Conducting workshops for 30 farmers on management, production, marketing and markets, management of a processing unit of fruits and conservation of the native biome Caatinga.
Dissemination of results by means of meetings in all communities in the region, in addition to communication and exchange activities with external beneficiaries will contribute to this project component.
Inovative Financial Mechanisms
Management techniques will be proposed based on data acquired by the studies, which will hopefully ultimately become public policy. Support for the project involves environmental agencies at the state and federal level.
Notable Community Participation
The community will benefit directly the Serra dos Paus Dóias community with 30 families participating in the project, so that the radius of conservation and sustainable use of native fruits and recovery of degraded areas in this part of the Chapada Araripe-Exu-PE, can be increased.
Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods
The generation of employment and income for members of families is hoped to be met with the completion of the processing unit, recovery of degraded areas, increase of local agricultural biodiversity based on the principles of agroecology, insertion of sociobiodiversity products in different markets and capacity for self-management. Community involvement in these activities is the goal to improve quality of life and the degree of satisfaction and happiness necessary for coexistence with the semiarid region.
Project Results
- The project achieved its general objective, as it inaugurated the agroindustry, invested in training people to manage the initiative and increased the capacity of the Association for production, market access and environmental conservation.
-The Association is involved in diverse political and productive articulations, such as participation in public councils, councils of other entities, participatory certification organizations, congresses, popular movements, political meetings and demonstrations.
-The community received a number of exchanges during the project, as well as participated in various exchanges to visit other initiatives.
- The Association is investing heavily in training young people as well as children, as a conscious way to promote succession to the work being done in the community. It has achieved a good result in avoiding the exit of the young people.
- According to the reports, the project made it possible to reach new partnerships and new investments, such as Embrapa, Diaconia, Cresol, BNDES, universities, Ecoararipe and Caatinga. New projects are in the funding phase.
- Through its own research and partnerships, the Association is always developing new products based on local biodiversity. 51 species of economic value have already been identified in the community, in addition to 68 varieties of creole seeds.
- In addition to the complete agroindustry of sweets and baked goods, they have machinery for extraction of essential oils by steam drag and by cold press. Currently 17 products are being marketed. They are now investing in the development of cosmetics.
- Participated in the project 2 communities directly and 10 communities indirectly
- In total 56 families were involved in the project, composed of 48 women, 34 young people and 9 elderly people.
- A total of 106 people were trained during the project.
- The total area under the project's influence is 382.6 ha, comprising 138 ha under Conservation of Legal Reserve, 121 ha under sustainable use / extractive production, 76.6 ha in recovery, 27 ha in agroecological production regime, 15 ha management of the Caatinga and 5 ha of agroforestry.
- The income generated from productive activities revolves around R $ 2,000 / family / year.
- In 2017 Agrodóia won the 2nd place in the Gerog MarcGrave Award for Biodiversity and Socio-Environmental Development of the Brazil-Germany Cultural Center.
- The Association also won the Family Agriculture Seal granted by MDA.
Agrodóia participated in the elaboration of the municipal law to create the SIM (Municipal Inspection Service), thus influencing public policies that will benefit other producers in the municipality.
- Finally, the coordination of the project reports that the PPP-ECOS was a differential in the life of the community, as it contributed to the personal and institutional formation of the Association, broadening the vision of the world and the capacities to lead its development.
