1
Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Afrowilches Ethnic
corporation
Large Afrowilches The organization has been working for the
rights of the Afro-Colombian ethnic
communities and everything
contemplated 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
Crops Rural development We are looking for a partner to increase the cultivation of plantain and cassava to
obtain an added value of 100 banana counts and 100 cassava in the manufacture of
arinas and packaged products such as fried potatoes, fried plantains and packaged
bread.
Afrowilches Afro ethnic
organization
Medium Afrowilches It is an organization that is working for the
welfare of its corporates based on the law
70/93 and 169/89 agreement of the ILO
Aquaculture Rural development We have 17 locations to produce cachamas, bocachico, catfish, native species to trade
and to maintain the native species
Afrowilches Afro-
descendant
ethnic group
Medium Afrowilches Based on defending and promoting law
70/93 and ILO Convention 169/89 in favor
of the corporations and Afros of the
country
Renovation Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
We live in an area rich in aquiferous complexes bathed by 3 magdalena rivers,
sogamoso and lebrija 1/2 besides cools and representative cienegas such as
campoduro whose symbol the manatee in route of extinction and many faunas such as
mycter colorado, marmoset, leopards, ñeques , Chibuiros etc threatened by the
degradation of wood and contamination of oil by leaks of their grounds
Crops,
Livestock,
Aquaculture
Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value Chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production,
Plant and / or
Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
The team that makes up the International Agricultural Marketing Agency Foundation,
AIMAGRO, is a group of professionals with experience in the agricultural sector in Latin
America who, in addition to a very profound friendship of more than two decades,
cultivate a great passion for the work in the field. As a result of our experiences in
several countries of the region, we have offered and suggested solutions to many of
the problems that affect productivity in the tropics; in that regard mistakes and
successes were made that allow us today to have a clear and objective horizon of what
can and should be done to improve productivity in agriculture; generate wealth;
implement new technologies and promote development in the field; reduce levels of
poverty and hunger and malnutrition within our communities. For this, we generate
strategic programs and projects directed to the countryside that are environmentally
friendly, ecologically viable, 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
process of production, training, and support - including the entire logistics process to
efficiently carry his products and the fruits of his labor to the final consumer.
What is this program about? A novel program created by the Aimagro Foundation,
International Agricultural Marketing Agency, as a valuable tool for the post-conflict era,
after the signing of a peace agreement between the guerrilla group FARC,
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, and the Colombian government. The
Operation Milagro program integrates agro-industrial projects aimed at training
peasants, reinserting parties and other victims of the armed conflict, cultural ethnic
groups, indigenous communities, those displaced by violence, orphans, the disabled,
women heads of household, ex-military, etc., with the express intention of prioritizing
development in socially depressed areas and/or those directly affected by the armed
conflict suffered throughout the Colombian countryside for more than 50 years.
The problem All these years of armed conflict leave in many regions of Colombian
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
Agencia Internacional
de Marketing
Agropecuario /
AIMAGRO
ONG Micro www.aiamgro.co
m
AIMAGRO is an international company
dedicated to the implementation and
development of strategic projects directed
towards the countryside. We work
primarily on issues where the
conservation of biodiversity; for food,
agriculture, and the promotion of its use in
support of food security and sustainable
development in the world, for current and
future generations, is of the utmost
importance. In agricultural projects where
we
participate around the world, we always
call on recognized agricultural consultants
to facilitate and make viable the
implementation of modern agricultural or
livestock technologies, to improve
productivity, reduce hunger, poverty and
most importantly improve human nutrition.
We contribute to the economic, social and
cultural development of rural
communities, implement comprehensive
training processes for the agricultural
worker, thereby encouraging sustainable
productivity of the land and promoting
social and economic development.
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]).
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Value chains Ideas of Productive Projects and their respective marketing.
Crops,
Livestock,
Aquaculture
Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value Chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production,
Plant and / or
Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
The team that makes up the International Agricultural Marketing Agency Foundation,
AIMAGRO, is a group of professionals with experience in the agricultural sector in Latin
America who, in addition to a very profound friendship of more than two decades,
cultivate a great passion for the work in the field. As a result of our experiences in
several countries of the region, we have offered and suggested solutions to many of
the problems that affect productivity in the tropics; in that regard mistakes and
successes were made that allow us today to have a clear and objective horizon of what
can and should be done to improve productivity in agriculture; generate wealth;
implement new technologies and promote development in the field; reduce levels of
poverty and hunger and malnutrition within our communities. For this, we generate
strategic programs and projects directed to the countryside that are environmentally
friendly, ecologically viable, 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
process of production, training, and support - including the entire logistics process to
efficiently carry his products and the fruits of his labor to the final consumer.
What is this program about? A novel program created by the Aimagro Foundation,
International Agricultural Marketing Agency, as a valuable tool for the post-conflict era,
after the signing of a peace agreement between the guerrilla group FARC,
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, and the Colombian government. The
Operation Milagro program integrates agro-industrial projects aimed at training
peasants, reinserting parties and other victims of the armed conflict, cultural ethnic
groups, indigenous communities, those displaced by violence, orphans, the disabled,
women heads of household, ex-military, etc., with the express intention of prioritizing
development in socially depressed areas and/or those directly affected by the armed
conflict suffered throughout the Colombian countryside for more than 50 years.
The problem All these years of armed conflict leave in many regions of Colombian
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
Agencia para el
Desarrollo del
Pacifico Sur
Nonprofit
organization
that promotes
the integral
development of
organizations in
the region, is
an entity that
articulates the
institutions of
the private and
public sector.
Medium The purpose of the Agency is to
contribute to the cultural, social,
economic, political, institutional,
environmental and socio-business
development for the articulation of the
public, private and social organizations of
the Nariñense Pacific Ecoregion.
Francisco Pizarro, El Charco, Mosquera,
Olaya Herrera, La Tola, Iscuande,
Roberto Payan, Magui Payan Mallama,
Ricaurte, Barbacoas, Tumaco, and the
strengthening of local capacities for the
construction of peace and collective well-
being.
Crops
Agencia Internacional
de Marketing
Agropecuario /
AIMAGRO
ONG Micro www.aiamgro.co
m
AIMAGRO is an international company
dedicated to the implementation and
development of strategic projects directed
towards the countryside. We work
primarily on issues where the
conservation of biodiversity; for food,
agriculture, and the promotion of its use in
support of food security and sustainable
development in the world, for current and
future generations, is of the utmost
importance. In agricultural projects where
we
participate around the world, we always
call on recognized agricultural consultants
to facilitate and make viable the
implementation of modern agricultural or
livestock technologies, to improve
productivity, reduce hunger, poverty and
most importantly improve human nutrition.
We contribute to the economic, social and
cultural development of rural
communities, implement comprehensive
training processes for the agricultural
worker, thereby encouraging sustainable
productivity of the land and promoting
social and economic development.
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3
Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Agricola Santana de
los Llanos S.A.S
Private sector Small in construction:
www.agricolasa
ntana.com
SANTANA S.A.S is a company dedicated
to the management of agricultural
projects, currently has Pineapple Gold
MD2 and Livestock Ceba
Crops,
Livestock
Pest and Disease
Management, ICT
in Agriculture,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
In the Pineapple crop, we started a project of organic fruit production, and we started
the certification process with the company KIWA; advice is needed to concretize
productive process, especially in nutrition and pest control.
In livestock, the idea is also to start a process of obtaining organic meat or at least with
a seal of clean product, since we have the land and livestock base to develop it.
Build new institutional relationships around the agricultural vocation of the Montes de
María sub-region, in order to identify inefficiencies in production through the application
of obsolete practices, in order to stimulate business management and innovation
technological, generating the knowledge that supports a productive, technological,
social and economically sustainable system.
Strengthening the technical capacity of the Umata and Secretariats of Agriculture,
qualifying the human resource through the generation of knowledge and new
technologies to improve technical assistance to farmers and breeders, promoting a true
articulation between the productive sector and the government .
Agrocultura ONG Small http://agrocultur
a.co/
Agrocultura is a strategy to articulate the
different agents that manage agricultural
production in the country.
Agrocultura is based on the postulate that
in order to improve agricultural
productivity, it is essential to coordinate
government entities, private companies
and knowledge-generating institutions,
such as universities. In this way, it iis
important to generate the conditions to
jointly diagnose the complex problems of
field production and propose their
possible solutions, generating the
adequate knowledge to prevent future
effects on production.
This strategy was initiated and
strengthened during one of the
transcendental periods of the country, the
peace agreements that were discussed in
Havana, Cuba and in its essence is
consonant with the National Productive
Development Policy and the National
System of Competitiveness, that the
Colombian Government was promoting
on that important issue.
Crops,
Livestock,
Aquaculture,
Agroinnovaci
ón
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers,
Relevant Editing to
Generate Added
Value
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Agroimpulso ONG Small strengthening of the coconut sector
through innovation and competitiveness
Crops,
transformatio
n
Rural development We are looking for a partner in the United Kingdom to strengthen the coconut
transformation process
Agroindustryl de
celulosas ltda
Private sector Micro www.agrocel-
colombia.com
agrocel ltda produces and markets lONG
fiber cellulose from fibrous non-timber
resources with alternative crops in the
post-conflict
Crops,
converting
biomass
into cellulose
Value chains The crops to be planted improve the soils and we buy the biomass to produce cellulose
and thermal energy, our strength is the research and development in biological fixation
of nitrogen, mechanization of the fiber harvest, semi-biological pulping process.
We are looking for a partner to expand the company and have a logistics for sowing in
the field, its harvest and industrial process
Crops,
Aquaculture
Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
We are looking for an ally in hydro meteorological monitoring technologiesAgrometCol Private Sector Micro Company dedicated to the integration of
meteorological monitoring technologies
for the implementation of information
platforms applied to agro-industry
AGROFOREST Asociation Small AGROFOREST IS AN ASSOCIATION
WITH HEADQUARTERS IN THE CITY
OF BUCARAMANGA, DEPARTMENT
OF SANTANDER IN COLOMBIA, HAS
AN EXPERIENCE OF 9 YEARS IN
THESE PROCEEDS, FORMULATES,
MANAGES AND EXECUTES
RESOURCES BOTH OF THE PUBLIC
SECTOR AND THE PRIVATE AND
SAME RESOURCES OF DIFFERENT
ONGs COUNTRIES, THESE PROJECTS
ARE ADDRESSED TO THE PEASANT
COMMUNITY WITH LITTLE
RESOURCES, AT THE DATE
SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS OF COCOA
ESTABLISHMENT, MILK COUPLES
HAVE BEEN EXECUTED
SUCCESSFULLY AND AT THIS TIME A
PROJECT OF LIMA TAHITI ORGÁNICO
IS BEING FORMULATED FOR THE
YEAR 2019 IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
SANTANDER IN THE MUNICIPALITIES
OF GUADALUPE AND SANTANDER IN
COLOMBIA
Crops Rural development AT THIS TIME WE ALREADY HAVE 340 HECTARES ESTABLISHED OF COCOA
AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF OTHER 240 HECTARES IS BEING STARTED, A
PARTNER IS SEARCHED TO ENTER THE PURCHASE PHASE OF THIS
PRODUCTION, AS WELL AS SEEKING TO CONTACT THOSE INTERESTED IN
ACQUIRING THE PRODUCTION OF LIMA TAHITI ORGANIC WHICH WILL BE
ESTABLISHED APPROXIMATELY 60 HECTARES TO AN ASNM OF 1,100 METERS
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Agropulso ONG Small Non-profit organization Innovation Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
Strengthening the coconut sector, based on innovation and competitiveness
Rural
Development,
Value Chains,
Transformation
and Marketing
Agroquinoa SAS seeks partners to strengthen the transformation and
commercialization capacity of products based on Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) and
Sacha Inchi (Plukenetia Volubilia Linneo), which are complete innovative products with
high value of natural vegetable proteins assimilable, with more than 10 essential amino
acids, Omegas (3, 6 and 9), vitamins and natural minerals. In the transformation, the
ability to implement a factory or food plant in Zona Franca (Valle del Cauca) and
potential buyers is being sought, although it has already advanced in this area in the
2017 Paris and Bogota 2018 macro-round. Agroquinoa SAS, has the institutional
support of PROCOLOMBIA that promotes exports in Colombia, Agroquinoa SAS, has
more than 480 hectares available from 13 indigenous and peasant families as strategic
partners in vulnerable state, in the departments of Cauca, Putumayo and Caquetá, for
planting of QUINUA and SACHA INCHI as raw materials, to have a capacity to
commercialize two (2) containers, that is, 20 tons per month of instantaneous powder
food of high nutritional content with tropical flavors of Banana, Uchuva, MaONG, Açaí
and Guava , in sugarcane packaging or other always in pursuit of sustainable
development and friendly to the environment.
Agroquinoa SAS Private sector Micro www.agroquino
a.com
Agroquinoa SAS is a company located in
Cali - Valle del Cauca - Colombia, created
in 2016, to devote itself to the
transformation and commercialization of
foods of high nutritional content based on
Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) and
Sacha Inchi (Plukenetia Volubilia Linneo)
, complete products with high value of
natural vegetable proteins assimilable,
with more than 10 essential amino acids,
Omegas (3, 6 and 9), vitamins and
minerals. No pesticides or agrochemicals
are used, these products are aimed
especially at children with a high degree
of malnutrition and are suitable for people
intolerant to lactose, they do not contain
gluten and are suitable for celiacs, without
dyes or artificial preservatives.
Agroquinoa SAS integrates the production
chain of Quinoa working with 3
indigenous reserves of the department of
Cauca (80 indigenous families), and with
more than 50 farming families of Sacha
Inchi from the departments of Putumayo
and Caquetá, promoting Fair Trade,
working together as a great team, for
effective economic development and
regional integration through priority
projects to also eradicate illicit crops and
generate prosperity for the post-conflict in
Colombia. Agroquinoa SAS aims at the
European market especially the United
Kingdom and France, where there were
already contacts with interested European
buyers, in October 2017 at the 2017
business macrorrueda Paris with the
support of PROCOLOMBIA. In
Agroquinoa SAS, English is spoken in
addition to Spanish and there is already
experience in commercialization and
formulation of productive projects.
Crops,
Transformati
on and
Marketing.
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Alcaldía de Popayán Public sector Medium www.popayan.g
ov.co
In the municipal agricultural technical
assistance unit (UMATA) belONGing to
the city hall of Popayán, development and
cooperation in the agricultural sector is
carried out, with technical assistance,
support in the delivery of supplies,
facilitating axis in resource management,
etc. Two components are worked on
environmental and agricultural, issues
related to the city of Popayán.
Crops,
Sovereignty
and food
security
Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
Support in the rural sector on issues related to autonomy and food sovereignty,
agroecology, sustainable farm design and solidarity economy. This through a joint work
with the academy (universities), where the improvement of technical assistance is
involved to continue with the ideas of school farms, taking to the most remote areas of
the city, the teaching that they require and involving the topic of care of soils, through
agro-ecological techniques.
