Introduction of Precision Agriculture among Smallholder Producers of Organic and Fair-trade Bananas
Project summary
| Project: | Introduction of Precision Agriculture among Smallholder Producers of Organic and Fair-trade Bananas |
| Client(s): |
Joint Venture “OKEGUABO”, shareholders: Producer association “Asociación de Pequeños Productores Bananeros “El Guabo” (ASOGUABO)” and Agrofair Europe B.V. |
| Impact beneficiaries: |
Ecuador |
| Product: |
Bananas |
| Organisational model production: | 350 producers organized in 14 producer groups, united in the ASOGUABO association: export and service platform; communal farm of 60 ha organized in a cooperative; OKEGUABO as investment platform |
| Intervention area: |
Ecuador |
| Project Period: |
July 2008 – December 2012 |
| Total budget: | EUR 1,498,345.- |
| Type of funding: |
Subsidy (50% hardware and technical assistance) on co-investment scheme |
| Origin of funding: |
Agrofair Europe B.V. / EVD – PSOM |
| Name of partner(s): |
Agrofair Europe B.V. |
| Role Taste: |
Project concept and co-formulation of the project document; support; project management (together with Advance Consulting) |
Project description
This PSOM project has 5 components or Results:
- Result 1: Business foundation, establishment of the joint venture “OKEGUABO” with Agrofair Europe B.V.
- Result 2: Communal farm of 60 ha with all installations and s system of precision agriculture in place for harvest programming.
- Result 3: Establishment of an integrated quality management and information system of the hundreds of farms of small producers; installation of cold stores; installation of 3 weather stations.
- Result 4: Establishment of a system for terrestial Sigatoka control in several units, and of a recycling unit of used plastic.
- Result 5: Certification of the communal farm, compliance with productivity goals, renewed website; updated business plan.
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