List of Colombian Organisations Looking for Partners in the UK for the Innovate UK Agri-Tech Colombia Call for More Information
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1 List of Colombian organisations looking for partners in the UK for the Innovate UK Agri-tech Colombia Call For more information about the call scope and dates: https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/133/overview CIAT produced this database based on information supplied by the organizations listed here and the purpose of such database is informative only so you can identify a suitable partner to work with. CIAT is not recommending any institution within this list to partner up with. Therefore, CIAT will not be responsible/liable for the background, execution and/or result of the work with the partner of your choosing. If you identified a suitable partner to work with, and requiere more information please contact Maria Camila Gómez at CIAT ([email protected]). Areas of focus Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For Type of Organization Website Area (s) of of the Organization name Brief description of the organization example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking organization size organization interest organization for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.) /project Afrowilches Ethnic Large Afrowilches The organization has been working for the Crops Rural We are looking for a partner to increase the cultivation of plantain and cassava to obtain corporation rights of the Afro-Colombian ethnic development an added value of 100 banana counts and 100 cassava in the manufacture of arinas communities and everything contemplated and packaged products such as fried potatoes, fried plantains and packaged bread. in Law 70/93 and ILO Convention 169/89, as well as the economic, social, ethno- cultural, political, educational and environmental rights that entail to a better live Afrowilches Afro ethnic Medium Afrowilches It is an organization that is working for the Aquaculture Rural We have 17 locations to produce cachamas, bocachico, catfish, native species to trade organization welfare of its corporates based on the law development and to maintain the native species 70/93 and 169/89 agreement of the ILO Afrowilches Afro-descendant Medium Afrowilches Based on defending and promoting law Renovation Environmental We live in an area rich in aquiferous complexes bathed by 3 magdalena rivers, ethnic group 70/93 and ILO Convention 169/89 in favor Impact and / or sogamoso and lebrija 1/2 besides cools and representative cienegas such as of the corporations and Afros of the Deforestation campoduro whose symbol the manatee in route of extinction and many faunas such as country mycter colorado, marmoset, leopards, ñeques , Chibuiros etc threatened by the degradation of wood and contamination of oil by leaks of their grounds Agencia Internacional NGO Micro www.aiamgro.co AIMAGRO is an international company Crops, Pest and The team that makes up the International Agricultural Marketing Agency Foundation, de Marketing m dedicated to the implementation and Livestock, Disease AIMAGRO, is a group of professionals with experience in the agricultural sector in Latin Agropecuario / development of strategic projects directed Aquaculture Management, America who, in addition to a very profound friendship of more than two decades, AIMAGRO towards the countryside. We work Rural cultivate a great passion for the work in the field. As a result of our experiences in primarily on issues where the conservation Development, several countries of the region, we have offered and suggested solutions to many of the of biodiversity; for food, agriculture, and ICT in problems that affect productivity in the tropics; in that regard mistakes and successes the promotion of its use in support of food Agriculture, were made that allow us today to have a clear and objective horizon of what can and security and sustainable development in Value Chains, should be done to improve productivity in agriculture; generate wealth; implement new the world, for current and future Environmental technologies and promote development in the field; reduce levels of poverty and hunger generations, is of the utmost importance. Impact and / or and malnutrition within our communities. For this, we generate strategic programs and In agricultural projects where we Deforestation, projects directed to the countryside that are environmentally friendly, ecologically viable, Production, with a great sense of social responsibility and a marked orientation of marketing, all designed to minimize the variables that negatively affect the agricultural producer in the participate around the world, we always Plant and / or process of production, training, and support - including the entire logistics process to call on recognized agricultural consultants Animal efficiently carry his products and the fruits of his labor to the final consumer. to facilitate and make viable the Improvement, What is this program about? A novel program created by the Aimagro Foundation, implementation of modern agricultural or Seed Producers, International Agricultural Marketing Agency, as a valuable tool for the post-conflict era, livestock technologies, to improve and / or after the signing of a peace agreement between the guerrilla group FARC, productivity, reduce hunger, poverty and Fertilizers Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, and the Colombian government. The most importantly improve human nutrition. Operation Milagro program integrates agro-industrial projects aimed at training peasants, reinserting parties and other victims of the armed conflict, cultural ethnic We contribute to the economic, social and groups, indigenous communities, those displaced by violence, orphans, the disabled, cultural development of rural communities, women heads of household, ex-military, etc., with the express intention of prioritizing implement comprehensive training development in socially depressed areas and/or those directly affected by the armed processes for the agricultural worker, Page 1 conflict suffered throughout the Colombian countryside for more than 50 years. thereby encouraging sustainable productivity of the land and promoting The problem All these years of armed conflict leave in many regions of Colombian social and economic development. agriculture, thousands of displaced families, little social investment by the state, poor infrastructure, poor public services and absence of training centers. Many peasants and victims of the conflict in general refuse to, or are resistant to the idea of returning to the field due to lack of economic resources, disorientation on what to produce, little knowledge, zero machinery and supplies, etc. that allow them to visualize a promising future for their family in the short term. The constant prevalent in the Colombian countryside as shown in the recent national agricultural census and whose results were presented by the national government in March of 2015 is that of the lack of education, minimal assistance and technical advice and very low levels of capitalization and/or investment. The solutions Colombia is facing a historic moment and a unique opportunity to undertake modern agro-industrial projects. The priority of social investment is determined in the peace agreements, and it is towards those same regions that AIMAGRO directs the international aid received for the Operation Milagro Program. Our proposal is that of creating Agricultural Training 2 Agencia Internacional NGO Micro www.aiamgro.co AIMAGRO is an international company Crops, Pest and The team that makes up the International Agricultural Marketing Agency Foundation, de Marketing m dedicated to the implementation and Livestock, Disease AIMAGRO, is a group of professionals with experience in the agricultural sector in Latin Agropecuario / development of strategic projects directed Aquaculture Management, America who, in addition to a very profound friendship of more than two decades, AIMAGRO towards the countryside. We work Rural cultivate a great passion for the work in the field. As a result of our experiences in primarily on issues where the conservation Development, several countries of the region, we have offered and suggested solutions to many of the of biodiversity; for food, agriculture, and ICT in problems that affect productivity in the tropics; in that regard mistakes and successes the promotion of its use in support of food Agriculture, were made that allow us today to have a clear and objective horizon of what can and security and sustainable development in Value Chains, should be done to improve productivity in agriculture; generate wealth; implement new the world, for current and future AreasEnvironmental of focus technologies and promote development in the field; reduce levels of poverty and hunger Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For Type of Organization Website generations, is of the utmost importance. Area (s) of ofImpact the and / or and malnutrition within our communities. For this, we generate strategic programs and Organization name Brief description of the organization example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking organization size organization In agricultural projects where we interest organizationDeforestation, projects directed to the countryside that are environmentally friendly, ecologically viable, for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.) /projectProduction, with a great sense of social responsibility and a marked orientation of marketing, all designed to minimize the variables that negatively affect the agricultural