“The project will help IDES foster the creation and strengthening of these production chains, improve production and promote business partnerships through cooperatives,” said MIF Team Leader Daniel Shepherd.
“To improve producer profitability, cooperatives need access to specialized markets, such as export, fair trade and organic markets based on constant product quality at more demanding standards. They also need business skills training.”
“The idea is to reconcile economic needs with environmental conservation in an ecologically sensitive zone”, added Shepherd. “Given the number of APAs in Brazil, this project could serve as a model with numerous opportunities of replication.”
IDES was created in 1997 to promote sustainable development through projects that solve local problems relating to agroforestry systems, environmental education, rural tourism and ecotourism. Its main focus is to make productive activities environmentally sustainable.
MIF, an autonomous fund administered by the IDB, supports private sector development in Latin America and the Caribbean, focusing on microenterprise and small business.
Inter-American Development Bank
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