Pojeto de produção agroecológico e fortalecimento da Associação do assentamento Barra do Rio
The project aims to encourage youth and the community in general to develop family farming with sustainable practices on the banks of the Parafuso River, with the use of clean energy and the strengthening of community social organization, directly benefiting 23 families in the Barra do Settlement. Rio, through the construction of the association?s headquarters; construction of a space next to the association's headquarters to store equipment and carry out collective activities in the settlement; Implement a solar energy generation system with capacity to generate 800kW/month; carry out replanting of vegetation in deforested areas around the river, where a seedling nursery will be built for the association to produce seedlings to plant native vegetation; Implementation of tanks for fish production throughout the year; Implementation of a collective apiary, which will be located in an area close to the river where there is a more abundant flowering and the management will be carried out by the group of beekeepers. The project also foresees the provision of training that will be carried out through workshops, courses and exchanges.
Project Snapshot
Grantee:
Associação dos Produtores Rurais das Comunidades Milton Brandão e São Gonçalo
Country:
Brazil
Area Of Work:
Biodiversity
Grant Amount:
US$ 23,413.00
Co-Financing Cash:
Co-Financing in-Kind:
Project Number:
BRA/SGP/OP7/Y3/STAR/BD/2023/35/20
Status:
Currently under execution
Project Characteristics and Results
Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods
1. Replant vegetation in deforested areas around the Parafuso River ? A seedling nursery will be built for the association to produce seedlings to plant native vegetation. The nursery will be installed collectively using material found in the community itself and will have 70% transparency and will be 3X5m in size;
2. Establish a collective apiary ? The apiary will be established in an area close to the river where there is the most abundant flowering. The management will be carried out by the group of beekeepers. The acquisition of 25 langstroth hives with project resources. Site preparation and management will all be carried out collectively.
3. Implementation of tanks for fish production throughout the year ? The tanks will be of the compacted clay type, considering that the settlement has clayey soil with low infiltration, during the rainy season they will be supplied with rainwater and in the dry season they will be supplied with replacement with river water pumped by solar energy. In the tank area, a community garden will be set up to use fish water, which will undergo a filtration treatment process before releasing it to the plants. This filtering already exists in the region in systems developed by EMBRAPA.
4. Capacity building ? Training will be carried out through workshops, courses and exchanges. All training will be carried out by people with experience in each topic and aimed at all beneficiaries.
5. Parafuso River Water Week ? This event will be held in March during National Water Week. Lectures, workshops and cultural entertainment will be held, valuing regional culture.
6. Establishment of space next to the association's headquarters to store equipment and carry out collective activities in the settlement ? This space will be built with material purchased in commerce and in return from the community.
7. Construction of the association's headquarters - The construction will be subsidized by the project, the construction material and labor of the helpers will be a counterpart;
8. Search for a market for the settlement?s family farming products ? Meetings will be held with other organizations and public authorities to seek to include family farming products in school meals.
9. Implement a solar energy generation system with capacity to generate 800kW/month ? the implementation of the solar energy system will be carried out through a specialized company and contracted at the lowest price quote. The installation will be installed on the roof of the existing flour mill in the settlement. It will be the first implementation activity of the project.
Capacity - Building Component
? Holding a homemade feed production workshop. For all beneficiaries, with an advisor from Ecoescola Thomas a Kempis. Therefore, at Ecoescola the practice of using feed produced with different nutrients, such as: forage plants, corn, hay and other ingredients.
? Conducting a capacity building on managing free-range chicken farming. The course's direct audience is settled women, but anyone can participate. The course will be taught by an Agricultural Technician, teacher at Ecoescola Thomas a Kempis.
? Holding a workshop on seedling production and planting in the field. Involvement of all settled people, especially youth, to create sensitivity towards the environment and especially the preservation of the banks of the Parafuso River, which is 500m from the Barra do Rio Settlement.
? Holding a workshop on beekeeping. The course is aimed at all beekeepers in the Settlement and nearby region, considering that the creation of bees enables the production
of various products that generate income for families, through the sale of honey, pollen, propolis, jelly, wax, the sale of swarms and queens. The course will be taught by a beekeeper with experience and practice in keeping bees in the region close to the Settlement.
? Holding a workshop on fish farming in a clay tank. For all settlers, with the aim of learning about and developing fish farming in tanks, in a sustainable way. Using water fertilized by fish to water a community garden, expanding and diversifying the products to be sold and which generate income for families. The advice will be provided by a farmer who uses the system on his property.
? Promote a cashew production workshop and cashew derivatives for everyone in the settlement. The workshop is intended for everyone in the settlement. The processing of cashew through the production of cajuína will allow the use of the cashew fruit that is abundant in the region and diversifies family farming production. Technician consultancy in Agroindustry.
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