Alcaldía Municipal Public sector Small http://teorama-
nortedesantand
er.gov.co/index.
shtml
We are an ideal work team where the
different social and community sectors of
the locality meet, with the purpose of
designing, planning and interdisciplinarily
building the social development of the
municipality of Teorama.
crops Value Chains Implementation of a cassava processing plant, in order to obtain, derivatives such as
flour, starch, etc. Giving added value to this crop, which in the region has large areas,
but with a totally devalued value, affecting the economy of more than 50% of the
population of the municipality of Teorama Norte de Santander.
amuci asociación de
mujeres campesinas
e indígenas del zulia
association with
social sense
Medium no tiene association focused on the empowerment
of rural women, their food autonomy,
defender of their rights and training in
order to raise their quality of life.
Crops Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
create an agroforestry nursery, coordinated by a group of rural women displaced from
the armed conflict, in order to encourage reforestation projects in the rural communities
of the municipality of El Zulia.
Rural
Development,
Value Chains,
Transformation
and Marketing
Agroquinoa SAS seeks partners to strengthen the transformation and
commercialization capacity of products based on Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) and
Sacha Inchi (Plukenetia Volubilia Linneo), which are complete innovative products with
high value of natural vegetable proteins assimilable, with more than 10 essential amino
acids, Omegas (3, 6 and 9), vitamins and natural minerals. In the transformation, the
ability to implement a factory or food plant in Zona Franca (Valle del Cauca) and
potential buyers is being sought, although it has already advanced in this area in the
2017 Paris and Bogota 2018 macro-round. Agroquinoa SAS, has the institutional
support of PROCOLOMBIA that promotes exports in Colombia, Agroquinoa SAS, has
more than 480 hectares available from 13 indigenous and peasant families as strategic
partners in vulnerable state, in the departments of Cauca, Putumayo and Caquetá, for
planting of QUINUA and SACHA INCHI as raw materials, to have a capacity to
commercialize two (2) containers, that is, 20 tons per month of instantaneous powder
food of high nutritional content with tropical flavors of Banana, Uchuva, MaONG, Açaí
and Guava , in sugarcane packaging or other always in pursuit of sustainable
development and friendly to the environment.
Agroquinoa SAS Private sector Micro www.agroquino
a.com
Agroquinoa SAS is a company located in
Cali - Valle del Cauca - Colombia, created
in 2016, to devote itself to the
transformation and commercialization of
foods of high nutritional content based on
Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) and
Sacha Inchi (Plukenetia Volubilia Linneo)
, complete products with high value of
natural vegetable proteins assimilable,
with more than 10 essential amino acids,
Omegas (3, 6 and 9), vitamins and
minerals. No pesticides or agrochemicals
are used, these products are aimed
especially at children with a high degree
of malnutrition and are suitable for people
intolerant to lactose, they do not contain
gluten and are suitable for celiacs, without
dyes or artificial preservatives.
Agroquinoa SAS integrates the production
chain of Quinoa working with 3
indigenous reserves of the department of
Cauca (80 indigenous families), and with
more than 50 farming families of Sacha
Inchi from the departments of Putumayo
and Caquetá, promoting Fair Trade,
working together as a great team, for
effective economic development and
regional integration through priority
projects to also eradicate illicit crops and
generate prosperity for the post-conflict in
Colombia. Agroquinoa SAS aims at the
European market especially the United
Kingdom and France, where there were
already contacts with interested European
buyers, in October 2017 at the 2017
business macrorrueda Paris with the
support of PROCOLOMBIA. In
Agroquinoa SAS, English is spoken in
addition to Spanish and there is already
experience in commercialization and
formulation of productive projects.
Crops,
Transformati
on and
Marketing.
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
ASOCIACION
AGROPECUARIA DE
MUJERES
INDIGENAS
SEMBRANDO
SUEÑOS ASAMIS,
Community
association
Micro Association of indigenous women who
seek through community organization to
access agricultural projects to improve
their quality of life
Crops Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
the members of the association are indigenous women who seek access to support
agricultural projects, currently a small process of strawberry cultivation is taking place,
which has allowed the organization of the members, so it would be important to
strengthen this small production project of strawberry, expanding the harvest areas and
implementing a process of value chain of the product.
ASOCIACIÓN DE
PRODUCTORES
PARA LA PAZ
ONG Micro The association of producers for peace is
a non-profit organization located in the
municipality of Viota Cundinamarca,
made up of small producers of maONG,
coffee, banana, citrus, which seeks
through the implementation of Good
Agricultural Practices (BPA), fair trade
and agro-industry improve the quality of
life of its associates.
Crops,
Agribusiness
(Fruit and
Vegetable
Transformati
on)
Rural
Development,
Value Chains,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
The Association of Producers for Peace, through the implementation of good
agricultural practices, seeks to improve the quality of the products to obtain and thus be
able to market successfully the production in a fresh market, with a fair trade strategy,
generating a win that allows the sustainability of the producers.
To provide added value and provide beneficiaries with a constant income and not for
production periods, an Agroindustryl process of products that are not delivered to the
fresh market will be developed and allow the association to manage different lines of
business improving the quality of life of the families involved in the project, The process
of elaboration of fruit pulps; Pre-ready fruits and vegetables are the components that
are sought to be developed.
Asociación de
Sachainchincheros
del Bajo Cauca
Private sector Small Crops Rural
Development,
Value chains
We seek to manage productive projects of high profitability as an alternative
development for the Colombian countryside by implementing innovative and efficient
crops such as the Sacha inchi in a paulownia agroforestry system that in addition to
helping reduce CO2 levels, focuses on developing super foods with high concentration
of Omega 3.6 and 9 associated with the main project of Sacha Inchi as a social,
economic and productive and integral dynamic with the promotion of beekeeping to
increase productivity and income generation in short, medium and lONG term for each
family , project that contemplates 1 / Ha of the Agroforestry System associated with
Apiculture; as an agribusiness model for sustainable, sustainable development and
productive competitiveness for the victim population of the municipalities of Tarada,
Caucasia and Zaragoza of Bajo Cauca Antioqueño.
We are looking for partners that allow us to develop the following business units:
Access to Technical Assistance (Rural Development focused on agriculture tic)
Access to Financing (micro credits and input fund for producers)
Access a logistics platform
Access to markets through a digital platform (e - commerce).
AOL Colombia S.A.S Private sector Small Colombia Access (Access) is a
samllholder sourcing company in
Colombia that sources fruits and
vegetables and fish and sea food
products form +1200 + smallholders
farmers and fisher from the Andean,
Pacific and Caribbean regions. Access
operates multiple warehouses, creates
opportunities for producer communities
through community processing centers
(for washing, basic processing and
packaging of products) and plans and
manages all logistics routes. sells the
products directly to Grupo Exito,
Geronimo Martins, Olympic, Sodexo,
Surtimax, and other high value retailers.
Crops, Fish
and Seafood
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value Chains,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Crops Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value chains,
climate change,
technical
assistance and
technology
transfer, marketing
support.
Project ideas, technological platforms.ASOHOFRUCOL Private Sector Medium www.asohofruco
l.com.co
Asohofrucol is the governing guild of
horticulturalists in Colombia committed to
consolidating the agribusiness of the
country's producers, contributing to the
development of the country's rural
development. It has a presence in 22
departments, with strategic allies such as
the MADR, Mincomercio, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, Governations, amONG
others.
Asociación Shinyak ONG Small la Asociación Shinyak is a non-profit
organization and is made up of members
of the Kamêntŝa Biya indigenous
community of Sibundoy Putumayo,
Republic of Colombia, we work on
cultural, social and productive projects,
we have developed proposals with the
Ministry of Culture in its Concertación
program and with the Ministry of the
Interior and UNDP, the Bank of the
Republic also supports our arts and crafts
training programs, we are currently
developing wood carving workshops with
another Indigenous association of the
Inga community, we have great
expectations to help our community We
hope to apply to your calls.
Rural
development
Rural development Our project ideas are:
- create a school of arts and crafts to encourage and strengthen our culture because of
issues of conflict and lack of support our young people move to other places in search
of opportunities, for this reason has generated the decline of cultural identity in our
community.
- empowerment of indigenous women, the antecedents of violence against indigenous
women are very high and we must seek urgent solutions, our organization has women
leaders who have developed activities and proposals to fight against gender violence,
eradicate discrimination and generate opportunities for women's entrepreneurship.
-productive projects with mothers heads of families, due to the lack of economic
alternatives, many women accept very poorly paid jobs and many hours of work feel
vulnerable due to their situation, they must even look for two or more jobs to cover
household expenses; , create productive associations of women is an alternative that
we propose to generate new opportunities.
-the chagra as part of the solution to climate change, "the Chagra" place where
ancestral knowledge is shared by sowing, harvesting and caring for nature, the
traditional chagras contribute to environmental conservation and the sustainable
production of the community, in the current times monocultures and the use of
chemicals have affected our land considerably to such an extent that some endemic
species of our region have disappeared, returning to the chagra is the best option to
rescue and promote culture and to re-heal the mother earth .
-Festival of Literature, words as a tool for social, cultural and personal transformation,
our organization celebrates in July of the year 2018 the tenth version of the Literature
Festival of Putumayo, it is a space to generate awareness and interest directed to the
letters, the theater and the story.
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
ASOPALCENTRAL ONG Medium Organization is responsible for protecting
and leading programs for the
strengthening of small farmers
Crops Plague and
disease
management
Control and management of the disease Pudrición del Cogollo in Palma de Aceite
BIO-CROP SAS Private sector Micro WWW.bio-
crop.com
Producer and marketer of bio-inputs,
fertilizers and adjuvants
Crops Plague and illness
management
Development of new microbiological products of bioremediation.
Biofuturo Recursos
Naturales
ONG Micro its a nonprofit organization that works with
indigenous and peasant communities,
seeking social development, conducts
research activities
Crops,
Livestock
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
Climate change
Cámara de Comercio
Colombo Británica
Britcham Colombia
Private sector Medium www.colombobri
tanica.com
Bricham Colombia promotes business
and investment between UK and
Colombia, market research, Imports,
Exports, representation and
establishment of companies, search for
distributors, networking, technical training,
business missions, effective business
contacts.
Crops Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
We are a non-profit Colombo / British organization that has been working for 36 years
in the country, with the capacity to support the Colombian government and British
businessmen to articulate their environmental projects with post-conflict support
programs, even at the design stage with great interest in who can achieve its
implementation. We have an Environmental Committee that works and carries out
important projects in the country.
Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development,
Value Chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
Project ideas
Central de Beneficio de Café Comunitarias - 200 to 300 coffee growers
Gender Projects in coffee crops
Organic coffee production
Strengthening the infrastructure to process coffee
Wastewater treatment systems for small coffee growers
Micro credits for small farmers
Strengths within the organization
Productive ecosystems and value chains
Traceability
Sustainability and technical assistance
Crops Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value chains,
climate change,
technical
assistance and
technology
transfer, marketing
support.
Project ideas, technological platforms.
Cafexport S.A.R.L
Sucursal Colombia
Private sector Small Cafexport is a coffee trading company
that is characterized by its orientation to
create value throughout the supply chain,
establishing lONG-term relationships with
coffee growers, cooperatives and both
national and international clients through
projects and programs with high social,
economic and economic impact.
environmental We seek to export
sustainable coffees, trying to mitigate the
carbon footprint of each kilo of coffee sold.
Aquaculture
ASOHOFRUCOL Private Sector Medium www.asohofruco
l.com.co
Asohofrucol is the governing guild of
horticulturalists in Colombia committed to
consolidating the agribusiness of the
country's producers, contributing to the
development of the country's rural
development. It has a presence in 22
departments, with strategic allies such as
the MADR, Mincomercio, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, Governations, amONG
others.
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
CELOTOR/logsent Private sector Small www.celotor.co
m
StartUp of the AgTech sector, after 4
years of R + D + I gets a patent and two
more pending related IoT technologies,
specifically Wearables for bovines with
injectable RFID chips and cloud services
that allows cows to send SMS + alerts
email when they are in heat. Each SMS
represents for the farmers additional
income of USD $ 100 / cow.
Livestock ICT in Agriculture,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
We have developed a bovine in heat detector based on a Wearable used by a
vasectomized bull, we have the experience and capacity to create another detector that
does not require the use of the bull, with which its use would be possible in all the
livestock of Colombia and the world. Our strength is in the electronic and Firmware
development, we are interested in finding an ally with skill in 3D design and BigData
data analysis.
Ideas for Projects:
Matching "Berraquera" u others for working in: Pesticide Reduction in Mora/Andean
Blackberry Insects & Fungus due to humidity, benefiting familiar farms from Matanza,
Charta and Suratá (Santander).
Matching “Abaco group” u others for working in: Improvement “Tahití Lemon” offer
through value adding in terms of agroecology and Traceability Monitoring Sustainable
growth.
Matching “Abaco group” u others for working in: Functional development of cacao
through value adding in terms of agroecology and Traceability Monitoring Sustainable
growth.
Strenghts:
Chamber of Commerce of Bucaramanga Leads: i) “Alianzas Productivas”. A Ministry of
Agriculture Program that benefits since 2008 an average of 25 alliances amONG
agricultural producers and agro-industrial companies, improving their productivity,
social and economic conditions and the comercial value chain; ii) Coffe and Cacao
Cluster initiatives, developing actions for Company competitiveness through transfering
technology and innovation. Chamber of commerce has experience managing
International Grants as: 1) BID FOMIN. The Chamber of Commerce of Bucaramanga
was operator of "Mujeres ECCO" program, sponsored by BID-FOMIN between 2009
and 2013. "Mujeres ECCO", focused in economic and social female empowerment,
created and strengthened more than 400 entrepreneur women from Barrancabermeja,
Cúcuta, Cartagena and Ibagué. This model was transferred and applied to Chamber of
Commerce of Lima, Perú, in 2016, benefiting 60 women under south south cooperation
model. Since 2013, "Mujeres ECCO" is a permanent program in Chamber of
Commerce of Bucaramanga, benefiting more than 50 woman per year, funded by own
resources and women´s. 2) Al INVEST IV and AL INVEST V, for promoting the SMES
exports and productivity, benefiting more than 300 companies.
We are searching for a partner that provide us Technical or Commercial Knowledge for
improving the productivity of Familiar agriculture units from municipalities affected by
military conflict, specially in Santander, north of Santander, Arauca, and South of
Bolivar.
CÁMARA DE
COMERCIO DE
BUCARAMANGA
ENTIDAD
PRIVADA SIN
ÁNIMO DE
LUCRO
Large www.camaradir
ecta.com
Chamber of commerce of Bucaramanga
is a Non Profit private entity, stablished
since 1915. It has as its principal function
delegated by the Colombian State the
management of Registering Companies.
The Chamber works for regional
development in different areas:
Education, Civil Society, contractual
oversight, sustainability, Productivity and
Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship,
Innovation andTechnology transfer,
Market Globalization, and others.
Crops,
Livestock
Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value Chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
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organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Centro de
Investigación en
Palma de Aceite,
Cenipalma
Research
Corporation
Medium www.cenipalma.
org
The Corporation Research Center in
Palma de Aceite (Cenipalma), is a non-
profit, scientific and technical corporation
created in 1991 with the purpose of
generating, adapting, validating and
transferring technology in oil palm
cultivation. , its processing and
consumption.
crops Pest and Disease
Management,
Value chains
Pollination is an important factor in the sustainable production of crops, however, it is
affected by environmental factors or by the dynamics of pollinator populations.
