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Calendar 18/4/2024

Agrosavia and UPRA fine-tune research processes in joint innovation regarding rural management

Agrosavia y UPRA afinan procesos de investigación en innovación conjunta en materia de gestión rural
Bogotá D.C., (@UPRAColombia, @claudialili76). In technical professional work sessions, Agrosavia and the Unit of Agricultural Rural Planning (UPRA) carried out a productive day, as a result of the memorandum of understanding agreed upon by both entities in the agricultural sector; aiming to promote joint actions in research and innovation processes for rural management and development in Colombia.
 
During the workshop, professionals delved into areas of technical collaboration and defined the work plans to be addressed during the execution of the memorandum. "This process seeks to strengthen and benefit the Colombian agricultural sector through the exchange of information on the progress of research and scientific projects, avoiding duplication of efforts, dispersion of actions, and using resources more efficiently" said Francisco Salazar, Coordinator of Information Management at Agrosavia.
 
In turn, UPRA's technical advisor Adriana Pérez highlighted that this work session constitutes the work plan for the vision towards 2026: "Here we will be attentive to joint research projects, reviewing zoning methodologies of suitability being carried out by UPRA and Agrosavia in different territories of the country. Continuing to support rural youth projects, infrastructure, logistics issues; and achieving synergy with the agricultural risk management information system." 
 

Other areas of joint work between Agrosavia and UPRA will include: 
 

  • Development of processes for the transfer and social appropriation of technologies that add value to agricultural rural management.
  • Exchange, coordination, and integration of information generated by the parties, through the use of ICT tools.
  • Articulation and evaluation of sectoral public policies based on the technical capacity and mission of the parties.
  • Strengthening of agricultural rural planning framed within the human right to food, suitability zoning, smart agriculture, and traceability of value chains under a territorial and differential approach (women, youth, ethnic groups, etc.). 
     
Finally, both Agrosavia and UPRA will implement joint actions to generate publications and communication strategies that facilitate the socialization and dissemination of strategic information from the entities.