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Brazil – Cooperative Development Program (CDP) in Amazonia
Agriculture represents an essential component of Brazil's economy, amounting to 10 percent of its GDP, 40 percent of exports and 30 percent of employment. A full 40 percent of Brazil's agricultural output is produced by its 1,406 agricultural cooperatives. Member-owned and -operated, cooperatives empower small and medium-sized producers by providing training and other forms of technical assistance while introducing democratic principles through regular one member-one vote elections.
ACDI/VOCA has had a long history in Brazil. Between 1973 and 1985, ACDI/VOCA conducted 30 volunteer assignments which led to the development of other ACDI/VOCA projects. The current Cooperative Development Program (CDP) in Brazil was built on previous Worldwide Farmer-to-Farmer Program activities conducted between 1994 and 1996, during which 33 assignments were carried out. These projects cemented our partnership with the Organization of Brazilian Cooperatives (OCB), which supported ACDI/VOCA’s work by covering the rental costs of our office in Brasilia. Since the inception of ACDI/VOCA’s Brazilian programs, more than 125 ACDI/VOCA volunteers and consultants have offered guidance in nearly every field of agricultural production, as well as numerous consultations in marketing, strategic planning, management and cooperative development.
The current CDP continues to help local producers move toward greater profitability in an atmosphere that promotes sustainable farming and business operations while conserving Brazil's immense and vulnerable natural resource base. ACDI/VOCA's technical assistance has been focused on cooperative management and agricultural processing and marketing, and the deliverables in the majority of the volunteer assignments have been business and marketing plans.
CDP training, commodity and value chain related activities include:
Cooperative/producer association business planning
Cooperative/producer association management evaluation/training
Agro-forestry and reforestation training
Tropical fruit and vegetable processing and marketing
Beekeeping and honey marketing
Aquaculture and associated feed development
Brazil nut post-harvest handling and marketing
Dairy cooperative product development and quality control
Palm heart packaging and export
Feasibility studies on commercial viability of a variety of products
Eco-tourism development and assessment
Fruit juice and fruit pulp quality control and improvement
Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HAACP) training and analysis
Leather handicraft product development and marketing
Non-timber forest product development and marketing
Board member training and strategic plan development
Participants include mayors, chambers of agriculture and commerce, state secretariats of agriculture, development bank staff, agricultural and environmental NGOs and state-level co-op organizations. CDP continues to help local producers move toward greater profitability in an atmosphere that promotes sustainable farming and business operations while conserving Brazil's natural resource base. Cooperatives are an ideal vehicle to deliver additional technical training and financial support to small-scale producers, their families and their respective peripheral entrepreneurial activities.
Agriculture represents an essential component of Brazil's economy, amounting to 10 percent of its GDP, 40 percent of exports and 30 percent of employment. A full 40 percent of Brazil's agricultural output is produced by its 1,406 agricultural cooperatives. Member-owned and -operated, cooperatives empower small and medium-sized producers by providing training and other forms of technical assistance while introducing democratic principles through regular one member-one vote elections.
ACDI/VOCA has had a long history in Brazil. Between 1973 and 1985, ACDI/VOCA conducted 30 volunteer assignments which led to the development of other ACDI/VOCA projects. The current Cooperative Development Program (CDP) in Brazil was built on previous Worldwide Farmer-to-Farmer Program activities conducted between 1994 and 1996, during which 33 assignments were carried out. These projects cemented our partnership with the Organization of Brazilian Cooperatives (OCB), which supported ACDI/VOCA’s work by covering the rental costs of our office in Brasilia. Since the inception of ACDI/VOCA’s Brazilian programs, more than 125 ACDI/VOCA volunteers and consultants have offered guidance in nearly every field of agricultural production, as well as numerous consultations in marketing, strategic planning, management and cooperative development.
The current CDP continues to help local producers move toward greater profitability in an atmosphere that promotes sustainable farming and business operations while conserving Brazil's immense and vulnerable natural resource base. ACDI/VOCA's technical assistance has been focused on cooperative management and agricultural processing and marketing, and the deliverables in the majority of the volunteer assignments have been business and marketing plans.
CDP training, commodity and value chain related activities include:
Cooperative/producer association business planning
Cooperative/producer association management evaluation/training
Agro-forestry and reforestation training
Tropical fruit and vegetable processing and marketing
Beekeeping and honey marketing
Aquaculture and associated feed development
Brazil nut post-harvest handling and marketing
Dairy cooperative product development and quality control
Palm heart packaging and export
Feasibility studies on commercial viability of a variety of products
Eco-tourism development and assessment
Fruit juice and fruit pulp quality control and improvement
Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HAACP) training and analysis
Leather handicraft product development and marketing
Non-timber forest product development and marketing
Board member training and strategic plan development
Participants include mayors, chambers of agriculture and commerce, state secretariats of agriculture, development bank staff, agricultural and environmental NGOs and state-level co-op organizations. CDP continues to help local producers move toward greater profitability in an atmosphere that promotes sustainable farming and business operations while conserving Brazil's natural resource base. Cooperatives are an ideal vehicle to deliver additional technical training and financial support to small-scale producers, their families and their respective peripheral entrepreneurial activities.
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