Production, Certification and Commercialization of Natural Resources of the Cerrado of the Mateiros Region, Tocantins
Case Study C0248
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| Date | 2004 |
| Agency | Associacion Comunitária Evangélica dos Artesăos dos Pequenos e Médios Agricultores e Pecuaristas de Mateiros (MATEIROS) |
| Donor/support agency | GEF SGP |
| Project type | Implemented by agency |
| Context(s) | Productive landscape |
| Geographic coverage | Brazil |
| Locality | Mateiros region, state of Tocantins |
| Biodiversity focus | Ecosystem/landscape |
| Development focus | Local communities |
| Conservation goals | Decrease the pressure on the natural resources in the Mateiros region |
| Poverty reduction goals | Generate income for local producers and craftsmen/women living in the Mateiros region |
Summary
The goal of this project is to generate income for local producers and craftsmen/women living in the Mateiros region of the state of Tocantins, while at the same time reducing the pressure on the natural resources in the area. In order to achieve its objectives, the project plans to help three craftsmen/women and rural producers’ associations (Mateiros Craftsmen/women and Rural Producers’ Association, Fazenda Nova Producers’ Hope Association, Mumbuca Capim Dourado Association) produce, certify and commercialize Cerrado plant species. More specifically, the project aims to improve native species to add value to the products, certify the handcrafts produced by the Mumbuca Village Capim Dourado Association, and, finally, commercialize Cerrado products. Training and qualification workshops will be held, and solar dehydrators will be built in the scope of this project.
Conservation impact
The project has been contributing positively toward conservation of Cerrado biodiversity, with generation of feasible alternatives to the traditional farming.
Poverty reduction impact
In the Mateiros Craftsmen/women and Rural Producers’ Association: the first block of the association headquarters was built, with space for a handcrafts store, a kitchen and two bathrooms; the store was inaugurated; meetings and workshops were held to qualify the craftswomen for stock and sales control. In the Fazenda Nova Producers’ Hope Association: Jatobá was collected, and 90 kilograms of flour was produced; the flour was sold and used in experimental baked goods such as cakes and bread; Pequi oil was extracted and sold. In the Mumbuca Capim Dourado Association: nine meetings were held to discuss regulations for capim dourado and to start the process of exporting the handcrafts; a cost evaluation workshop for exports was held. The activities in the three associations had organizational strengthening as the main objective. Commercialization was not yet achieved, but under way.
Strategy for Conservation/Poverty Linkages
Facilitating access to markets
Local conservation enterprise opportunities
Reference 1
http://sgp.undp.org/index.cfm?Module=Projects&Page=ShowProject&ProjectID=6151
Related records above this one:
- Global Environment Facility (GEF) (Organisation O0026)