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Proposals, experiences and ventures in bioeconomy in the coffee chain
By Eproint
The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) will launch the competition Bio-coffee: experiences with bio-businesses in the coffee chain, to recognize entrepreneurs, businesses and organizations developing value proposals, experiences and ventures in bioeconomy in this productive chain.Winners will receive cash prizes for the purchase of inputs and services, scholarships for participating in specialization courses in the area of bioeconomy and the opportunity to be part of a bio-entrepreneurship support network through mentorship programs and the strengthening of skills.
Registration is open until 23 October 2021. The competition is aimed at producers, entrepreneurs, associations, cooperatives and micro, small and medium-sized enterprises related to the coffee chain in El Salvador, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and the Dominican Republic.
The initiative is sponsored by the Instituto del Café de Costa Rica (ICAFE), the Central American Agricultural Council (CAC), the INNOVA AF-IICA project, the consultants BIOMATEC, The Bridge Biofoundry, Fixe Studio Digital, the Bioeconomy Program of the Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina (Bio-FAUBA), the AGROINNOVA-IICA project and the Central American Program for Integrated Coffee Rust Management (PROCAGICA).
In El Salvador, PROCAGICA has benefitted coffee farmers by fostering coffee plantation restoration, crop diversification to bolster food security, strengthening of early warning systems and scientific research to improve the resilience of coffee plants.
Since 2016, PROCAGICA has worked with regional strategic partners and coffee institutions in each country, undertaking actions that complement national and regional efforts to improve preparation, response capacity and the resilience of the most vulnerable populations that depend on coffee farming in Central America.
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