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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

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

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

Improvement of family farming through strengthened agricultural and livestock production capacities with a gender approa...

Public investment project aimed at improving family farming through strengthened agricultural and livestock production capacities with a gender approach. The intervention directly supports 2,500 agri...

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

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

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...

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

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