El pasado 28 de junio, 40 agricultores recibieron una orientación acerca de las estrategias actuales para hacer mejor uso de plantas cobertoras, la siembra de variedades de plantas adaptadas al trópico y los beneficio ecosistémicos de estas prácticas.
(June 11-13, 2018) University of Puerto Rico Agricultural Experimental Station Library, San Juan — Agricultural production in the Caribbean can be challenging, in part because of the region’s frequent exposure to climatic disturbances such as hurricanes, extreme rainfall events, and drought.
El taller será el viernes, 27 de julio de 2018 en la Estación Experimental Agrícola de Lajas de 8:00am – 4:30pm y está dirigido a agricultores y agrónomos. *FECHA LÍMITE PARA SOLICITAR: 24 DE JULIO*
On May 30 and 31st, a workshop was held at the International Institute of Tropical Forestry on the topic of drought in the U.S. Caribbean to synthesize the State of the Science on drought impacts by sector in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Nearly 300 farmers received information of the many USDA program available in the US Caribbean thanks to an outreach initiative titled “USDA Federal Aid Guidance and Registration Cycle”, organized by the USDA Hurricane Recovery Team in Puerto Rico.
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