Broderick, G.A., & Dickhoefer, U. (2020). Effect of forage source and dietary rumen-undegradable protein on nutrient use and growth in dairy heifers. Animal Feed Science and Technology, 269, 114658.