El presente estudio hizo una investigación de mercado para la empresa de biomasa forestal: Biomass Costa Rica International con el propósito de identificar la demanda potencial y efectiva de energia limpia en compañías, centros turísticos de hospedaje, agro-industrias, industrias en general y/o en organizaciones demandantes de un alto consumo de energía; ofertando biomasa forestal como un servicio limpio, sostenible, que les permita reducir su huella de carbono, así como ahorrar dinero dentro sus actividades de producción/consumo.
Esta tesis fue elaborada en Brasil para la empresa Fazenda da Toca con la finalidad de sistematizar la experiencia de esta empresa como parte de dos cadenas productivas orgánicas (pulpas y huevos) en el Estado de São Paulo. Se hizo una investigación descriptiva por medio de información secundaria, así como la participación de los distintos actores que están involucrados en el negocio.
La presente tesis consistió en la generación de un modelo de negocios, el cual funciona a través de una plataforma bilateral entre productores y proveedores de insumos agrícolas.
El presente trabajo se propuso elaborar participativamente una propuesta de estrategia trinacional para la incidencia política en el sector agropecuario a partir del enfoque de Agricultura Climaticamente Inteligente. Para lograr lo anterior, se realizó un análisis de los actores territoriales vinculados con el sector agropecuario con el propósito de visualizar las oportunidades y potencialidades para emprender un proceso de incidencia política en el territorio, a partir de la construcción participativa de una propuesta de estrategia.
Este documento en el contexto del Programa Regional de Investigación e Innovación por Cadenas de Valor Agrícola (PRIICA), tiene como objetivo el desarrollo de acciones para incrementar la disponibilidad de los alimentos y el acceso a ellos y a generar bienes públicos internacionales, mediante la investigación agrícola en los productos-cadena: papa, yuca, tomate y aguacate en Centroamérica y Panamá.
Global agriculture will face multiple challenges over the coming decades. It must produce more food to feed an increasingly affluent and growing world population that will demand a more diverse diet, contribute to overall development and poverty alleviation in many developing countries, confront increased competition for alternative uses of finite land and water resources, adapt to climate change, and contribute to preserving biodiversity and restoring fragile ecosystems.
The Development Marketplace 2009 focused on adaptation to climate change. This paper identifies lessons from the Marketplace and assesses their implications for adaptation support. The findings are based on: statistical tabulation of all proposals; in-depth qualitative and quantitative analysis of the 346 semi-finalists; and interviews with finalists and assessors. Proposals were fuelled by deep concerns that ongoing climate change and its impacts undermine development and exacerbate poverty, migration and food insecurity.
The objective of this report is to identify and evaluate best practices in smallholder private irrigation in West Africa. The report is based on a comparative assessment of the smallholder private irrigation subsector in Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, and Nigeria, which included a literature review, field visits, and workshops at both national and regional levels. The task lists for the assessment is provided in annex one. This report first presents the main features of smallholder irrigation and the development projects that have promoted its use in West Africa in chapter two.
Over the past 25 years, Uganda has experienced sustained economic growth, supported by a prudent macroeconomic framework and propelled by consistent policy reforms. Annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth averaged 7.4 percent in the 2000s, compared with 6.5 in the 1990s. Economic growth has enabled substantial poverty reduction, with the proportion of people living in poverty more than halving from 56 percent in the 1992 to 23.3 percent in 2009. However, welfare improvements have not been shared equally; there is increasing urban rural inequality and inequality between regions.
This report highlights the great potential of the agribusiness sector in Africa by drawing on experience in Africa as well as other regions. The evidence demonstrates that good policies, a conducive business environment, and strategic support from governments can help agribusiness reach its potential. Africa is now at a crossroads, from which it can take concrete steps to realize its potential or continue to lose competitiveness, missing a major opportunity for increased growth, employment, and food security. The report pursues several lines of analysis.