The brochure summarizes main features and goals of the EU funded CDAIS project, jointly implemented by FAO and AGRINATURA to support the Action Plan of the Tropical Agriculture Platform.
La brochure résume les principales caractéristiques et objectifs du projet CDAIS financé par l'UE, et qui est mis en œuvre conjointement par AGRINATURA et la FAO pour soutenir le Plan d'action de la Plate-forme pour l'agriculture tropicale (TAP).
El folleto resume las principales características y objetivos del proyecto CDAIS, financiado por la UE, y ejecutado conjuntamente por la FAO y AGRINATURA para apoyar el Plan de Acción de la TAP.
These guidelines have been elaborated by the CDAIS project to organize policy consultations at national level. In particular, they can be used by project teams (e.g. project managers, facilitators, policy consultants) for the planning of national policy dialogue events to discuss policy related issues emerged during the local consultations at innovation partnership level and require attention of national policy makers.
These guidelines have been elaborated by the CDAIS project to organize policy consultations at innovation partnership level. They can be used by project teams (e.g. project managers, facilitators, policy consultants) to plan and conduct workshops with representatives of the innovation partnership to discuss policy related issues that hinder the innovation process in a particular partnership.
“The empowerment of our organization was important, to realise our potential to access to finance, markets and to make bean cultivation more productive” expresses Moises Acosta, vice-president of the Honduran Seed Producers Network, “and the bean value chain is now being strengthened and made more sustainable.” He is one of the producers who CDAIS and partners work with in Olancho department, with results that are now being replicated across the country.
“Es importante el empoderamiento de la organización, conocer nuestro potencial para acceder a financiamientos y al mercado y lograr que el cultivo de frijol sea productivo.” expresa Moisés Acosta, vicepresidente de la Red de Productores Artesanales de Semilla de Honduras (Red Pash). “La cadena está siendo fortalecida para su sostenibilidad y relevo generacional”. Él es uno de los productores con los que CDAIS y sus socios trabajan en el departamento de Olancho, Honduras, con resultados que ahora se replican a nivel nacional.
“CDAIS does not give us money, but it opens spaces for cacao producers, associations and industry to work together” says Sergio Segovia, president of the ASOPROCCAN association. Actors in the cocoa chain of Atlántida on the north coast are, thanks to CDAIS, now achieving quality standards and promoting entrepreneurship. This was the vision of this innovation partnership, to focus actions on fulfilling their dream of strengthening their organizations and applying good agricultural practices in cocoa cultivation.
“CDAIS no nos da dinero, pero abre espacios para tener contactos importantes para el desarrollo de los productores de las asociaciones y del rubro”, dice Segovia que también se propone gestionar proyectos para mujeres, un museo de chocolate, una tienda de productos de cacao y cursos de catación para cacao súper fino. Y comoBernarda Moya, una productora de cacao en Balfate, La Ceiba explica, “Las relaciones con CDAIS nos ayuda a ser creativos y beneficiarnos todos.”
This tool helps the design of comprehensive capacity development interventions aimed at strengthening mainly functional capacities. The purpose of this tool is to provide an overview of the different options in terms of capacity development modalities that an innovation partnership can consider while developing the action plan.