Colombia PUEDE: Peace and unity through productive development and commercialization
Overview
Summary
Colombia PUEDE is working to improve income earning opportunities of 2,000 smallholder farmers and their families in post-conflict areas of Colombia by increasing their productivity, improving the quality of their produce, and strengthening their market competitiveness.
Colombia PUEDE works with small producers of coconuts, cocoa, and Tahiti lime in four post-conflict municipalities of the Department of Nariño, in the south of Colombia: El Rosario, Leiva, Policarpa, and Tumaco.
We aim to help these farmers through:
- Increasing their access to technical assistance and infrastructure.
- Strengthening the capacities and skills of producers
- Enhancing the market knowledge of small producers
- Identifying market opportunities and value chain alliances.
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ITC Trust Fund Window 1 - BDF (Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland)
ITC Trust Fund Window 1 (Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Iceland, India, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland)
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Through Colombia PUEDE, ITC is working to improve the income earning opportunities of 2,000 smallholder farmers and their families in post-conflict areas of Colombia by increasing their productivity, improving the quality of their produce, and connecting them with markets.
Colombia PUEDE works with small producers of coconuts, cocoa and Tahiti lime in four post-conflict municipalities in the Department of Nariño, in the south of Colombia: El Rosario, Leiva, Policarpa, and Tumaco.
We aim to help these farmers through:
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Increasing their access to technical assistance and infrastructure
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Strengthening the capacities and skills of producers
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Enhancing the market knowledge of small producers
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Identifying and taking advantage of market opportunities and value chain alliances.
The International Trade Centre’s Colombia PUEDE project, supported by the European Union Trust Fund for Colombia, is helping farmers and their families in post-conflict areas reach their dreams of a better life by improving their trade and income opportunities.
Among the multiple effects of Colombia’s decades of armed conflict is the destruction of livelihoods and, consequently, significant levels of rural poverty in today’s post-conflict regions.
We are transforming these communities by providing management, production and harvesting knowledge, and linking farmers in the areas that were most affected by armed conflict to new business opportunities.
Improvements in coconut, lime, and cacao production are now empowering smallholder farmers, including women and young people, to increase sales.
As these areas represent 90% of the country and 30% of the population, transforming the rural economy is key to promoting reconciliation, peace, and development in Colombia.