Cenipalma has recently established contacts with the UK company, PBS that develops
pollination bags, and together with them and with researchers from the University of
Greenwich in the UK it is intended to develop a project with the aim of improving
pollination through new bio-products. that allow the attraction of pollinators through the
study of the volatile components that emit flowers, synthesis of bio-products for the
attraction of pollinators and release of these in crops, as expected results there is an
improvement in the quality of the harvest of palm bunches where farmers, especially
the small farmers benefit from having higher incomes due to the increase in
productivity.
Crops Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value Chains
The cocoa chain is a chain with enormous potential to generate economic development
in areas affected by the armed conflict in Colombia. However, it presents, amONG
others, the following problems:
1. The low productivity per hectare
2. Sporadic or non-continuous technical assistance
3. Limited access to markets and ignorance of marketing channels
4. Business weakness of producer associations
5. Little integrated pest management
6. Little crop diversification due to lack of economic support
Prospective solutions to these problems: We believe part of the solution to these
problems can start with the increase in the productivity of the crops and the
entrepreneurial strengthening of the associations of producers, so that they themselves
can arrive directly with their products to the national or international markets, paying the
better prices for producers, and covering the costs of technical assistance and other
services required by their producers.
Chocolate Colombia Social
organization
Micro www.chocolatec
olombia.com
Producers of COLOMBIAN Cocoa.
We are the union of several cocoa
producing organizations of the North of
Antioquia, Bajo Cauca and Nudo de
Paramillo Colombian. Our Organization
contribute to the development of the
region through technical and commercial
strategies for the consolidation of cocoa
agribusiness.
Centro de
Investigación en
Biotecnologia &
Agroindustry-ABC-
Universidad Industrial
de Santander
Public sector Large www.uis.edu.co The Industrial University of Santander, is
the largest and most important
educational institution of the Colombian
Northeast, and the 5th best university in
the country. One of the strategic areas of
research is Biotechnology focused on the
agricultural and environmental sector.
Likewise, the research for the
development of agricultural value chains
to consolidate their competitiveness in the
markets and their economic and
environmental sustainability, which
improves the quality of life of the rural
population. In this context, we work in the
Center for Research in Biotechnology &
Agribusiness- ABC, located in the
Guatiguará Technology Park in the
headquarters of our University.
https://www.uis.edu.co/webUIS/es/investig
acionExtension/guatiguara/index.html
http://gtechpark.com/
Crops Pest and Disease
Management, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value Chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
We are interested in the development and / or execution of research and innovation
projects involved with value chains for Santander with great export and transformation
potential: Cocoa; Promissory Fruits Organic and Innocuous (blackberry, lulo, cape
gooseberry), citrus fruits (Lemon organic tahiti) and Use of ICT for agriculture.
We hope to have the support of universities and / or innovation companies that jointly
use technological tools that allow us to reduce the effects of climate change with the
use of new genotypes, efficient irrigation systems, monitoring and evaluation of
functional performance of crops and its management of fertilization, with emphasis on
the clean production and safety of the products.
We have laboratories and equipment available for analysis of soil, water, monitoring
and physiological, biochemical and molecular evaluation of plants, physical-chemical
analysis, biochemical and organoleptic food, amONG others.
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organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Comercializadora
FrutaFino
Private sector Medium http://frutafino.c
om
Comercializadora FrutaFino was born
from the expertise of more than 50 years
of FrutaFino, a company dedicated to the
business of import / export,
commercialization, transportation and
sale of fruits. We aim to market products
and services of the highest quality within
the Agroindustryl sector and export
tropical fruits seeking to position
ourselves as leaders in the market.
Crops Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value Chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
We represent and are looking for UK brands specialized in the production of
technologies in the Agroindustryl sector.
Comercializadora
Nueva Naturaleza SAS
Private sector Small Comercializadora Nueva Naturaleza S.A.S
It is a company dedicated to establish
protocols of organic agriculture, produces
all the necessary inputs from planting to
harvest, fulfills tasks of extension,
innovating and training to increase food
production
Crops Rural
Development,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
technically strengthen manufacturing, machinery, for continuous processes of dosing,
weighing and mixing for the production in scale of our inputs
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value Chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
It is proposed the application of organic production techniques from the assembly of a
biofactory that allows the production of pineapple with the use of organic and / or
biological inputs for the production of pineapple with a view to the incursion in organic
pineapple markets.
Crops Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value Chains
The cocoa chain is a chain with enormous potential to generate economic development
in areas affected by the armed conflict in Colombia. However, it presents, amONG
others, the following problems:
1. The low productivity per hectare
2. Sporadic or non-continuous technical assistance
3. Limited access to markets and ignorance of marketing channels
4. Business weakness of producer associations
5. Little integrated pest management
6. Little crop diversification due to lack of economic support
Prospective solutions to these problems: We believe part of the solution to these
problems can start with the increase in the productivity of the crops and the
entrepreneurial strengthening of the associations of producers, so that they themselves
can arrive directly with their products to the national or international markets, paying the
better prices for producers, and covering the costs of technical assistance and other
services required by their producers.
CINDAP ONG Micro www.cindap.wor
dpress.com
Non-governmental organization dedicated
to the provision of technical assistance
services to small peasant, indigenous and
Afro-descendant producers. Experience in
the development and implementation of
projects aimed at overcoming poverty and
the construction of integrated
development strategies with communities,
promoting the organizational and
socioeconomic strengthening of the
communities.
Crops,
Livestock
Chocolate Colombia Social
organization
Micro www.chocolatec
olombia.com
Producers of COLOMBIAN Cocoa.
We are the union of several cocoa
producing organizations of the North of
Antioquia, Bajo Cauca and Nudo de
Paramillo Colombian. Our Organization
contribute to the development of the
region through technical and commercial
strategies for the consolidation of cocoa
agribusiness.
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Comité de Ganaderos
del Área 5
Private sector Medium www.comitegan
aderosarea5.co
m
Non-profit entity dedicated to
Associativity, Animal Health, supply of
inputs, product commercialization, the
Wellbeing of Cattle Ranchers of 32
Municipalities of Cundinamarca, their
interaction with the Environment and the
Regional and National Agricultural
development.
Livestock Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development,
Value Chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers,
Associativity for the development, Sustainable Livestock and Agricultural Knowledge
for the Competitiveness of the sector
Compañía Nacional
de Chocolates S.A.S.
Private sector Large https://www.cho
colates.com.co/f
omento-
cacaotero/
We are a leading company in the market
of chocolates and snacks in Colombia,
which since 1920, provides our
consumers with nutritious and reliable
products, with beloved and relevant
brands at all times of their lives.
Crops Value chains The National Chocolates Company works for the sustainability of the cocoa production
chain through its Purchase and Agricultural Development area. This area, founded in
1958, has since then promoted cacao farming in the country through consultancies,
training, research and joint work with producers, public and private entities and ONGs.
Construinversiones
A&M SAS
Private sector Small www.construinv
ersiones.com
Family business dedicated to the
construction activity, additionally it has
projects directed to agricultural population
groups in special coffee topics, intensive
livestock, production in meat and milk.
Crops,
Livestock
TIC in Agriculture,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Construction of
infrastructure
We seek experiences in terms of improvement of pastures, irrigation systems, soil
stability, construction of agricultural infrastructure, ICT systems for the control and
management of Agroindustryl production.
recovery of the traditional farm in the rural areas of the department Valle del Cauca,
innovation programs for nutritional autonomy in urban areas, prototype of community
gardens and sustainable green walls
Compañia Vegetal Private sector Medium company dedicated to innovation in types
and forms of cultivation based on
nutritional autonomy with the concept of
rural and urban gardens with projects
dedicated to the recovery of the traditional
farm
Crops Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value Chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Native
seeds and
agrobiodiver
sity, Local
markets,
restoration
Value chains The Corporación Biocomercio Sostenible has extensive experience in topics such as
Rural Marketing with a Territorial approach, Organizational and Business
Strengthening, Productive Linkages and Collaborative Networks, Green and
Sustainable Businesses with an emphasis on BioTrade and Value Added Aggregation
with Biodiversity Products.
He has worked collaboratively with entities such as the Institute of Biological Research
Alexander von Humboldt, the National Federation of Coffee Growers, GIZ, UNIDO,
UNDP, SWISSAID, amONG others.
Given the current situation in the rural area of Colombia, the CBS considers the
implementation of actions aimed at strengthening local communities in the
conservation of native seeds and agrobiodiversity, the appropriation of local markets
and the role of communities in restoration processes a priority.
Corporación
Biocomercio
Sostenible
ONG Small http://www.bioco
merciosostenibl
e.org/
We are a non-governmental organization
created as a non-profit private-law entity
with social and community benefit; Our
organization is born on the importance of
promoting the use and conservation of
biodiversity and ecosystems, as an
alternative of sustainable development,
through the implementation of tools and
generation of knowledge with local
communities, entrepreneurs and
academia.
Cooperativa
comuldespa
ONG Small http://comuldesp
a.blogspot.com.
co
We are the Cooperativa Multiactiva for
the Sustainable Development of El
Páramo El Almorzadero -
COMULDESPA, born in the Municipality
of Cerrito, Santander on June 2, 2007, It
is integrated by a group of 159 people
between peasants and city dwellers, with
different knowledge from empirical until
native university professionals and
inhabitants of the vast territory of the
Almorzadero. The productive and social
training and practice of the human
resources available to the Cooperative is
linked to agricultural productivity and the
development of environmental actions for
the protection and conservation of
Páramo el Almorzadero, ecosystem that
covers a high percentage of the
geography of our municipalities .
COMULDESPA has a Register dated
September 26, 2007, issued by the
Chamber of Commerce of Bucaramanga
Green
business
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
Our proposal seeks to promote the conservation of biodiversity and the generation of
alternative productive ventures in our community of the Almoradero páramo, as well as
generate research and knowledge on the subject, therefore we address in our proposal
different thematic areas such as: Integrated management and restoration of
landscapes of Andean forests and paramo, such as the sustainable use of Biodiversity
and the ecology of Andean forests, training in environmental education and sustainable
production practices where environmental policies for the sustainable governance of
landscapes of Andean forests and paramo against the peace and the post-conflict,
Monuments live of Peace articulated with a form of sustainable community ecotourism,
in a context of contribution to the progress of the 17 objectives of sustainable
development.
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Corporacion Biotec University or
another type of
research
institute
Small www.corporacio
nbiotec.org
Research center of the national CTI
system of Colombia with the mission to
build and optimize BIO border research
and innovation capabilities, which
contribute to the agricultural reconversion
and the acceleration of BIO businesses in
sustainable agricultural systems of high
added value, to live better .
Sustainable
agricultural
systems
with high
added value
Value chains Productive chains that involve crops, agribusiness and products with high added value
like natural ingredients.
Corporación Buen
Ambiente
ONG Micro corambiente.org We are a non-profit organization that
promotes sustainable development
processes with rural families in Santander
and Norte de Santander
Crops,
Livestock,
Agroecology
Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value Chains
We are working with rural women in the agro-ecological production of vegetables and
fruit trees to supply local marketing channels.
We seek to strengthen the organic production processes of mora and lulo with peasant
women in family agricultural units of Charta, Matanza and Suratá in Santander, which
allow expanding market opportunities.
Rural Development Strengthening the agro-ecological productive processes of mora and lulo with rural
women in family agricultural units of Charta, Matanza and Suratá in Santander.CORPORACIÓN
BUEN AMBIENTE -
CORAMBIENTE-
ONG Medium CORAMBIENTE is a non-profit
organization, with 22 years of experience
in working with rural communities, from
the approach of the food problem of these
communities, manages, promotes and
applies social practices oriented towards
organizational strengthening, peace
building from the territories, the
sustainability and construction of
networks for the consolidation of an
integral territorial development.
CORAMBIENTE promotes agroecological
production of food for self-consumption
and income generation, promoting the
economic autonomy of women, while
developing strategies aimed at the
protection of strategic ecosystems for the
generation of water such as páramos and
high Andean forests.
Crops
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
CienTech was formed in 2014 by five (5) high accreditation regional universities, the
Chamber of Commerce of Barranquilla and the Colombian Association of Micro, Small
and Medium Enterprises (ACOPI). CienTech is headquartered in the city of
Barranquilla, a special industrial and port district located in northern Colombia, and its
area of influence covers the eight departments of the Colombian Caribbean region,
consisting of the islands of San Andrés and Providencia, La Guajira, Cesar,
Magdalena, Atlántico, Bolívar, Sucre and Córdoba. CienTech is part of the national
network of regional technology transfer offices, supported and sponsored by the
National Administrative Department of Science, Technology and Innovation -
COLCIENCIAS, which reports to the presidency of the Republic of Colombia.
- CienTech is formed by a team with solid competences in technology transfer and
design, evaluation and management of science, technology and innovation projects
(CTEI), such as the following: Efficiency and Efficiency Research of Mediation for the
Recovery of an Ecosystem of Water and Productive Capacity in the Department of
Sucre.
- Development of studies and technological management capabilities for the
implementation of the Technological Park of the Caribbean.
- Regional Program: Alliance for Innovation in the Caribbean Region. COLCIENCIAS -
Chamber of Commerce of Barranquilla.
- Intelligent system to support the process of business incubation in the incubator of
business foundation based on technology - INCUBAR DEL CARIBE.
- Work plan to promote new technologies: incubation services for companies in the
Incubar Foundation of the Caribbean.
- Strengthening scientific and technological education of public school students in the
Atlántico Department - ONDAS
- Formulation of 5 science, technology and innovation projects for the General Royalty
System in order to solve social and environmental problems in rural communities.
- Partner of the CENTRO DE CONSULTORÍA BIONANO (UK) for the formulation and
structuring of science, technology and innovation projects destined to solve common
social problems that could have a great impact in the Colombian departments, for
NEWTON FUND AND COLCIENCIAS
Corporacion
CORPODESCO
ONG Small corpo@corpode
sco.org
Nonprofit ONG, with experience in
formulation, management, execution and
monitoring of sustainable economic and
socio-cultural environmental development
projects with emphasis on food security
and sovereignty, agricultural production
with adaptation measures to climate
change, agroindustry and marketing,
through the strengthening of training
processes, organization and self-
management of indigenous, peasant and
afro-descendant communities, with
special emphasis on working with young
people and women.
Crops Rural development The corporation has developed ancestral seed rescue projects within the framework of
food security and sovereignty for the survival of the Kokonukos and Paeces indigenous
peoples located in the department of Cauca, with emphasis on the strengthening of
traditional production systems with better conditions of adaptation to climate change,
adaptation of conventional production systems to agroforestry systems with
agroecological approach, production, processing and consumption of food, valuation of
the work of guardians and custodians of seeds, cultural knowledge, family participation
with emphasis on young people and women within the framework of organizational
processes
CORPORACIÓN
CIENTECH
Office of
knowledge and
technology
transfer
Micro http://www.cient
ech.org/
The Center for the Transfer of Knowledge
and Innovation - CienTech is a non-profit
organization whose mission is to promote
innovation through the exchange and
transfer of R & D knowledge and results
between academia and the economic
environment of the Colombian Caribbean
region; by identifying and strengthening
the capabilities and competitive
advantages of each business, supporting
the protection of their knowledge and
technology, facilitating the valuation and
commercialization of research results
from academia and industry, also
providing support in related processes to
science and technology.
