Across Latin America, countries are exploring new ways to promote sustainable agriculture. Chile’s bioinputs market is emerging as an example of how collaboration between science, public institutions, industry, and farmers can promote the development and adoption of biological crop protection solutions.
How Chile’s bioinputs market is growing
Chile’s bioinput sector has demonstrated consistent growth, indicating a focus on sustainability in agriculture. The country’s export-oriented fruit and vegetable sectors have encouraged growers to look for solutions that help meet international residue standards while improving soil health and crop resilience.
The Red Chilena de Bioinsumos serves as a key platform for collaboration among stakeholders at the national level. To support farmers, the Red Chilena de Bioinsumos, a national network connecting over 200 stakeholders, has created a bioinputs ecosystem by creating space for dialogue, innovation, and the development of public policies that enable the growth of natural solutions in agriculture. Its collaborative approach is helping position Chile as a regional reference in the advancement of sustainable agricultural innovation.
INIA Chile: bringing science closer to farmers
The Chilean Agricultural Research Institute (INIA) plays an important role in transforming scientific knowledge into practical field solutions.
INIA hosts a Microbial Genetic Resources Bank, an internationally recognized initiative, with over 2,150 deposits of microorganisms, that conserves and studies thousands of microbial strains with potential agricultural applications. This work supports the development of natural solutions for crop protection and soil health, coupled with efforts to transfer new technologies to farmers and support more resilient agricultural systems.
Chile and CABI: strengthening international collaboration
As a CABI Member Country, Chile contributes to initiatives promoting more sustainable agricultural practices. This partnership helps advance safer crop protection solutions, and Chile’s experience contributes valuable lessons to the global conversation on how to scale up the adoption of bioinputs.
The Red Chilena de Bioinsumos is a CABI BioProtection Portal associate helping connect Chile’s national bioinputs community to a global platform designed to support farmers, advisors, and policymakers in identifying biological plant protection products available in more than 50 countries.
According to Yelitza Colmenarez, the collaboration with the CABI BioProtection Portal represents an opportunity to strengthen visibility and access to reliable information on the biological solutions available in Chile. “Being part of the CABI BioProtection Portal helps connect Chile’s bioinput ecosystem with a global network working towards more sustainable agriculture. It also creates opportunities to increase awareness and accessibility of biological solutions,” she highlighted.
A shared vision for sustainable agriculture
With growing global demand for sustainable solutions, the Chile bioinputs market offers an example of how collaboration can transform innovation into impact. The country’s experience shows that sustainable agricultural transformation does not happen in isolation, but it depends on the joint efforts of different stakeholders working together to build a more sustainable and resilient agricultural future.
Watch the video to learn more about how collaboration is promoting the development and adoption of biological solutions in Chile.
