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Brazilian technology boosts agriculture in Bolivia
Between March 24th and 28th, EMBRAPA Maize and Sorghum (in Minas Gerais State, Brazil) received Bolivian researchers from the Biotechnology and Nanotechnology Center for intensive training on the use of the "FT-NIR" protocol, a technology that allows rapid and non-destructive analysis of foodstuff and animal feed with benefits such as more agility, precision, and reduction in the use of chemical reagents. 
In addition to theoretical sessions, the researchers visited cutting-edge laboratories and crop-livestock-forest integration experiments, thus learning more about Brazilian innovations that promise to boost production and sustainability in the Bolivian municipalities of Aiquille, Omereque and Pasorapa.
The training is part of the "COTRIAbE" technical cooperation project, coordinated by the Brazilian Cooperation Agency (ABC) in partnership with the German Cooperation for Sustainable Development, through GIZ, and the Bolivian Government, represented by the Forage Research Center (CIF), the Biotechnology and Nanotechnology Center (CByN), and the Government of the Municipality of Pasorapa in Bolivia. This project gets technical support from the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Family Farming (MDA), and the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA), and aims to foster exchange of knowledge, and strengthen agricultural research.
The COTRIAbE project aims to introduce innovations in restoration of ecosystems and biodiversity, thus fostering farmers' resilience to climate change, especially in semi-arid regions where availability of water is scarcer.
The objective of the project is to offer technological innovations for conservation, sustainable use, and ecological restoration of ecosystems in the basins of the mesothermal valleys, so much so as to make farmers in the Southern Cone of Cochabamba more resilient to climate change.
Photos: EMBRAPA Maize and Sorghum