Crops,
Aquaculture
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value Chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Crops,
Aquaculture
Rural
Development,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
ethnotourism
The Corporación Empresarial y Ambiental SHADAI, currently works in the Alto San
Juan, in the districts of Guarato and Tabor rural area of the municipality of Tadó. These
communities have an index of 68% of Unsatisfied Basic Needs, because they lived
through displacement, which is why they have low development capacity.
Shadai aims to improve the capacities of rural youth to create the social capital to
achieve sustainable local development. Shadai proposes the JOSUE program of
promotion and local development focused on youth, which is designed for the
development of 4 results: a first result of psychosocial intervention (developed in 2010,
with attention to 416 young people). The second result of training in human, technical
and administrative development. The third intervention result for the agricultural
strengthening of 40 productive plots and 12 business units that emphasize the
elements of the culture of the Afro-descendant and indigenous ethnic groups and the
fourth result of commercialization of products.
The main strength of the organization is its management capacity and intervention in
vulnerable rural areas. It also has a team of multidisciplinary professionals and good
management of resources, which has allowed us to make a good name for
international cooperation agencies.
We are looking for a partner in the United Kingdom to develop the results of two (2),
three (3) and four (4) of the JOSUE program whose purpose is: to increase the human,
administrative and technical skills of young people to develop the plots of their parents
and ancestors who are currently abandoned, which will be applied technological
processes some of them ancestral as the roofs and others such as micro roofs to
ensure the improvement of agricultural productivity while strengthening agricultural
tropical crops in the area of upper San Juan.
What we intend in having a partner in the United Kingdom is to have support according
to the proposed objectives of cooperation, which can be represented in economic
resources, species or technical assistance to increase the development capacity of the
communities involved and strengthen the management capacity of the organization
Corporación
Empresarial y
Ambiental SHADAI
ONG Micro corposhadai.blo
gspot.com
The Corporación Empresarial y Ambiental
SHADAI is a nonprofit, private and social
benefit organization, created in 1997 by a
group of professionals who oriented their
management to implement the
psychosocial intervention strategy that
generates educational, economic and
coexistence strengthening for peace, from
communities with low development
capacity.
We have a 16-year experience in the
development of educational and
economic strengthening programs and
projects with contributions from
international cooperation resources such
as the United States Agency for
Cooperation USAID, the Andean
Development Corporation CAF and
private enterprise, resources that have
been applied with the honesty and
transparency that characterizes us.
Visibly it has had an innovative approach
in the provision of its services, because
we orient the processes to create social
capital that allows lowering the indices of
unsatisfied basic needs in rural areas of
the Valle del Cauca and Chocó
considered marginal of the Colombian
geography.
Corporacion
CORPODESCO
ONG Small corpo@corpode
sco.org
Nonprofit ONG, with experience in
formulation, management, execution and
monitoring of sustainable economic and
socio-cultural environmental development
projects with emphasis on food security
and sovereignty, agricultural production
with adaptation measures to climate
change, agroindustry and marketing,
through the strengthening of training
processes, organization and self-
management of indigenous, peasant and
afro-descendant communities, with
special emphasis on working with young
people and women.
Crops Rural development The corporation has developed ancestral seed rescue projects within the framework of
food security and sovereignty for the survival of the Kokonukos and Paeces indigenous
peoples located in the department of Cauca, with emphasis on the strengthening of
traditional production systems with better conditions of adaptation to climate change,
adaptation of conventional production systems to agroforestry systems with
agroecological approach, production, processing and consumption of food, valuation of
the work of guardians and custodians of seeds, cultural knowledge, family participation
with emphasis on young people and women within the framework of organizational
processes
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
It is proposed to test at the level of the indigenous reservation of Lopez in the North of
Cauca, a rice cultivation system under mechanized transplantation that allows the
management of intensive rice (System Rice intensification, SRI), applying techniques of
crop management that promote the rational use of water for irrigation, the application of
cultural practices (Aporues) to the crop tending to the reduction of the use of
herbicides, the application of organic fertilizers and the use of bioinsecticides. All with
the pretense of generating alternative technological options to the traditional
management of rice with chemical inputs.
CORPORACION
PARA EL MEDIO
AMBIENTE
TERRAVIVA
ONG Small Its purpose is based mainly on interceding
in everything related to management,
control, administration, preservation and
development of the environment and
renewable and non-renewable natural
resources, covering areas of great
importance such as: environmental
education, basic sanitation,
comprehensive security, hygiene and
occupational medicine, prevention and
control of air quality, design of air pollution
control systems, control of pests and
diseases, environmental licenses,
environmental impact studies,
environmental management,
environmental processing, reforestation,
design of drinking water treatment plants,
wastewater, aqueducts, sewage systems,
integrated solid waste management, air
quality assessment, water quality
assessment, consulting studies
specialized in agriculture and rural
development, project planning and
development environmental projects,
genetic improvement and repopulation
projects in cattle, horses, goats and
projects tending to develop the best
quality of life of animal species.
Crops,
Livestock
Rural
Development,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
FOOD SAFETY
Rural
Development,
Value Chains,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers,
Rural business
models - biological
diversity -
landscape,
adapted to Latin
America
Generate a sustainable local development model based on the natural and cultural
offer of the territory, a scheme that we are currently carrying out in the MAGDALENA
RIVER in its middle section, linking the foothills of the direct mountain ranges.
The task we do from the governance of the territory, hydraulic and ecological
restoration, business models, and the consolidation of habitats adapted to the natural
conditions of the RIVER and its surroundings
CORPORACION
PARA EL
DESARROLLO
SOSTENIBLE Y LA
PARTICIPACION
SOCIAL CORDEP
ONG Micro cordep.org.co Non-profit organization supports
grassroots, indigenous and afro-
descendant grassroots organizations in
territories such as: Cauca, Tolima, huila,
Caqueta, currently coordinates
Fastenopthen program in Colombia. It
develops projects of support to the
development, the overcoming of the
poblreza and tends for organizational and
social strengthening of the communities.
Crops,
Livestock,
socio-
business
and
commercial
organization,
capacity
development
and socio-
economic
empowerme
nt of
organization
s
Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
Corporación ITZEA ONG Micro We are dedicated in generating
Governance over territories, based on the
natural elements that define it, culturally
and ecologically.
Use and
Conservation
of
Biological
Diversity
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Corpoversalles ONG Micro The Corporation for the Development of
Versailles, is an organization that works
on 3 specific topics: Agricultural,
environmental and social projects;
providing support in the creation of new
strategies to strengthen the local
economy and the homes of the
Versallenses.
Crops Rural
Development,
Value Chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
Corpoversalles is developing a project that seeks to strengthen the agribusiness of 60
producers of avocado hass and plantain Dominico Hartón, we are working on the
creation of a transformation plant to give an added value to the before mentioned
products, for the support of the social part of our organization, we will have the
employment of mothers head of family for the operation of the plant and in this way
support vulnerable population.
Crops,
Livestock,
Aquaculture,
Environment
al Area
Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value Chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
From the research group GIADS, and the environmental and agricultural studies office
of the University, we have several project ideas to develop in the Catatumbo region and
the Northeast of Colombia. Mainly our project ideas are focused on strengthening
agricultural production in the region, through the incentive of promising crops with
agroecology, as well as the incentive of sustainable livestock operations, in areas with
land uses whose vocation allows it and articulated with conservation of natural
resources. We are looking for a partner in the United Kingdom who, through
cooperation, will provide us with scientific and technological support, as well as
financial support in the development of important projects for the region of direct
influence of our University in Colombia, which has been plagued for many years. the
armed conflict of our country.
Francisco de Paula
Santander Ocaña
University
University or
another type of
research
institute
Large www.ufpso.edu.
co
Francisco de Paula Santander Ocaña
university, public college, is a community
of learning and self-assessment in
continuous improvement, committed to
the training of qualified professionals in
the areas of knowledge through teaching
strategies and innovative use of
technology ; contributing to national and
international development relevance and
social responsibility.
CORPORACION
PARA EL MEDIO
AMBIENTE
TERRAVIVA
ONG Small Its purpose is based mainly on interceding
in everything related to management,
control, administration, preservation and
development of the environment and
renewable and non-renewable natural
resources, covering areas of great
importance such as: environmental
education, basic sanitation,
comprehensive security, hygiene and
occupational medicine, prevention and
control of air quality, design of air pollution
control systems, control of pests and
diseases, environmental licenses,
environmental impact studies,
environmental management,
environmental processing, reforestation,
design of drinking water treatment plants,
wastewater, aqueducts, sewage systems,
integrated solid waste management, air
quality assessment, water quality
assessment, consulting studies
specialized in agriculture and rural
development, project planning and
development environmental projects,
genetic improvement and repopulation
projects in cattle, horses, goats and
projects tending to develop the best
quality of life of animal species.
Crops,
Livestock
Rural
Development,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
FOOD SAFETY
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Fundacion kristoph
van houten romer
nonprofit
foundation
Medium Www.fundacion
kvr.com
Aquaculture research and development of
technological packages
Aquaculture Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
To develop technological packages in fish farming and environment. To develop
projects in food safety
Cultivation of Red Tilapia for commercialization and self-consumption, aimed at
mothers head of household - victims of forced displacement.
Project focused on the entire family and community with the quality of victims of the
armed and social conflict, so that the affected population has the means and resources
to generate a better quality of life in terms of food security and rural development.
Guaranteeing opportunities for the population directly affects the improvement of the
quality of life of those who insert themselves into the system.
Fish production and marketing projects with collection center, cold network,
beneficiation plants, desprese, desposte, storage and sale.
a) Production areas, estimated production and the characterization of the products.
Geomembrane tanks for production of Red Tilapia, 10 meters in diameter, to establish
a productive system with 60 tanks, with an estimated monthly production of 40 tons per
month from month 10.
b) The volumes that will be handled, supply and purchase commitments, supply
periods and possible markets.
AGRICULTURAL AND BUSINESS PLAN
a) Minimum number of beneficiaries: 40 families
b) Crops, areas: 2 Hectares
c) Types of producers: Small Producer
d) Forms of organization: Foundation
e) Schedule of activities: Program for 1 year
f) Target markets: Large areas and internal market
Work in health,
scientific and socio-
economic
development areas
Banco de Cooperantes:Build a large inventory of natural persons, companies,
professionals and institutions that join our noble cause, through the donation of goods
and services used in the fulfillment of our objectives.
Corporate Social Responsibility: Colombian Tax legislation offers incentives to
taxpayers who make donations to certain beneficiaries. Corporate social responsibility
is granted to companies that are characterized by their active and voluntary contribution
to the social, economic and environmental improvement of the Country.
Articulation for the Generation of Employment: Promote small self-sustainable
productive units, articulating inter-institutional efforts (Private Sector, Public Sector,
Academia, ONGs) that allow the acquisition of resources and the generation of
productive units that generate employment.
Research Projects: Formulate research projects in various specialized areas that can
solve complex problems.
Fundación Meraki
Colombia
Foundation Small Non-profit organization to manage
economic resources and efficiently
manage them in productive projects,
programs and services of agricultural
technical assistance for women head of
household, small producers and peasant
communities.
Aquaculture Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
Crops,
Livestock,
Aquaculture,
Environment
al Area
Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value Chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
From the research group GIADS, and the environmental and agricultural studies office
of the University, we have several project ideas to develop in the Catatumbo region and
the Northeast of Colombia. Mainly our project ideas are focused on strengthening
agricultural production in the region, through the incentive of promising crops with
agroecology, as well as the incentive of sustainable livestock operations, in areas with
land uses whose vocation allows it and articulated with conservation of natural
resources. We are looking for a partner in the United Kingdom who, through
cooperation, will provide us with scientific and technological support, as well as
financial support in the development of important projects for the region of direct
influence of our University in Colombia, which has been plagued for many years. the
armed conflict of our country.
Fundacion
Intensamente
ONG Micro La FUNDACIÓN INTENSAMENTE as a
private non-profit entity, aims to plan,
formulate and execute plans, programs
and projects in the areas of human,
social, educational, economic, health,
recreation and sports development and
international cooperation in benefit of
society in general and with a special
emphasis on research in its various
disciplines and the development and
recovery of the population affected by
neurological disorders in the same way in
medical science developments
Social
development
Francisco de Paula
Santander Ocaña
University
University or
another type of
research
institute
Large www.ufpso.edu.
co
Francisco de Paula Santander Ocaña
university, public college, is a community
of learning and self-assessment in
continuous improvement, committed to
the training of qualified professionals in
the areas of knowledge through teaching
strategies and innovative use of
technology ; contributing to national and
international development relevance and
social responsibility.
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21
Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Cultivation of Red Tilapia for commercialization and self-consumption, aimed at
mothers head of household - victims of forced displacement.
Project focused on the entire family and community with the quality of victims of the
armed and social conflict, so that the affected population has the means and resources
to generate a better quality of life in terms of food security and rural development.
Guaranteeing opportunities for the population directly affects the improvement of the
quality of life of those who insert themselves into the system.
Fish production and marketing projects with collection center, cold network,
beneficiation plants, desprese, desposte, storage and sale.
a) Production areas, estimated production and the characterization of the products.
Geomembrane tanks for production of Red Tilapia, 10 meters in diameter, to establish
a productive system with 60 tanks, with an estimated monthly production of 40 tons per
month from month 10.
b) The volumes that will be handled, supply and purchase commitments, supply
periods and possible markets.
AGRICULTURAL AND BUSINESS PLAN
a) Minimum number of beneficiaries: 40 families
b) Crops, areas: 2 Hectares
c) Types of producers: Small Producer
d) Forms of organization: Foundation
e) Schedule of activities: Program for 1 year
f) Target markets: Large areas and internal market
Fundacion Natura
Colombia
ONG Medium www.natura.org.
co
During its 34 years, the Natura
Foundation has dedicated itself to finding
different alternatives for the conservation
and sustainable use of biodiversity, which
go beyond work in conservation areas,
which is also one of its working
mechanisms. For this reason, the
foundation has developed a range of
replicable tools anywhere in the country
and many of them in the world.
One of the main lessons learned and
applied is the need to work
comprehensively in socioecosystemic
spaces, that is, where the relationship of
the human being with all other life forms
and biophysical spaces is worked in an
integral way, trying to maintain ecological
integrity, that is, the healthy and
appropriate permanent functioning of
ecosystems on a global and local scale,
as well as their continued provision of
renewable resources and environmental
services. This is why we work at a local
level with a regional perspective, to face
the challenge of global environmental
change.
Working at a local or regional level at the
landscape level, the Foundation's work
proposal is simultaneously to generate
knowledge that allows applying
methodologies that avoid the loss of
biodiversity and lead to its sustainable
use, strengthening the local capacity and
the governance of the communities on
natural resources, maintaining the health
of the ecosystems in such a way as to
provide the necessary environmental
services for the population, leading the
productive system to the implementation
of good practices, restoring key
ecosystems that mitigate the accumulated
environmental damage and making an
integral management of the global
environmental change. All of the above
with cross-cutting issues applied in all its
actors such as education and training,
participation, gender equity and
monitoring and evaluation.
