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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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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

PRONAF: National Program to Strengthen Family Agriculture [EN]

The PRONAF aims to promote the sustainable development of rural areas, through actions aimed at implementing the increase in productive capacity, the generation of jobs and the increase in income, aim...

Implementation- Ongoing

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

Beyond Chocolate [EN]

Beyond Chocolate is a partnership for a sustainable Belgian chocolate industry. The initiative's partners work to end deforestation, stimulate the education of future generations, and provide a living...

Implementation- Ongoing

Programa MELYT Mujeres Economía Local y Territorios. Mujeres empoderadas en territorios dinámicos (EN)

The NGO Heifer Ecuador, in alliance with the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, implements the initiative “Agroecological Routes,” which aims to promote direct marketing channels for agroecologica...

Sol Orgánica [EN]

Sol Orgánica, S.A. is a Nicaraguan food processing company that sources, produces, and markets certified organic, all-natural, solar-dried fruit purees and juices and tropical fruits for export to Nor...

Implementation- Ongoing

CCPIP: Chamber of Commerce of the Indigenous Peoples of Peru [EN]

The Chamber of Commerce of Indigenous Peoples of Peru (CCPIP) is the leading national Indigenous organization dedicated to generating economic opportunities in Peru based on its ancestral values ​​of...

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