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| University of Florida/Ministerio Agropecuario y Forestal |
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Country: Nicaragua
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Award Date: 1998
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Award Amount: $199,996.00
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Cost Share: $138,602.00
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Other Funds: $11,696.00
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Other Partners: Asociación Nicaragüense de Productores y Exportadores de Productos No-Tradicionales; U.S. Department of Agriculture; Chemonics; Universidad de Centroamericana; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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This partnership improved sustainable agricultural practices for small farmers in Nicaragua and enhanced agricultural information networks. In response to the diverse, critical needs of Nicaragua’s agricultural community following Hurricane Mitch, the partners delivered numerous short courses and workshops on various topics, including soil fertility, adaptability analysis, sanitation control, biotechnology, coffee nutrition, vegetable crop production, marketing, agricultural crop pathogens, human pathogens, plant virology, irrigation, postharvest technology, and bovine genetic research. The partnership was well positioned to respond rapidly to an outbreak of avian influenza and rat and vampire bat infestations following the hurricane. The partners rapidly dispatched experts to the affected areas to teach pest control methods. During the last phase of the project, the partners focused on providing hands-on training in sanitary control processes for small shrimp producers and providing basic biotechnology research training for two Nicaraguan students from the Universidad de Centroamerica.
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