The Foundation in the fulfillment of its
mission works on most issues such as
conservation and sustainable use of
biodiversity, sustainable production
systems, forests, ecological restoration,
protected areas, flora and fauna,
endangered species, climate change,
adaptation measures and mitigation,
commodities, sustainable cities, fishing,
compensation, risk management and in
sustainable production systems as a
measure of adaptation and deforestation.
The work is done by the communities,
indigenous people, Afro-descendants,
peasants, and works equally with the
government, private enterprise, academia
and other local, national and international
ONGs. The Foundation works its projects
with a focus on gender and participation,
in the Amazon, El Chocó biogeographic,
the Andes, the Orinoquia and the Atlantic
coast.
Crops,
Livestock,
Sustainable
production
systems,
complement
ation of
good
agricultural
practices,
Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Integrated rural
development,
solutions based on
nature
The 34 years of experience have led the Foundation to propose a comprehensive rural
development system in which good agricultural practices are implemented and
production is changed to sustainable systems, but simultaneously these practices lead
to the conservation of biodiversity, of the soils and the waters, a good management of
natural resources is made. These measures are also adopted as processes of
adaptation to global environmental change and seeking territories that are resilient to
climate change, public policies and market prices. These practices are accompanied by
processes of food security and knowledge dissemination, with a fully participatory,
equitable and gender approach. We always seek to give added values to these
programs through a possible certification or verification of the product that opens or
maintains both national and international markets, but if it is not certified, studies have
shown that productivity increases by almost 30%, that quality of life improves markedly
and the health indicators of ecosystems increases. Due to these programs, it is
possible to foresee a decrease in the opening of the agricultural frontier and a decrease
in afforestation, always seeking to reach zero net deforestation. Therefore, and taking
into account the importance that these issues have for UK partners, we believe that it
would be an excellent alliance to bring models of sustainable rural development and
that these can be replicated in the different regions of the country, since part of the
reality of the territory and its people.
Fundación Meraki
Colombia
Foundation Small Non-profit organization to manage
economic resources and efficiently
manage them in productive projects,
programs and services of agricultural
technical assistance for women head of
household, small producers and peasant
communities.
Aquaculture Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Fundacion Natura
Colombia
ONG Medium www.natura.org.
co
During its 34 years, the Natura
Foundation has dedicated itself to finding
different alternatives for the conservation
and sustainable use of biodiversity, which
go beyond work in conservation areas,
which is also one of its working
mechanisms. For this reason, the
foundation has developed a range of
replicable tools anywhere in the country
and many of them in the world.
One of the main lessons learned and
applied is the need to work
comprehensively in socioecosystemic
spaces, that is, where the relationship of
the human being with all other life forms
and biophysical spaces is worked in an
integral way, trying to maintain ecological
integrity, that is, the healthy and
appropriate permanent functioning of
ecosystems on a global and local scale,
as well as their continued provision of
renewable resources and environmental
services. This is why we work at a local
level with a regional perspective, to face
the challenge of global environmental
change.
Working at a local or regional level at the
landscape level, the Foundation's work
proposal is simultaneously to generate
knowledge that allows applying
methodologies that avoid the loss of
biodiversity and lead to its sustainable
use, strengthening the local capacity and
the governance of the communities on
natural resources, maintaining the health
of the ecosystems in such a way as to
provide the necessary environmental
services for the population, leading the
productive system to the implementation
of good practices, restoring key
ecosystems that mitigate the accumulated
environmental damage and making an
integral management of the global
environmental change. All of the above
with cross-cutting issues applied in all its
actors such as education and training,
participation, gender equity and
monitoring and evaluation.
The Foundation in the fulfillment of its
mission works on most issues such as
conservation and sustainable use of
biodiversity, sustainable production
systems, forests, ecological restoration,
protected areas, flora and fauna,
endangered species, climate change,
adaptation measures and mitigation,
commodities, sustainable cities, fishing,
compensation, risk management and in
sustainable production systems as a
measure of adaptation and deforestation.
The work is done by the communities,
indigenous people, Afro-descendants,
peasants, and works equally with the
government, private enterprise, academia
and other local, national and international
ONGs. The Foundation works its projects
with a focus on gender and participation,
in the Amazon, El Chocó biogeographic,
the Andes, the Orinoquia and the Atlantic
coast.
Crops,
Livestock,
Sustainable
production
systems,
complement
ation of
good
agricultural
practices,
Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Integrated rural
development,
solutions based on
nature
The 34 years of experience have led the Foundation to propose a comprehensive rural
development system in which good agricultural practices are implemented and
production is changed to sustainable systems, but simultaneously these practices lead
to the conservation of biodiversity, of the soils and the waters, a good management of
natural resources is made. These measures are also adopted as processes of
adaptation to global environmental change and seeking territories that are resilient to
climate change, public policies and market prices. These practices are accompanied by
processes of food security and knowledge dissemination, with a fully participatory,
equitable and gender approach. We always seek to give added values to these
programs through a possible certification or verification of the product that opens or
maintains both national and international markets, but if it is not certified, studies have
shown that productivity increases by almost 30%, that quality of life improves markedly
and the health indicators of ecosystems increases. Due to these programs, it is
possible to foresee a decrease in the opening of the agricultural frontier and a decrease
in afforestation, always seeking to reach zero net deforestation. Therefore, and taking
into account the importance that these issues have for UK partners, we believe that it
would be an excellent alliance to bring models of sustainable rural development and
that these can be replicated in the different regions of the country, since part of the
reality of the territory and its people.
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23
Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Fundacion para el
desarrollo
Comunitario
ONG Small Non-profit organization that supports
training processes for work in improving
the quality of life of people and improving
income in search of sustainable
development
Crops Rural
Development,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
Our main idea at the moment is to eliminate the use of chicken manure for the
production of lONG onion, which by the content of it from chicken hatcheries and when
not treated to include it in the food production process generates soil deterioration ,
water pollution, damage to human and animal health, in addition to generating high
production costs due to the amount of chemicals used to fight the different diseases
and pests that attack production, to date we have achieved the application of clean
inputs to produce food without contamination with a view to the exportation of the same
process through dehydration to pulverize it, a process that was endorsed by the
environmental entity of the region. Our project would be developed in the Department
of Santander Municipalities of Santa Barbara, Tona and silos of Norte de Santander in
the Páramo de Berlin
Fundacion para el
desarrollo y las
tecnologias agricolas
"FIT"
Private sector Small Production and commercialization of
hydroponic lettuce, Genovese basil and
aromatic herbs
Crops,
Agroindustry
Rural Development Have Technology on hydroponics.
It wants to export aromatic and medicinal plants.
Assemble processor and emoacadors of fourth gamma vegetables.
Fundación
vivirenlafinca.org
ONG Micro http://vivirenlafin
ca.org
Promotion of the use of technology in the
field.
Crops ICT in Agriculture Precision agriculture for small-scale hillside crops
conservation
of the
environment
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
With the support of a partner we could:
• Establish and characterize the biopolymer volumes
• Determine the recruitment process (selection, collection and transport)
• Identify and characterize the population that integrates the associations of recyclers
• Determine the market supply and demand for recycled biopolymers
• Identify and determine empowerment strategies in the recycling and storage process
• Identify and determine environmental education and training strategies in educational
institutions
• Establish the economic and financial feasibility of the plant for the use of biopolymers.
• Determine the environmental impacts with the implementation of the plant
FUNDACIÓN
RECIPAZIFICO
Foundation Micro The Foundation works for social and
economic environmental development for
the benefit of the population, with the
project will allow to have a socioeconomic
process based on environmental
conservation from the recycling of waste
containing biopolymers, in the Nariñense
Pacific region and Pie de Monte Costero
of the Department of Nariño.
Fundacion Natura
Colombia
ONG Medium www.natura.org.
co
During its 34 years, the Natura
Foundation has dedicated itself to finding
different alternatives for the conservation
and sustainable use of biodiversity, which
go beyond work in conservation areas,
which is also one of its working
mechanisms. For this reason, the
foundation has developed a range of
replicable tools anywhere in the country
and many of them in the world.
One of the main lessons learned and
applied is the need to work
comprehensively in socioecosystemic
spaces, that is, where the relationship of
the human being with all other life forms
and biophysical spaces is worked in an
integral way, trying to maintain ecological
integrity, that is, the healthy and
appropriate permanent functioning of
ecosystems on a global and local scale,
as well as their continued provision of
renewable resources and environmental
services. This is why we work at a local
level with a regional perspective, to face
the challenge of global environmental
change.
Working at a local or regional level at the
landscape level, the Foundation's work
proposal is simultaneously to generate
knowledge that allows applying
methodologies that avoid the loss of
biodiversity and lead to its sustainable
use, strengthening the local capacity and
the governance of the communities on
natural resources, maintaining the health
of the ecosystems in such a way as to
provide the necessary environmental
services for the population, leading the
productive system to the implementation
of good practices, restoring key
ecosystems that mitigate the accumulated
environmental damage and making an
integral management of the global
environmental change. All of the above
with cross-cutting issues applied in all its
actors such as education and training,
participation, gender equity and
monitoring and evaluation.
The Foundation in the fulfillment of its
mission works on most issues such as
conservation and sustainable use of
biodiversity, sustainable production
systems, forests, ecological restoration,
protected areas, flora and fauna,
endangered species, climate change,
adaptation measures and mitigation,
commodities, sustainable cities, fishing,
compensation, risk management and in
sustainable production systems as a
measure of adaptation and deforestation.
The work is done by the communities,
indigenous people, Afro-descendants,
peasants, and works equally with the
government, private enterprise, academia
and other local, national and international
ONGs. The Foundation works its projects
with a focus on gender and participation,
in the Amazon, El Chocó biogeographic,
the Andes, the Orinoquia and the Atlantic
coast.
Crops,
Livestock,
Sustainable
production
systems,
complement
ation of
good
agricultural
practices,
Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Integrated rural
development,
solutions based on
nature
The 34 years of experience have led the Foundation to propose a comprehensive rural
development system in which good agricultural practices are implemented and
production is changed to sustainable systems, but simultaneously these practices lead
to the conservation of biodiversity, of the soils and the waters, a good management of
natural resources is made. These measures are also adopted as processes of
adaptation to global environmental change and seeking territories that are resilient to
climate change, public policies and market prices. These practices are accompanied by
processes of food security and knowledge dissemination, with a fully participatory,
equitable and gender approach. We always seek to give added values to these
programs through a possible certification or verification of the product that opens or
maintains both national and international markets, but if it is not certified, studies have
shown that productivity increases by almost 30%, that quality of life improves markedly
and the health indicators of ecosystems increases. Due to these programs, it is
possible to foresee a decrease in the opening of the agricultural frontier and a decrease
in afforestation, always seeking to reach zero net deforestation. Therefore, and taking
into account the importance that these issues have for UK partners, we believe that it
would be an excellent alliance to bring models of sustainable rural development and
that these can be replicated in the different regions of the country, since part of the
reality of the territory and its people.
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24
Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
From the Department of Huila we worked 2 years ago in public policy for the promotion
of rural women. A project called "Huilense woman, associated and productive"
(authorship of my office) where we seek the economic empowerment of rural women.
All this with the strengthening of their productive units with public resources, which will
be forgiven if the women comply with the indicators of each project. The promotion of
associativity as a tool to make them increasingly competitive and generate added value
to bring wealth to their fields and well-being for their families. The project had more
than 1,000 million COP and could benefit 37 organizations (1,141 rural families) a
project that is worthwhile to feed and accompany the high social, economic and
productive impact.
Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers,
Conflict Resolution
Productive and entrepreneurial strengthening of producer organizations with a high
percentage of women
Gobernacion del Huila Public sector Large www.huila.gov.c
o
Mission: The Department of Huila
according to the Political Constitution has
autonomy for the administration of
sectional matters and the planning and
promotion of the economic and social
development of its territory. It exercises
administrative functions of coordination, of
complementarity of the municipal action,
of intermediation between the National
Government and the Municipalities and
provider of the services determined by the
Constitution and the law. "(Statute Dptal.
No. 1338 of 2008).
Vision: In the year 2020 Huila will be the
green heart of Colombia, peaceful,
supportive and enterprising; leader of a
dynamic region where the dreams of all
flourish.
Crops,
aquaculture
Rural
Development,
Value chains
FUNDESOT ONG Small www.fundesot.o
rg.co
Fundación para el Desarrollo Sostenible
Territorial - FUNDESOT is a non-profit
organization created in 2005, with
experience in cooperation with national
and international institutions in applied
research, complementation of productive
projects and environmental protection,
training and rural extension, resolution of
socio-environmental conflicts and
strengthening of rural actors and
organizations to contribute to the
sustainable development of the territory.
Crops,
Livestock,
business
strengthenin
g, rural
extension
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Go-Drone SAS Private sector Micro www.go-
drone.co
Company dedicated to the provision of
services through DRONES and post-
process.
Crops,
Aquaculture
Precision
agriculture with
Drones
We want to make it possible for small and medium farmers to have access to the
services of analysis of the state of the crops through images captured by multispectral
cameras installed in drones and crop fumigation through this same technology.
Grupo de
Investigación
BICAMSA-
Universidad del Cauca
Public sector Large www.unicauca.e
du.co
Public university institution located in the
city of Popayán in the Department of
Cauca in the South West of Colombia, in
one of the areas most influenced by the
armed conflict and illicit crops. It supports
the processes of training young people in
the region at the undergraduate and
graduate levels. Specifically, the research
group interested in participating in the call
is the Group Biotechnology Environmental
Quality and Food Safety (BICAMSA)
attached to the Department of Chemistry
of the University of Cauca, which
develops research lines focused on food
science and technology involving the
primary sector of the economy of the
communities of the region and the
processes of transformation of raw
materials that promote the
empoderamiento of gender of green
methodologies, the participation of the
community and the appropriation of the
knowledge; likewise, the standardization
and validation of analytical techniques
and the quality and safety of food
products are promoted; the search for
bioactive compounds from plant species
in the region.
Crops,
transformatio
n processes
and food
Value chains Implementation of green methodologies for the extraction of bioactive compounds as
multifunctional food ingredients.
Integral use of fruits and valorization of by-products.
Analysis of bioactive compounds associated with the control of metabolic syndrome.
Detection of fraud or adulterations. Association with health.
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Huerta Urbana Private sector Micro We focus on the clean production of food,
especially sprouts (microgreens) for now
in the urban perimeter. Our idea is to offer
a clean product of chemical products, with
good nutritional contribution, healthy and
at affordable prices for all.
Crops Value chains To project in the community in general and not only to a small part, the conscience of
eating healthily besides understanding that they can produce part of their food.
Independiente Independiente Micro Finca por el sector de gabriel Lopez,
Cauca. Por su ubicacion y caracteristicas
termicas y geograficas se pretende
cultivar arandanos.
Crops Crops Por sus caracteristicas geograficas y climatologicas se presta para el cultivo de
arandanos y similares, que no se han sembrado aun en la region. Se tendrá un valor
agregado de encontrarse cerca al puerto de buenaventura para su exportacion a
paisas donde demandan esta fruta y que no se da todo los años por cuestiones
estacionales.
Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
Sanitary Authority
Crops Rural
development,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Reforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
somos una Small empresa de agro industria enfocada a el cultivo de la Guanabana
desmostrandole al campesino que sufrido la guerra de nuestro país que se puede
reforestar, mejorar la captura de carbono, coadyuvar para evitar la erosión,
desertificación y desforestación del suelo, teniendo ingresos a corto y mediano plazo
con impactos importantes en los ecosistemas y en el sustento alimentario de sus
familias
ICA Public sector Large www.ica.gov.co agricultural crops,
livestock,
Aquaculture
guanabans y corderos Agroindustrysos
tenible
Micro no teONG somo una mini pyme que bajo el espectro
de la seguridad alimentaria y
aprovechando el efecto Foehn, estamos
demostrando que re forestación e ingreso
para los campesinos seguro viable
estable y que con los frutales tropicales
permitirá contener la certificación y
ayudara a retener carbono para el efecto
invernadero, todo bajo la sombra de la
annona muricata mas conocida como
Guanabana , Graviola, Catuche, ya que
por este árbol frutal se perciben ingresos
económicos para las familias mas
temprano que las plantaciones de arboles
con objetivos en el papel u otros
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
IRD University or
another type of
research
institute
Large http://www.ird.fr Institute for the development of countries
of the South
Crops Pest and Disease
Management,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
Project ideas
ISOIN Private sector Small www.isoin.co Tech company in the ICT, Logistic, and
AgroTech sectors
Crops ICT in Agriculture,
Value chains
Logistic for Agro; ICT for Export / Import; Artificial Intelligence for Decision Making in
Agriculture
Production of food supplement for animals made from yeast and honey, amONG other
components. The supplement is the result of the fermentation of the yeast
Sacaromyces cerevisiae to which later virgin honey is added and subjected to cell wall
rupture and subsequent concentration. The product does not exist in the market and is
obtained through a new, unconventional, disruptive process that does not have an
environmental impact, well no waste is generated as those generated in the traditional
yeast fermentation process.
Instituto Técnico
Agrícola
University or
another type of
research
institute
Small http://ita.edu.co/
web/
The Agricultural Technical Institute (ITA,
agronomy technical institute) is a high
degree educational institute located in
Buga, Colombia. Since 50 years, ITA has
focused on the preparation of agricultural
technicians who have contributed to the
development of this area in the country. In
the last years, the institution is pursuing
the improvement of its educational offer
by the professionalization of all the
careers. As well, ITA has deeply worked
to advance in research and scientists
formation, increasing the investment and
quality of its professors.
Crops ITA's research team is applying to the goverment to get fundings for the
implementation of a research project entitled: agricultural strategies, based on
precision farming, to improve smallholders productivity on hillside areas at the central
region of Valle del Cauca - Colombia. For this particular project, ITA is looking for
experienced scientits who can help the institution to implement the precision farming
tools and extend the achieved knowledge with rural communities.
As well as, ITA is interested in the characterization of the crop diversity used by farmers
in the region. It would be very useful for the institution, to know the experts background
for the stablishment of this research topics.
Ing-Biotec Private sector Micro www.ing-
biotec.com
We are experts in the yeast industry and
its processes, with solid knowledge of the
processes, raw materials and equipment
that intervene in the food industries, with
more than 20 years of experience in the
sector and whose primary objective is to
move that knowledge at the service of our
clients to achieve competitive advantages
that maximize the customer's result with
the highest quality standards. Our main
objective is the production and marketing
of products for the animal nutrition
industry, as well as food supplements for
this industry.
Livestock,
Animal
Nutrition
(Poultry,
Cattle, Pigs)
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
The proposal of Londono's Coffee-Crafts is to encourage the rural development of
peasant families within the coffee cultural landscape and within rural conflict zones in
Colombia so that they can develop handcrafted products from coffee wood since it is a
raw material abundant in the Colombian countryside and it is wasted and used for other
purposes such as pollution.
The intention is to strengthen the rural family nucleus generating additional income for
the production of handicrafts, and thus find in the field a development of these families
having higher incomes thanks to these practices. Above all women, who within the
coffee cultural landscape and are people who are very marginalized, limiting their
activities only to the care of the home, the care of children and the cooking of food for
workers, coffee pickers. These peasant women can generate marginal income to the
family by developing crafts in coffee wood during a great part of the hours of the day
that they do not have destined for other activities. And thus stimulate rural development
in the Colombian countryside, first generating higher income in peasant families,
Second generating a positive environmental impact by decreasing the large amount of
carbon dioxide generated by the abundant brown wood burns that occur in the field and
third also generating an additional income to the Colombian coffee industry by buying
the coffee wood that, due to the obligation, must be shoveled in the coffee crops so that
the production of the grain does not diminish and the coffee grower is profitable.
Also, look at how these products can be marketed in the United Kingdom, according to
design patterns and trends that exist today. These products should not only be
handicrafts, perhaps even pieces of furniture made of coffee wood to be exported to
this country.
Crops Rural
Development,
Value chains
We are a company B, with a project that we call LABORATORY SCHOOL OF
AGRICULTURAL AND LIVESTOCK BUSINESS GENETICS OF COLOMBIA, which
we are developing in Urabá and Santander, for which we need the support and
partners that want to invest in the territory and the Colombian countryside. The
objective of the project is to implement a model of wealth generation and socio-
economic growth based on the certain demand for agricultural products and services
for the beneficiary families in the different zones of the country, under an associative
and sustainable model.
Londono’s Coffee-
Crafts
Public sector Micro www.londonosc
offee.com
Londono’s Coffee-Crafts is a family
business that develops designer furniture
and handicrafts from coffee wood, a by-
product of Colombian coffee farming that
currently this wood is wasted in the
countryside with the sole purpose of
burning and polluting the environment,
since in the field this raw material is used
for the production of charcoal or for the
cooking of food in wood stoves producing
chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases
(COPD) in rural women. And if not, the
wood is thrown into the water sources that
circulate around the farms so that the
wood can rot and contaminate in this way
the water slopes that circulate in the field.
This is how more than 10 years ago,
Londono's Coffee-Crafts has been
developing innovative products from
coffee wood, which has properties that
make it unique and different from other
woods that we find in our environment, it
is a considered wood very dense what
makes it more durable over time than
many other natural ways, besides that it is
an alternative and an innovative proposal
that benefits the environment, because
they are not burning, and likewise, the
Colombian coffee grower is benefiting
having an additional income when selling
this by-product.
At Londono's Coffee-Crafts we take care
of design furniture and handicrafts in
coffee wood, and with these products and
this proposal we won in 2014 the first
design biennial in Colombian crafts,
contest held by Artesanías de Colombia
in the framework of Expoartesanias . Here
more than 250 artisans from all over the
country participated with the different
existing proposals and we were selected
as the winners thanks to having a
different and unique proposal to
everything in the market and what was
known as Colombian handicrafts, in
addition to working as father and son
within the same company, assuring a
tradition that will follow and become
entangled. The wood of the coffeehas
excellent acceptance by the market
thanks to its finishes and unique colors, in
addition to international markets this wood
is seen as an exotic material that can not
be found within the wood of the coffee.
Exports to the US have already been
developed. and Germany, with very good
acceptance.
Crops,
Agroindustry
Limite Vertical Private sector Micro www.limitevertic
al.com.co
We are a simplified corporation company,
founded in Bogotá, Colombia in 2015 with
the purpose of promoting economic and
social development in the regions based
on integral processes under the
sustainability approach. Since its
inception, LIMITE VERTICAL has
consolidated a series of methodologies in
associative models (based on the
processes carried out with the IDB in the
cooperation agreements between FOMIN -
ACOPI and FOMIN-ANDI), linkages and
rural business genetics. This is how this
value proposal was born, which
represents an opportunity for the
generation of wealth through sustainable
and social inclusion.
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
The proposal of Londono's Coffee-Crafts is to encourage the rural development of
peasant families within the coffee cultural landscape and within rural conflict zones in
Colombia so that they can develop handcrafted products from coffee wood since it is a
raw material abundant in the Colombian countryside and it is wasted and used for other
purposes such as pollution.
The intention is to strengthen the rural family nucleus generating additional income for
the production of handicrafts, and thus find in the field a development of these families
having higher incomes thanks to these practices. Above all women, who within the
coffee cultural landscape and are people who are very marginalized, limiting their
activities only to the care of the home, the care of children and the cooking of food for
workers, coffee pickers. These peasant women can generate marginal income to the
family by developing crafts in coffee wood during a great part of the hours of the day
that they do not have destined for other activities. And thus stimulate rural development
in the Colombian countryside, first generating higher income in peasant families,
Second generating a positive environmental impact by decreasing the large amount of
carbon dioxide generated by the abundant brown wood burns that occur in the field and
third also generating an additional income to the Colombian coffee industry by buying
the coffee wood that, due to the obligation, must be shoveled in the coffee crops so that
the production of the grain does not diminish and the coffee grower is profitable.
Also, look at how these products can be marketed in the United Kingdom, according to
design patterns and trends that exist today. These products should not only be
handicrafts, perhaps even pieces of furniture made of coffee wood to be exported to
this country.
Londono’s Coffee-
Crafts
Public sector Micro www.londonosc
offee.com
Londono’s Coffee-Crafts is a family
business that develops designer furniture
and handicrafts from coffee wood, a by-
product of Colombian coffee farming that
currently this wood is wasted in the
countryside with the sole purpose of
burning and polluting the environment,
since in the field this raw material is used
for the production of charcoal or for the
cooking of food in wood stoves producing
chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases
(COPD) in rural women. And if not, the
wood is thrown into the water sources that
circulate around the farms so that the
wood can rot and contaminate in this way
the water slopes that circulate in the field.
This is how more than 10 years ago,
Londono's Coffee-Crafts has been
developing innovative products from
coffee wood, which has properties that
make it unique and different from other
woods that we find in our environment, it
is a considered wood very dense what
makes it more durable over time than
many other natural ways, besides that it is
an alternative and an innovative proposal
that benefits the environment, because
they are not burning, and likewise, the
Colombian coffee grower is benefiting
having an additional income when selling
this by-product.
At Londono's Coffee-Crafts we take care
of design furniture and handicrafts in
coffee wood, and with these products and
this proposal we won in 2014 the first
design biennial in Colombian crafts,
contest held by Artesanías de Colombia
in the framework of Expoartesanias . Here
more than 250 artisans from all over the
country participated with the different
existing proposals and we were selected
as the winners thanks to having a
different and unique proposal to
everything in the market and what was
known as Colombian handicrafts, in
addition to working as father and son
within the same company, assuring a
tradition that will follow and become
entangled. The wood of the coffeehas
excellent acceptance by the market
thanks to its finishes and unique colors, in
addition to international markets this wood
is seen as an exotic material that can not
be found within the wood of the coffee.
Exports to the US have already been
developed. and Germany, with very good
acceptance.
Crops,
Agroindustry
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
MONTEBON SAS Private sector Micro company incorporated to develop ideas in
its beginning and later coffee distributor.
Aquaculture Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
development of processes for coffee sub products and thus veneficiar to more than 560
thousand coffee families in Colombia, as well as being able to show a project already
developed in the scientific part to other coffee countries.
Cultural, Social and Human Experiences that have allowed these women in spite of so
much social violence to take their children and families forward, to have a partner that
finances productive projects in the traditional knowledge they know and in which they
have found a source of income.
MonteColombia Private sector Medium We are an Agroindustryl company where
farmers are the owners of the entire value
chain.
Agroindustry Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value Chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
We are an Organization created from the need to strengthen the inclusion of farmers in
all the value chains that the SachaInchi generates. We bet on an inclusive
Agroindustryl model with native seeds.
Mesa Municipal de
Mujeres, Tumaco
Non-profit
organization,
defender of the
rights of women
of the
Nicaraguan
Pacific Coast
Small We are an organization that looks after
the welfare, empowerment and respect of
women's rights in the pacific coast of
Nariño Colombia
projects that
allow the
development
of artisanal
potential, of
cultural-
community
tourism, that
allow them
to improve
their
economic
conditions
and
strengthen
their home.
Economic, Social
and Human
Development
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Municipio de Pereira Public sector Large www.pereira.go
v.co
Territorial organization of local order
located in the center west of Colombia,
has a high vocation of agricultural
development with more than 90% of the
municipal territory under the classification
of rural area, has been executing for 5
years various initiatives for the
management of climate change (
adaptation and mitigation).
Crops Rural development We seek to strengthen our monitoring system and early warnings combining
technological development and community participation to have better tools for
decision making in relation to agricultural management and climate regimes, as well as
in reducing disaster risk. Currently, the municipality of Pereira has a plan for adapting
to the variability and climate change that groups the main lines of work with their
respective specific activities.
Nihil Studio Private sector Micro https://nihillab.w
ordpress.com/
Design study focused on the construction
of new paradigms for general use in
design, web, industrial and graphic.
Production
of energy in
an
alternative
way, by
means of
fluids.
Rural
Development,
Value chains
We look for allies for the construction of a unit of electrical production by means of salt
water (electricity of flow of electrons) for rural environments.
Palenque Afro
Urbano de Tumaco
Non-profit
organization
that defends
the rights of
Black Afro-
descendants of
the pacific
Nariñense
Colombiano
Small The Palenque Afro Urbano de Tumaco, is
an organization attached to the Ministry of
the Interior, of the Political, Economic,
Social and Cultural type, its objective is to
defend the ethnic rights of the Colombian
Pacific Coast community, guaranteeing
the inclusion, recognition and
empowerment of the traditions, proper
forms of production and peaceful
coexistence that assure us true Peace.
Non-profit
Organization
of an
Ethnic,
Political,
Economic
and Social
type
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
Projects that allow the conservation of mangroves and ecosystems, to ensure marine
biodiversity, as well as feeding the inhabitants of the Pacific Nariñense region of
Colombia
Livestock Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
One of the main bets is the assembly of the plant to obtain balanced palm that will be
the base input for the manufacture of concentrate for cattle, nutritional blocks and
cores, replacing the used poultry and concentrating production in less territory. With the
support of food supplements (Balanced) it is expected to contribute to the
intensification of livestock production in Colombia, migrating from an extensive grazing
system to semi-intensive supplemented grazing; being more efficient and having
greater economic impact in rural areas (many of them affected by violence and in the
process of development in the post-conflict).
PHINA
BIOSOLUCIONES SAS
Private sector Small http://phinabioso
luciones.com/
Phina Biosolutions SAS is a technology-
based company, a spin-off of the
company Penagos Hermanos and
Compañía SAS, leader in the metal-
mechanic industry in the country. PHINA
was born in 2015 with the aim of offering
technological and sustainable solutions to
the palm sector, characterized by
identifying problems and creating
innovative and sustainable solutions for
palm oil extraction plants through the
formulation of projects; provision of
advisory and consulting services. He is
currently working on 5 strategic foci, one
of them, the process of obtaining
'Balanced Palm', a technology that seeks
to exploit and generate value from a by-
product of palm oil extraction. The
process of obtaining balanced requested
patent in 5 countries of America in 2016.
