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Food Products from the Forests in the Cerrado, Brazil

Grantee Name: Cooperativa Agropecuária dos Produtores Familiares de Niquelândia

Hotspot
Cerrado
Location
Brazil
Amount
$78,950
Dates
Jan 2018 – May 2021
Keywords
Access and Benefit Sharing, Agroforestry, Awareness, Capacity building, Community-based conservation, Gender, Non-timber Forest Products (incl. fuelwood)
Recognize the role of women in the rural dynamics as actors in the construction of the agroecological approach through the dissemination of an agroforestry production system (MAES). Involve the farming families through the revaluation of the productive attributions of men and women, and thus, the strengthening of local social capital while triggering sustainable rural development.
Strategic Direction : 1 Promote the adoption of best practices in agriculture in the priority corridors

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