There are 463 projects that match your search.
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2005
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24,092.57
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: BRA/05/30 |
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23 families inhabit the Colônia I agrarian reform settlement, created in 1996. Its sustainability has been sought by means of several productive system initiatives proposed by mediators. Most of these initiatives failed due to a lack of collective ( ... )
kills, technical assistance and problems with sales of production, causing families to enter a situation of debt.
Thirteen families currently produce garden vegetables and organic fruit through use of the aspersion system, which has been found unsustainable sue to the lack of water in the Settlement during droughts. Food production by women has been an important source of complementary income,
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2005
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26,234.57
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: BRA/05/06 |
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This project proposes sustainable use of Cerrado fruits, particularly pequi, as not only a form of occupation but also a source of income for the population of the Japonvar municipality, which, due to a lack of economic alternatives, tends to ( ... )
y Cerrado for production of charcoal. This project will enable families to increase their income and re-populate the biome with native fruits, further increasing their
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2005
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26,135.80
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: BRA/05/14 |
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The region of Ribeirão Preto is one of the areas with highest agricultural production in the state of São Paulo and is therefore a municipality with vast degraded areas. Currently, the region has been under heavy threats from sugarcane ( ... )
ltures, which has strong negative impacts on environment, polluting rivers and soil and clearing areas which still have native vegetation standing.
The goal of this project is to tunr the Sepé Tiarajú settlement into a pole of Cerrado preservation by means of plantation of seedlings of several native species in Agroforests and permanent preservation areas of the Settlement, as well as carrying
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2005
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22,119.34
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: BRA/05/12 |
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Due to extensive cattle ranching, babassu groves in Maranhão state are destroyed for creation of pasture, generating conflicts among fmailies living off of these babassu groves and cattle ranchers who own the land and charge for removal of ( ... )
ts. Thus, this project seeks to strengthen the Babassu Palmnut Cracker Association in the Petrolina Village, formed by a group of women in the region , help improve babassu processing, diffuse results of the projects and introduce quantitative and qualitative babassu flesh production in the market, resulting in quality of life, reduced conflicts due to babassu removal and more comprehensive use
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2005
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26,234.57
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: BRA/05/04 |
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Women?s groups will receive support for social organization and sustainable production. Strengthening the role of women in productive activities, organization, and commercialization is sought. This project will consolidate income generation ( ... )
ties aiming at Cerrado
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2005
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3,000.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: BRA/05/07 |
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This project will enable acquisition of a facility in the town of montes Claros, state of Minas Gerais, for installation of offices for the Northern Minsa Gerais Alternative Agriculture Center and a sales point for grande Sertão Cooperative ( ... )
ts, named Grande Sertão Emporium. Expansion of marketing acitivities as well as visibility for the brand are sought. The cooperative is currently inserted in the market, with legal status achieved and consumer awareness. Marketing of its products has taken place mainly for institutional market niches (school lunches, popular restaurants, etc.) snack bars, bakeries and
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2005
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27,000.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: BRA/05/25 |
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Local Cerrado populations will be mapped in the states of Goiás, Tocantins, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul. Discussions about importance of these traditional populations for conservation of the Cerrado biome will be promoted. The ( ... )
t further hopes to demonstrate that the Cerrado has a wide variety of environments, cultures and
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2005
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3,000.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: BRA/05/19 |
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The goal of this project is to implement a widened network of income generation and marketing of products and sub-products of native bees, which will focus on fair trade bringing direct benefits to the small farmers, improving family income, ( ... )
nmental quality and creation of new sources of income. Northeastern Maranhão, in addition to being one of the poorest regions in Brazil, has suffered heavily from large soy and eucalyptus monocultures, which are against project
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2005
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26,086.42
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: BRA/05/34 |
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This project is aimed at implementation of a popular medicinal plant pharmacy for health care and medicinal plant cosmetics manufacturing for the market. This would result in improved health for families and generation of income for agricultural ( ... )
es.
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2005
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33,014.40
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: BRA/05/17 |
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This project is located in Western Goiás, in a region under heavy pressure from agribusiness and expansive cattle ranching. The municipality of Diorama is located in an area of faulty terrain, and therefore still has well-conserved remaining native ( ... )
ion, particularly on slopes and valleys.