Other technological bets of the company
are related to: Forecast models of palm oil
production, based on climatic variables
with an error of 4%; Methodology for
evaluation of oil potentials; Recovery of
the lagoons for the generation of biogas;
amONG others.
The 'Balanced palm' allows to obtain an
input of high nutritional value for the
feeding of bovines. The equipment used
to obtain the balance was designed and
manufactured by the company, tests have
been carried out and formulas or diets for
bovines are currently being developed;
once the patent is granted, it is expected
to bring to the market a concentrate of
animals that uses the balance and other
byproducts of the extraction process.
As part of its journey, it has developed
projects for the recovery of waste,
effluents, gophers and cakes from palm
leaf filters; of exploitation of husk as fuel
in replacement of coal; application of the
methodology for the reduction or loss of
oil in the waste, amONG others. In 2016,
Phina had a turnover of around 950
million Colombian pesos.
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Livestock Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
One of the main bets is the assembly of the plant to obtain balanced palm that will be
the base input for the manufacture of concentrate for cattle, nutritional blocks and
cores, replacing the used poultry and concentrating production in less territory. With the
support of food supplements (Balanced) it is expected to contribute to the
intensification of livestock production in Colombia, migrating from an extensive grazing
system to semi-intensive supplemented grazing; being more efficient and having
greater economic impact in rural areas (many of them affected by violence and in the
process of development in the post-conflict).
PHINA
BIOSOLUCIONES SAS
Private sector Small http://phinabioso
luciones.com/
Phina Biosolutions SAS is a technology-
based company, a spin-off of the
company Penagos Hermanos and
Compañía SAS, leader in the metal-
mechanic industry in the country. PHINA
was born in 2015 with the aim of offering
technological and sustainable solutions to
the palm sector, characterized by
identifying problems and creating
innovative and sustainable solutions for
palm oil extraction plants through the
formulation of projects; provision of
advisory and consulting services. He is
currently working on 5 strategic foci, one
of them, the process of obtaining
'Balanced Palm', a technology that seeks
to exploit and generate value from a by-
product of palm oil extraction. The
process of obtaining balanced requested
patent in 5 countries of America in 2016.
Other technological bets of the company
are related to: Forecast models of palm oil
production, based on climatic variables
with an error of 4%; Methodology for
evaluation of oil potentials; Recovery of
the lagoons for the generation of biogas;
amONG others.
The 'Balanced palm' allows to obtain an
input of high nutritional value for the
feeding of bovines. The equipment used
to obtain the balance was designed and
manufactured by the company, tests have
been carried out and formulas or diets for
bovines are currently being developed;
once the patent is granted, it is expected
to bring to the market a concentrate of
animals that uses the balance and other
byproducts of the extraction process.
As part of its journey, it has developed
projects for the recovery of waste,
effluents, gophers and cakes from palm
leaf filters; of exploitation of husk as fuel
in replacement of coal; application of the
methodology for the reduction or loss of
oil in the waste, amONG others. In 2016,
Phina had a turnover of around 950
million Colombian pesos.
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
PIG CARIBE ONG Small pigcaribe@gmai
l.com
We are an association of small pig
farmers, which are dedicated to the
breeding of good quality pigs for human
consumption.
Livestock Rural
Development,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
Build a model farm for breeding and production of pigs, friendly to the environment that
complies with all standards of biosecurity, animal welfare and constant genetic
improvement, which serves to provide fertilizers, gas and good genetics to small
producers associated and you see produce pork for human consumption with export
quality standards.
Large
Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
Strengthening local agri-food systems that have been impacted by unplanned tourism
and the search for their insertion in a tourism model that respects cultural identity
Pontificia Universidad
Javeriana
Private Sector http://www.javeri
anacali.edu.co
The Pontificia Universidad Javeriana is a
private Colombian university founded in
1623 and run by the Society of Jesus. It
has two offices: one in Bogotá and the
other in Cali. Both venues are
institutionally accredited of high quality by
the Ministry of National Education
(National Council of Accreditation, CNA),
for periods of 8 years. The Cali campus
has approximately 8,500 students and a
numerical ratio of 20 students per full-time
equivalent teacher. The Faculty of
Engineering in Cali, has 6 undergraduate
programs accredited by the CNA and the
ABET of the United States, 3 Master's
programs and a Doctorate in Engineering.
It has 10 research groups, 7 of which are
scaled in category A-A1 in Colciencias. It
has two (2) Centers of Excellence of
Colciencias and the MinTIC, one in
Internet of Things (IoT) and another in Big
Data Analytics (CAOBA). The Faculty has
active research in omic sciences, of living
organisms, including crops. As part of it, it
maintains close collaborations with CIAT,
Cenicaña and other research entities in
Agriculture.
Crops ICT in Agriculture,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers,
Omic Sciences
(epigenomics,
genomics,
metabolomics,
proteomics, and
crop phenomics
High-resolution crop phenotyping platforms, geo-referenced IoT devices for agriculture,
big data analytics on omic data derived from crops, functional and comparative
genomics, devices for real-time biomarker sensing, in-silico prediction of structure and
function molecular (membrane proteins), improvement of agricultural varieties and
characterization of response to biotic and abiotic stresses, processing and analysis of
aerial images on crops, ecological restoration, drone development and application of
drones in agriculture
Politecnico
Colombiano Jaime
Isaza Cadavid
University or
another type of
research
institute
Medium http://www.polite
cnicojic.edu.co/
Institution of higher education of the
Department of Antioquia with emphasis
on technological training
Crops,
Agroindustry
from
promising
fruit trees
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
proyecto zomac soto
norte
Chamber of
Commerce of
Bucaramanga
Large www.camaradir
ecta.com.co
The Chamber of Commerce of
Bucaramanga through the zomac project
is advancing interventions to the rural
population with productive units of the
province of soto north of Santander.
Performing technical consultancy
business assistance and formulation of
projects to these individual and
associative units.
Crops,
Livestock,
Aquaculture,
Agroindustryl
transformatio
n
Rural
Development,
Value chains
Project ideas for the transformation and strengthening of the agro-industry in the
region. With technical assistance, collective assets and value chain.
Crops,
Livestock,
Aquaculture
Rural
Development,
Value Chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
Production of vegetables under the hydroponic system NFT (Nutrient Film Technique),
aimed at the affected population and vulnerable due to the armed conflict in the
Catatumbo-Norte region of Santander-Colombia, which does not have enough area to
be able to develop productive projects, allow them to guarantee food security and
therefore a better quality of life for this population.
PRODESCO ONG Small Organization of a social nature, which
through its own works or in meetings with
other organizations, wants to contribute to
the welfare of the people.
Pontificia Universidad
Javeriana
Private Sector http://www.javeri
anacali.edu.co
The Pontificia Universidad Javeriana is a
private Colombian university founded in
1623 and run by the Society of Jesus. It
has two offices: one in Bogotá and the
other in Cali. Both venues are
institutionally accredited of high quality by
the Ministry of National Education
(National Council of Accreditation, CNA),
for periods of 8 years. The Cali campus
has approximately 8,500 students and a
numerical ratio of 20 students per full-time
equivalent teacher. The Faculty of
Engineering in Cali, has 6 undergraduate
programs accredited by the CNA and the
ABET of the United States, 3 Master's
programs and a Doctorate in Engineering.
It has 10 research groups, 7 of which are
scaled in category A-A1 in Colciencias. It
has two (2) Centers of Excellence of
Colciencias and the MinTIC, one in
Internet of Things (IoT) and another in Big
Data Analytics (CAOBA). The Faculty has
active research in omic sciences, of living
organisms, including crops. As part of it, it
maintains close collaborations with CIAT,
Cenicaña and other research entities in
Agriculture.
Crops ICT in Agriculture,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers,
Omic Sciences
(epigenomics,
genomics,
metabolomics,
proteomics, and
crop phenomics
High-resolution crop phenotyping platforms, geo-referenced IoT devices for agriculture,
big data analytics on omic data derived from crops, functional and comparative
genomics, devices for real-time biomarker sensing, in-silico prediction of structure and
function molecular (membrane proteins), improvement of agricultural varieties and
characterization of response to biotic and abiotic stresses, processing and analysis of
aerial images on crops, ecological restoration, drone development and application of
drones in agriculture
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Sagita International
Consulting Ltda
Public sector Micro N/A Adviser in Political and Economic
Cooperation
Aquaculture Advisory
cooperation
Agricultural sector cooperation projects
Rural
Development,
Value Chains,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
The project that we are already doing in our development research center is an
agricultural school where all the actors involved in the chain can meet. Potential
partners in the UK would be technology companies and seed companies.
Saenz Fety SAS Private sector Medium www.saenzfety.
com
Sáenz Fety is a 100% Colombian
company with more than 60 years of
experience in the production, import and
distribution of products for the agricultural
sector.
• Our main products are seeds of
vegetables and grasses, pastures for cold
climates, warm climates, also dairy
supplements, fertilizers for land, covers,
trays and pots for germination.
• Our main differentiator is the high quality
of the products we sell and the service we
provide to our customers.
• We invest around 30% of our annual
profits in innovation and development. We
are absolute pioneers in Colombia in
technology for agricultural production.
• Sáenz Fety is the only company in the
sector that has its own Innovation and
Development Center located in Funza
(Cundinamarca). This is a living catalog of
products, which allows us to work on the
evaluation and selection of better seed
species, with which we make an important
contribution to the development of
agriculture in Colombia. This innovation
center fulfills the following objectives: 1) to
carry out the agronomic evaluation tests
required by the ICA. 2) Exhibit a living
catalog of the products that are marketed,
and, 3) be a center for the transfer of
technology and knowledge that is
available to Colombian farmers.
• In our computer-controlled greenhouse,
Saénz Fety has managed to produce 50
kilos of tomato per square meter, when
the average in Colombia is 8 kilos.
Leading countries such as Holland
reach productions in the order of 90 kilos
of tomato per square meter.
Crops,
Livestock,
flowers,
ornamental
plants
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Santiagro Familiar Micro Farmers of transient and permanent crops Crops Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture
To adapt a greenhouse for the production of crops in a clean and permanent way.
The strategy uses the premise that giving more added value close to the production
centers generates inclusion and counteracts marketing barriers, which improves
competitiveness and stimulates local value chains. For this, a model of "balloon
companies" is being consolidated, of which three are positioned, they are companies
that, under an analysis of scalability, technological requirements and market access,
develop products that include at least 50% of local inputs, around of which 600
suppliers have been supplied with supplies that have increased their sales by at least
10% by eliminating transport and logistics barriers that had not allowed them to enter
national markets due to the great distances that make the products more expensive. It
is required to scale the model to increase the impact
SELVACEUTICA Private sector Micro https://m.facebo
ok.com/Selvace
utica/
SELVACEUTICA started activities about
five years ago, developing biocosmetic
and phytopharmaceutical products with
local raw materials. The actions of this
initiative are basically focused on adding
value to products and services of
biodiversity. Then, the ancestral
knowledge is articulated with the results
of research to generate perceptible
innovations for the communities that has
allowed to place more than 18 products in
a competitive market without detriment to
the heritage. The bioeconomy-
BIOECONOVIDA model, apart of adding
value to local assets (biodiversity,
ancestral knowledge, culture), the social
fabric is reconstructed, the relationship
with the environment is re-evaluated and
the being is re-evaluated. This initiative
serves a population base of the
productive chain that is considered poorly
qualified to generate innovations and
development of innovative products; it is
valued what people know, because it
does not matter if you have sales or not,
certifications or not, investment plan or
not;the most important thing is to study if
there is a potential that can be
materialized. In this model, we do not
expect to find a product that is ready but
we do expect to innovate, not have
production ready but how we increase it,
not have a market but how we arrived;
since by creating a research, innovation,
production and joint marketing network,
there will be a greater level of
competitiveness.
Crops, BIO
products
manufacturin
g
Supply chains
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
SENA Public sector Large www.sena.edu.c
o
Entity of the national order attached to the
Ministry of Labor responsible for investing
in the social and technical development of
Colombian workers offering and executing
professional training for the incorporation
and development of people in productive
activities that contribute to the social,
economic and technological development
of the country
Crops Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
The idea of the project is UTILIZATION OF THE SPECIES Hermetia illucens (Black
soldier fly) as a sustainable alternative for the transformation of organic matter and
protein production for minor species in the municipality of Buenaventura, department of
Valle del Cauca. We are looking for a partner interested in investing in the
development of a proposal that contributes to improve the management of solid waste
that is produced both in the urban area and in the rural area with an added value of
production of protein for animal feed of optimum quality.
Crops Rural
Development,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
It requires an expert in soil analysis and treatment for agro-ecology, with experience in
projects and financial leverage to support areas affected by the armed conflict, in the
process of development.
Sena - Centro
Agroecológico y
Empresarial
Public sector Large http://www.sena.
edu.co/es-
co/Paginas/defa
ult.aspx
The National Service of Learning - SENA,
is a public establishment of the national
order, with legal personality, own and
independent patrimony, and
administrative autonomy; Ascribed to the
Ministry of Labor of Colombia. It offers
free training to millions of Colombians
who benefit from technical, technological
and complementary programs that focus
on the country's economic, technological
and social development. They enter the
productive activities of companies and
industry to obtain better competitiveness
and production. with globalized markets.
The strategy uses the premise that giving more added value close to the production
centers generates inclusion and counteracts marketing barriers, which improves
competitiveness and stimulates local value chains. For this, a model of "balloon
companies" is being consolidated, of which three are positioned, they are companies
that, under an analysis of scalability, technological requirements and market access,
develop products that include at least 50% of local inputs, around of which 600
suppliers have been supplied with supplies that have increased their sales by at least
10% by eliminating transport and logistics barriers that had not allowed them to enter
national markets due to the great distances that make the products more expensive. It
is required to scale the model to increase the impact
SENA Public sector Large sena.edu.co NATIONAL LEARNING SERVICE SENA Crops,
Livestock,
Aquaculture,
AGRO-
FOOD
Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value Chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
In-vitro propagation of native plant species from Vaupes, soil improvement to
implement livestock in the region for milk production.
SELVACEUTICA Private sector Micro https://m.facebo
ok.com/Selvace
utica/
SELVACEUTICA started activities about
five years ago, developing biocosmetic
and phytopharmaceutical products with
local raw materials. The actions of this
initiative are basically focused on adding
value to products and services of
biodiversity. Then, the ancestral
knowledge is articulated with the results
of research to generate perceptible
innovations for the communities that has
allowed to place more than 18 products in
a competitive market without detriment to
the heritage. The bioeconomy-
BIOECONOVIDA model, apart of adding
value to local assets (biodiversity,
ancestral knowledge, culture), the social
fabric is reconstructed, the relationship
with the environment is re-evaluated and
the being is re-evaluated. This initiative
serves a population base of the
productive chain that is considered poorly
qualified to generate innovations and
development of innovative products; it is
valued what people know, because it
does not matter if you have sales or not,
certifications or not, investment plan or
not;the most important thing is to study if
there is a potential that can be
materialized. In this model, we do not
expect to find a product that is ready but
we do expect to innovate, not have
production ready but how we increase it,
not have a market but how we arrived;
since by creating a research, innovation,
production and joint marketing network,
there will be a greater level of
competitiveness.
