Public Sector
Ministerio de Ganadería, Agricultura y Pesca,MGAP - Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries
Dirección General de la Granja (DIGEGRA)
Ministry projects with multilateral funding:
Proyecto Uruguay Rural
Programa Ganadero (BID) Livestock Program
Proyecto Producción Responsable (BM)
Non-governmental, public institutions
Instituto Plan Agropecuario (IPA)
Universidad de la República
Facultad de Veterinaria, FVet
Facultad de Agronomia, FAgro
Farmer Based Organizations
Federación Uruguaya de Grupos FUCREA
Secretariado Uruguayo de la Lana SUL - Uruguayan Wool Secretariat
Related Resources
IICA Annual Report 2009 (in Spanish): The Role of the Agricultural Sector
Cayota, Santiago (2004): Uruguay: Reform of Public Sector Agricultural Extension see pages 28-31 in: Rivera, William and Alex, Gary (editors) (2004): Extension Reform for Rural Development. Agriculture and Rural Development Discussion Paper 12. Extension Reform for Rural Development. Volume 5. The World Bank, Agricultural and Rural Development, Washington, D.C.
List of Extension Providers
The following list shows an excerpt from the GFRAS Directory of Extension Providers for Uruguay. Some of these entries may be specially marked for having more detailed information in the database of the Worldwide Extension Study WWES.