{"id":241373,"date":"2025-08-12T02:48:34","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T02:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prabiapr.org\/?p=241373"},"modified":"2025-08-17T20:25:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T20:25:39","slug":"collaboration-and-growth-30-years-of-cultivating-puerto-ricos-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prabiapr.org\/es\/collaboration-and-growth-30-years-of-cultivating-puerto-ricos-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Colaboraci\u00f3n y crecimiento: 30 a\u00f1os sembrando futuro en Puerto Rico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.2&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Por Wilson Rivera Gonz\u00e1lez, presidente de PRABIA<\/p>\n<p>Hace treinta a\u00f1os, cuando el cambio clim\u00e1tico apenas entraba en el discurso p\u00fablico, un grupo de profesionales en Puerto Rico ya intu\u00eda que la agricultura deb\u00eda adaptarse. No solo para resistir los embates del clima, sino para alimentar a un mundo en crecimiento. Esa intuici\u00f3n y el deseo de hacer las cosas distintas llevaron a varias compa\u00f1\u00edas de biotecnolog\u00eda agr\u00edcola a unirse. As\u00ed naci\u00f3 la Asociaci\u00f3n de la Industria de Biotecnolog\u00eda Agr\u00edcola de Puerto Rico (PRABIA, en ingl\u00e9s), como una comunidad cient\u00edfica dispuesta a colaborar en lugar de competir.<\/p>\n<p>Desde entonces, y pese a muchas tormentas \u2014algunas literales, otras econ\u00f3micas\u2014, hemos seguido sembrando conocimiento con compromiso y visi\u00f3n. En cada ciclo agr\u00edcola e investigaci\u00f3n, buscamos respuestas a los retos del clima y el mercado.<\/p>\n<p>Aunque Puerto Rico no produce alimentos a nivel agron\u00f3mico, s\u00ed cultiva innovaci\u00f3n: desarrollamos semillas resistentes y adaptadas, capaces de prosperar donde otros cultivos fallan. Son fruto de a\u00f1os de investigaci\u00f3n, colaboraci\u00f3n y una visi\u00f3n enfocada en la sostenibilidad y el desarrollo regional. Es una labor muchas veces invisible, pero esencial. Cada avance nos acerca a una agricultura m\u00e1s resiliente, inclusiva y con mayor impacto positivo a nivel mundial. Lo que sembramos hoy ser\u00e1 la base de una alimentaci\u00f3n m\u00e1s segura y una econom\u00eda m\u00e1s s\u00f3lida para futuras generaciones.<\/p>\n<p>El sur de la isla, con su rica historia agr\u00edcola, ha sido clave en esta transformaci\u00f3n. En alianza con universidades, escuelas y comunidades, apostamos al talento local, convencidos de que el conocimiento y la pasi\u00f3n por el campo ya habitan en nuestra gente. A trav\u00e9s de capacitaciones, talleres y colaboraciones, hemos acompa\u00f1ado a j\u00f3venes, agricultores y l\u00edderes comunitarios en su formaci\u00f3n. Queremos que lideren un nuevo modelo agr\u00edcola que integre ciencia, sostenibilidad y cultura, y que transforme el campo en un espacio de innovaci\u00f3n y orgullo colectivo.<\/p>\n<p>Hoy celebramos encuentros: entre la ciencia y la tierra; entre la industria y la comunidad; entre generaciones que creen que el campo tambi\u00e9n es espacio de futuro. Treinta a\u00f1os despu\u00e9s, seguimos convencidos: Puerto Rico seguir\u00e1 liderando en biotecnolog\u00eda agr\u00edcola. Y si algo nos ha ense\u00f1ado esta historia, es que cuando se siembra en colectivo, florece mucho m\u00e1s que una cosecha. El trabajo apenas comienza, y a\u00fan queda mucho por cultivar juntos.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Wilson Rivera Gonz\u00e1lez, President of PRABIA Thirty years ago\u2014when climate change was barely entering public conversation\u2014a group of professionals in Puerto Rico already sensed that agriculture would need to adapt. Not just to withstand the blows of a changing climate, but to feed a growing world. That instinct, paired with the will to do [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":241388,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<ul class=\"font_7\">\r\n \t<li>The Biotech Summer Camp is an initiative of the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico<\/li>\r\n \t<li>PRABIA is a collaborator in its commitment to strengthen the Agricultural Biotechnology industry on the Island<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Video: Promoting future scientists http:\/\/bit.ly\/CampamentoCEIBA<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Video: Youth that embrace science http:\/\/bit.ly\/CampamentoCEIBA2\u00a0\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\nPonce, Puerto Rico \u2013 Recently, high school students successfully completed the Center for Teaching and Research in Biotechnology and Agrobiotechnology (CEIBA) camp, living unique experiences and learning more about the field of agricultural biotechnology as a professional career.\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\nThe Biotech Summer Camp is an initiative of the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico in which the Puerto Rico Agricultural Biotechnology Association (PRABIA) serves as a collaborator each year.\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\nSol Rosado, President of PRABIA, said that \u201cfor us it is important to reiterate the Association's commitment to arousing interest in the biotechnology sector among young people. The Biotech Summer Camp accomplishes this through a rich curriculum that integrates educational activities, lectures, bioinformatics workshops, and the conduct of a variety of research and practical studies. The main objective is that young people know the scope and impact of this sector and that they see it as a possible academic and\/or professional career\u201d.\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\nThe executive also highlighted that PRABIA takes support for education very seriously to equip innovators and leaders of the future with the skills, talents and diversity to contribute to the creation of a better world. \u201cEvery day, our biologists, agronomists, engineers, and scientists actively participate in different projects that positively impact the communities in which we work, live, and we are passionate about empowering people,\u201d added Rosado.\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\nThe Biotech Summer Camp lasts four weeks and is made up of students from public high school systems in the southern area. It also has the sponsorship of other member companies of PRABIA, whose facilities are visited by camp participants. The Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico established CEIBA in 2011 and today it is a unique research center with a special focus on agrobiotechnology.\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\nAbout PRABIA\r\n\r\nFounded in 1995, the Puerto Rico Agricultural Biotechnology Industry Association, for its acronym in English, PRABIA, is a non-profit organization that brings together agricultural biotechnology companies that operate in Puerto Rico \u2013 AgReliant Genetics, BASF, Bayer, Corteva AgriSciences , Syngenta, Illinois Crop Improvement, and RiceTech. The Association aims to strengthen the Agricultural Biotechnology ecosystem on the Island in light of the challenges of global food production. The operations of the companies that are part of PRABIA promote economic development by generating over 5,000 direct and indirect jobs, promoting education, supporting communities, providing support to the academic community and establishing programs aimed at future scientists and agronomists.\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\nFor more information about PRABIA, access www.prabia.org or the official Facebook page at http:\/\/bit.ly\/2dva988\r\n<p class=\"font_7\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2dva988\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-auto-recognition=\"true\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/2dva988<\/a><\/u><\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-241373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prabiapr.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prabiapr.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prabiapr.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prabiapr.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prabiapr.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241373"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/prabiapr.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":241390,"href":"https:\/\/prabiapr.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241373\/revisions\/241390"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prabiapr.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prabiapr.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prabiapr.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prabiapr.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}