The objective is to consolidate production and quality control activities for production of medicinal plants, raw materials deriving from them and phytotherapeuticals, all produced by the family farmers association. Supply of natural medication for the local and regional Unified Health Care System (Sistema Único de Saúde - SUS). 200 thousand people will
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2005
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20,000.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: BRA/05/37 |
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This project is a complementary part of the BRA/03/12 project, which supported assessment of lessons learned by the projects supported by the programme by means of grants for graduate students with relevant projects. Dissemination of results and ( ... )
ations are also planned.
Studies supported by the project generate invaluable reports about the Small Grants Programme can bridge the gaps among projects supported throughout the program?s existence, in addition to promoting and strengthening involvement between researchers and
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2005
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26,213.99
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: BRA/05/09 |
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Production and marketing of Cerrado native fruit pulps involving small farmers from agrarian reform settlements. |
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2005
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22,559.22
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: BRA/05/16 |
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This project seeks to assist babassu palmnut crackers in the state of Maranhão to maximize their returns from each plamnut. Packaginf will be made, labels and logos for babassu sub-products, standardizing production of derivatives using rural ( ... )
s labor, as well as qualifying the crackers? work, improving family income and increasing local
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2005
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3,000.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: BRA/05/05 |
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reformulation of the proposal presented by the Agrarian Reform Labor Cooperative of the Federal District and Surroundings (Cooperativa de Trabalho da Reforma Agrária do Distrito Federal e Entorno ? COOTRADFE) is the goal of this planning grant for ( ... )
oject which seeks to foster sustainable development in agrarian reform settlements in the Cerrado, taking into consideration the role of women, men and youth in economic
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2005
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25,720.16
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: BRA/05/22 |
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This project was developed to offer support to the preparations for the Global Workshop on Commercialization of Eco-Social Agroextrctivist Production, to be organized by both the Ministry of Agrarian Development (MDA) and the Global Environment ( ... )
ty (GEF). The goal is to enable the construction and experimentation of a methodology to be used in the Global Workshop at a national stage.
SGP Brazil specializes in projects favoring sustainable use of biodiversity. 116 of the 156 projects supported up to 2004 concern production, sustainable use and commercialization of agricultural and wild collection products based on biodiversity. All of
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2005
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15,432.10
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: BRA/05/26 |
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Recovery of the Pequi River (São Francisco river tributary) sub-basin in a region with serious environmental problems is sought by this project, which will work directly with four communities. Small dams will be built, and environmental education ( ... )
ties will be
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2005
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40,435.15
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: BRA/05/23 |
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This project seeks to support marketing of products from organizations supported by SGP Brazil, given the many difficulties faced by them in meeting legal and market demands due to a lack of guidance and low level of commercial professionalism. To ( ... )
nd, a facility will be established in Brasília for fair trade sales and distribution of goods and service sourcing, focusing on Cerrado products. It is hoped that this project will bring improvements to the capacity of community organizations to market their products and greater involvement of society in ethical and environmentally sustainable consumption and fair
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2005
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43,966.24
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: BRA/05/10 |
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The Jequitinhonha Valley is one of the poorest regions in Brazil, with lowest Human Development Indices in the state of Minas Gerais. The region is afflicted by a lack of water and degradation of natural landscapes. This consolidation project seeks ( ... )
ablish a pilot plan for sustainable management of water resources in two communities of Upper Jequitinhonha. Another goal is promotion of better water resource management in the region by means of construction of small dams and terraces for containment of erosion, fencing in spring, environmental education activities and distribution of educational
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2005
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25,720.16
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: BRA/05/29 |
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this project has as its focus rural settlements in the entire Cerrado region, a global hotspot in which several agrarian reform settlements can be found, most of which are currently threatened by expanding agribusiness. An assessment of experiences ( ... )
al settlements and family farming will be carried out in order to construct an empirical framework of preservation and adequate soil use. Specific project objectives include the following: mapping experiences in settlements; build a coordination, to publish systematic information about these successful experiences and build conscience and awareness in farmers regarding a transition from the
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2004
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14,714.16
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/03/11 |
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Native beekeeping is the main objective of this project. To ensure success, fruit trees will be planted, environmental educaiton will be carried out and degraded areas will be recovered, whihc will all contribute as well to an increase in the ( ... )
ersity of fauna and flora in the Bico do Papagaio region. The environmental education will take place in the form of a continuous project, covering 3 agrarian reform settlements. The family income for the participants will improve and native species of bees will be
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