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Initiatives

Initiatives are interventions that can take the form of laws, guidelines, incentives, among others, which are often reflected in allocations of public and private resources.

Family farming linked to competitive markets. Public food procurement, valuation of origin-related attributes, productive alliances.

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Proyecto Guardianas Mayas de la Abeja Melipona – México (EN)

The project “Mayan Guardians of the Melipona Bee: Empowerment and Sustainable Economic Reactivation” is led by the Fundación Por una Nueva Solución (Educampo) with funding from the Alstom Foundation....

Implementation- Ongoing

Strengthening Innovation, Resilience and Sustainability of Agrifood Systems in North Central Honduras (INNOVASAN)

Investment project aimed at improving the income, food and nutrition security, and climate resilience of poor small-scale rural producer families and vulnerable rural populations in North Central Hond...

Implementation- Ongoing

PAA: Food Acquisition Program in Brazil [EN]

The Food Acquisition Program, PAA, relaunched in 2023 by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, consists of the public purchase of family farming products, without bidding, to be distributed to people i...

Implementation- Ongoing

CREA Project: Road to the Reactivation of Ecuador's Agri-Food Sector

The CREA project: A Road to the Reactivation of Ecuador's Agri-Food Sector, implemented by the international NGO Rikolto, aims to contribute to Ecuador's economic reactivation by generating tools and...

Implementation- Ongoing

Data-Powered Resilient Landscapes

Technical cooperation project that pilots the use of artificial intelligence, remote sensing and data analytics in small-scale coffee farming in Peru. It develops a digital platform that generates yie...

Completed

Rural Advancement [EN]

Avanzar Rural is a project whose main objective is to increase the competitiveness and resilience of small agricultural producers in the mountain and jungle regions of the departments of Amazonas, Ánc...

Implementation- Ongoing

Bambuzonía [EN]

The Bambuzonía project seeks to innovate and promote bamboo through action-research processes for resilient agriculture in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. In all three Latin American countries, the proje...

Completed

PNAE purchases of organic products from family farming [EN]

The National School Feeding Program (PNAE) uses federal resources to fund food services for students enrolled in all stages and modalities of basic education nationwide. This case highlights the speci...

Implementation- Ongoing

Confederación Agrosolidaria Colombia (EN)

Agrosolidaria is a solidarity economic community in the agro-food sector that integrates small producers, processors, distributors, and consumers within a Solidarity Economic Circuit. Agrosolidaria is...

Implementation- Ongoing

Fundación Maquita Cushunchic (MCCH) (EN)

Since 1985, the Maquita Foundation has worked on fair trade and the social and solidarity economy to achieve a more equitable society. It originated from the grassroots ecclesial communities in southe...

Implementation- Ongoing

Corporación Grupo Salinas – El Salinerito (Ecuador) (EN)

La Corporación Grupo Salinas, conocida por su marca campesina comunitaria El Salinerito, lleva cinco décadas en el mercado ecuatoriano ofertando quesos, confites, alimentos congelados, cosmética natur...

Implementation- Ongoing

INDAP: Agricultural Development Institute [EN]

INDAP promotes the economic, social, and technological development of small agricultural producers and farmers, with the aim of contributing to increasing their entrepreneurial, organizational, and co...

Implementation- Ongoing