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Titre  : Consolidating Agroecological Production, Processing and Marketing of Food Products in Caatinga Potiguar in the Municipality of Serra do Mel (Brazil)

Pays : Brésil

Numéro projet : BRA/SGP/OP5/FSP/STAR/14/13

Domaine : Biodiversity

Durée : 11/2014 - 12/2016

Bénéficiaire : Cooperativa dos Beneficiários Artesanais de Castanha de Caju do rio Grande do Norte.

Présentation
Agroecological production, processing of cashew nuts in family units, the marketing of sociobiodiversity products, especially organic cashew nuts in national and international markets. Additionally sensitize communities on the importance of preserving the savanna biome in the region.
The project will include and benefit 101 families from 22 rural communities in the municipality of Serra do Mel in the state of Rio Grande do Norte. The participants will work together towards acheiving a system of agroecological production of cashew nuts through the construction of 4 units of processing and managing production.

Financement
Grant Amount (GEF Small Grants Programme)  : US$ 52,917.23
Co-Finanshing in-Kind : US$ 9,759.89

GEF Small Grants Programme