Crops, BIO
products
manufacturin
g
Supply chains
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
sena tecnoparque Public sector Large www.sena.edu.c
o
sena Crops ICT in Agriculture software web para gestionar Crops de palma africana
Pest and Disease
Management, ICT
in Agriculture,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers,
Agroindustryl
Transformation
Implementation of an Agroindustryl complex for the training of apprentices and citizens
in the transformation of products and by-products of commercial interest in the region
for the food and non-food agroindustry.
Crops Rural
Development,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
It requires an expert in soil analysis and treatment for agro-ecology, with experience in
projects and financial leverage to support areas affected by the armed conflict, in the
process of development.
SENA - CENTRO
AgroindustryL DEL
META
Public sector Large www.sena.edu.c
o
The National Service of Learning - SENA,
is a public establishment of the national
order, with legal personality, own and
independent patrimony, and
administrative autonomy; Ascribed to the
Ministry of Labor of Colombia. It offers
free training to millions of Colombians
who benefit from technical, technological
and complementary programs that focus
on the country's economic, technological
and social development. They enter the
productive activities of companies and
industry to obtain better competitiveness
and production. with globalized markets.
The entity most beloved by Colombians
works in permanent alliance between
Government, businessmen and workers,
since its creation 60 years ago, with the
firm purpose of achieving the
competitiveness of Colombia through the
increase of productivity in companies and
regions, without leaving aside social
inclusion, in articulation with national
policy: More employment and less
poverty. For this reason, programs and
projects of social responsibility, business,
training, innovation, internationalization
and transfer of knowledge and
technologies are continuously generated.
Crops,
Livestock,
Aquaculture,
Agribusiness
Sena - Centro
Agroecológico y
Empresarial
Public sector Large http://www.sena.
edu.co/es-
co/Paginas/defa
ult.aspx
The National Service of Learning - SENA,
is a public establishment of the national
order, with legal personality, own and
independent patrimony, and
administrative autonomy; Ascribed to the
Ministry of Labor of Colombia. It offers
free training to millions of Colombians
who benefit from technical, technological
and complementary programs that focus
on the country's economic, technological
and social development. They enter the
productive activities of companies and
industry to obtain better competitiveness
and production. with globalized markets.
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39
Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Silversoft SAS Private sector Micro www.silversoft.o
rg
We are a company that develops software
as a service aimed at the Agroindustryl
sector, we have a platform which is
accessed through the web or an
application for mobile devices that allows
controlling all processes related to
business activity regardless of the size of
the company, offering information in real
time for decision making.
Crops,
Livestock,
Aquaculture,
transformatio
n processes
ICT in Agriculture,
Value chains
We have designed an application whose quality is based on the control and
management of processes, the application is adapted to the conditions and needs of
the user. It is multi-user, works offline and once access to the Internet service will
update automatically, allowing interact directly with the entire business structure and
provides partial information to external agents involved in business processes and / or
comapny. It is a technologically innovative proposal since we know in first hand the
agricultural sector which has allowed us to know what are the real needs of farmers in
Colombia to manage their business. The tool not only allows to control the processes
but also provides real information for decision making and for the improvement of
production and commercialization.
Our capabilities allow us to develop projects through the acquisition and processing of
images using RASTER technologies (satellite, aerial photographs), Lidar, On-site
survey of sub-metric precision data with the use of GPS.
We hope to develop or participate in projects that allow us to generate soil information
and application of technologies for an eco-efficient agriculture in the family productive
units in hillside areas vulnerable to climate change. Identification of suitable areas
through intelligent mapping for the exploitation of the exploitation of crops in
agroforestry systems, with low CO2 emissions, which allow a greater valuation and
competitiveness of the products in national and international markets.
We hope to make links with companies that develop sustainable models using
technological tools that strengthen family farming. We are interested in the joint
development and validation of information systems for the implementation of a platform
of services based on the use of IoT (Internet of Things) and Virtual Reality / Augmented
Reality for the Agricultural sector in the department of Santander, Colombia.
Sinú Verde Private sector Micro www.sinuverde.
com
Sinú Verde is a micro company dedicated
to producing healthy food, mitigating
climate change and adopting
sustainability strategies.
Crops Pest and Disease
Management, ICT
in Agriculture,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
Project 1: Mitigation of climate change through agriculture. To practice a modern,
sustainable agriculture with low greenhouse gas emissions, to implement it with small
and medium peasant producers. Implement indicators of sustainability to agriculture
such as: i) calculation of the water footprint and ii) calculation of the carbon footprint of
agricultural products. Implement technologies with special drones and sensors for the
monitoring and evaluation of crops that increase the productivity of small and medium-
sized farmers by reducing the carbon footprint.
Project 2: Academic Portal of Agriculture. A web portal (and also face-to-face) focused
on training, with a high academic level, producers in general, state institutions and
private entities in topics of: i) Sustainable production, ii) mitigation and adaptation to
climate change in agriculture, iii) new technologies applied to Agro, iv) global
production trends, v) management and application of agricultural drones and sensors
(very simple and pedagogical, step by step, so that any producer can apply this
technology.)
Strengths: - Qualified technical team, with more than 15 years of experience in the
agricultural and forestry sector
- Great knowledge of the national agricultural sector and management of current
technologies.
- We are producers (micro), we apply what we say and our products are already in the
local market.
- Some practices are already being implemented in our production for more than 2
years. (irrigation system, drainage, composting, production of efficient micro-
organisms, rotation of crops with legumes, etc.)
- Knowledge of the local market
- Sinú Verde is a 100% agricultural company, we do not do anything else.
What do we look for in a partner?
- Work together for solutions that increase the quality of life of small and medium-sized
farmers, that increase agricultural production and that are produced in a sustainable
manner, mitigating and adapting to the phenomenon of climate change.
Sigma Soluciones en
Sistemas y
Computación Ltda -
SIGMA Ltda
Private sector Micro www.sigmasig.n
et
Our company has 20 years of experience
in the development of software and IT
applications, oriented to different sectors
such as: agriculture, environment and
hydrocarbons (Oil & Gas). In addition, we
have experience in the use and
application of GIS technologies
(geographic information systems), remote
sensing, geomatics applied to precision
agriculture, detailed engineering for
construction of facilities (flow lines, well
pads) amONG others.
Crops,
Livestock,
commercial
reforestation
and
ecological
restoration
of
ecosystems
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value Chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
SINUPLAT Association Small INUPLAT IS A PRODUCTION AND
MARKETING ASSOCIATION OF
PLANTAIN, THIS IS COMPOSED BY 8
ORGANIZATIONS OF PRODUCERS,
319 FAMILIES OF 3 MUNICIPALITIES
OF THE SOUTH OF CORDOBA
(TIERRALTA, VALENCIA AND
MONTELIBANO).
Crops Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
SINUPLAT WANTS TO IMPROVE THE PRODUCTION LOTS OF PLANTAIN,
INCURSION IN THE EXPORTATION OF FRESH FRUIT AND THE
TRANSFORMATION OF THE PLANTAIN IN PATACONS, TOSTONES AND
OTHERS.
Crops,
livestock
Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Installation of
maONG crop for
explotable
purposes and to
help the rural
development of the
area of influence
The need is the search for a capitalist partner who wants to invest in Colombian
agriculture and in turn have the management and distribution of the fruit in the British
market, for this we propose a partnership in the business, that is, risk shared from
sowing to production and marketing of fresh maONG, sweet potato and flours.
Sociedad Lafaurie
Restrepo
Private sector Micro N/a The Family Partnership Lafaurie Restrepo
composed of parents, children and
grandparents, dedicated to the
agricultural sector in short-cycle crops,
and medium-sized dairy cattle: with land
suitable for planting late-yield crops such
as maONG and cover crops such as
sweet potatoes , auyama, that would help
sustain and cover labor and
administrative costs.
Sinú Verde Private sector Micro www.sinuverde.
com
Sinú Verde is a micro company dedicated
to producing healthy food, mitigating
climate change and adopting
sustainability strategies.
Crops Pest and Disease
Management, ICT
in Agriculture,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
Project 1: Mitigation of climate change through agriculture. To practice a modern,
sustainable agriculture with low greenhouse gas emissions, to implement it with small
and medium peasant producers. Implement indicators of sustainability to agriculture
such as: i) calculation of the water footprint and ii) calculation of the carbon footprint of
agricultural products. Implement technologies with special drones and sensors for the
monitoring and evaluation of crops that increase the productivity of small and medium-
sized farmers by reducing the carbon footprint.
Project 2: Academic Portal of Agriculture. A web portal (and also face-to-face) focused
on training, with a high academic level, producers in general, state institutions and
private entities in topics of: i) Sustainable production, ii) mitigation and adaptation to
climate change in agriculture, iii) new technologies applied to Agro, iv) global
production trends, v) management and application of agricultural drones and sensors
(very simple and pedagogical, step by step, so that any producer can apply this
technology.)
Strengths: - Qualified technical team, with more than 15 years of experience in the
agricultural and forestry sector
- Great knowledge of the national agricultural sector and management of current
technologies.
- We are producers (micro), we apply what we say and our products are already in the
local market.
- Some practices are already being implemented in our production for more than 2
years. (irrigation system, drainage, composting, production of efficient micro-
organisms, rotation of crops with legumes, etc.)
- Knowledge of the local market
- Sinú Verde is a 100% agricultural company, we do not do anything else.
What do we look for in a partner?
- Work together for solutions that increase the quality of life of small and medium-sized
farmers, that increase agricultural production and that are produced in a sustainable
manner, mitigating and adapting to the phenomenon of climate change.
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Yes
Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value Chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
Solidaridad is looking for a UK partner interested in taking part in a consortium to
develop and implement continuous improvement systems for (female) producers, the
development of digital solutions, the skills for analyzing and taking benefit of the
collected data and to increase access to credits with business partners.
Tecnoferdelcesars.a.s Public sector Small We participate in the formulation of
projects
Crops,
Livestock
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers,
Create innovative
projects to benefit
the most
vulnerable
communities to
create productive
yards strengthen
the agricultural
sector by teaching
them to cultivate
as a means of
subsistence having
good agricultural
practices
Solidaridad Network ONG Small www.solidaridad
network.org
Solidarity envisions a world where the
people who produce the resources on
which we all depend to change that
matters, change that leads to prosperity
for all, without harming each other or the
environment.
To scale and speed project ultimately
creating systemic changes, Solidarity
works with its partners on the
development and implementation of
digital solutions for female producers in
the banana, palm oil, sugar cane, coffee
and livestock sectors. With these
innovations aims to support sustainable
production through a continuous
improvement model. The digital solutions
are integrated with a strategy sustain
moving from project to business case to
investment case. By using evidence
based data we are able to build or verify
with our partners the business cases and
assess impact investment opportunities
for female producers.
Livestock,
Crops
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42
Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
The Nature
Conservancy (TNC)
ONG Large www.mundotnc.
org
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is the
world's leading conservation organization,
with operations in 69 countries. TNC has
worked in Colombia for three decades,
building alliances, sharing science tools
and supporting the implementation of
innovative projects for the protection of
ecologically important areas.
Aquaculture Rural
Development,
Conservation
Fish research; Implementation of fish cages with native species; Development of a
technological package for the cultivation of native species of fish; Value chains and fair
trade
UNAD Grupo de
investigación
GRINDES
Public sector Large www.unad.edu.c
o
Universidad Virtual Crops Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture
Implementación de los resultados de la Inteligencia competitiva para la cadena
productiva de la mora (Rubus Glaucus Benth) en Pamplona Norte de Santander
Yes
Universidad Católica
de Manizales
University or
another type of
research
institute
Medium www.ucm.edu.c
o
Institution of higher education whose
mission is to contribute to the integral
formation of the person from a
humanistic, scientific and Christian vision.
Seeks future diversify alliances and
sources of funding for innovation, science
and entrepreneurship.
As a research group affiliated with the
Catholic University of Manizales, the
Research Group in Technological
Development for the Agroindustryl Sector
seeks to contribute to the development of
the region and the country, through the
generation of added value of the products
and processes of the agricultural sector
through of the application of knowledge
and human talent in the areas of food
quality and safety, food safety and
technology applied to the agro-industrial
sector.
Crops Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Added value, food
security and post-
harvest.
We are working with an association of cocoa farmers in the Caldas region of Colombia,
which has different needs in which we would like to focus research and development
actions, these are: 1. Cocoa transformation strategies, as an alternative for income
improvement , specifically in women cacaocultoras, 2. Characterization of materials for
improvement in the control of pests and productivity, 3. Technology transfer and
knowledge in subjects of Good Agricultural Practices and entrepreneurship (this point
in particular with women), 4. Improvement of the food security of cocoa producers in
the municipality of Belalcázar in the region of Caldas Colombia. 5. Implementation and
monitoring of a mobile application for cocoa farmers in a region of Colombia, in order to
improve quality and productivity conditions in the crop and final product.
Tecnoferdelcesars.a.s Public sector Small We participate in the formulation of
projects
Crops,
Livestock
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers,
Create innovative
projects to benefit
the most
vulnerable
communities to
create productive
yards strengthen
the agricultural
sector by teaching
them to cultivate
as a means of
subsistence having
good agricultural
practices
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43
Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Crops,
Biorefineries,
Renewable
Energy and
ICT
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value Chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
Use of Agroindustryl waste to be converted into a high value product Biorefinerias)
supporting by ICTUniversidad
Cooperativa de
Colombia
University or
another type of
research
institute
Large http://www.ucc.e
du.co/Paginas/i
nicio.aspx
Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia
Acronym: UCC
Motto "The Best of You, Doing the Best
for Others"
Type: Private
Foundation November 7, 1964
Address : Carrera 42 No. 49 - 95, Block 8
Medellín Colombia
Other headquarters: Apartadó, Arauca,
Barrancabermeja, Bogota, Bucaramanga,
Cali, Cartago, El Espinal, Ibagué,
Monteria, Neiva, Pasto, Pereira, Popayan,
Quibdó, Santa Marta, Villavicencio.
Rector :Maritza Rondón Rangel
Officers 4,563
Administrative 3.139
Academy (20151), Teachers: 4,563,
Employees: 3,139, Students: 55,787
• Undergraduate 55,787
• Postgraduate 3.673
• Other 141,732
Colors:Green and White
Website: www.ucc.edu.co
Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia is
a private institution of high education that
belONGs to the sector of solidarity
economy created in 1983, as successor
of the Institute of Social Economy and
Cooperativism - INDESCO. The university
is made up of students and a faculty of
4182 professors and professors. It has 7
faculties. Its presence in 18 cities of the
country makes it the first university with
the largest student population in Colombia.
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Reforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers,
Public Health and
Nutrition
The Universidad de Antioquia, is the second largest public Universities of Colombia
and has more than 39 research groups working in different research
fields(http://www.udea.edu.co/wps/portal/udea/web/inicio/investigacion/investigacion-
udea). The research system count with 25 Research Centers: 11 in Social Sciences &
Humanities; 10 in Medicinal Sciences & Health; 2 in Engineer% Technology; 1 in
Natural Sciences and 1 Core Research Facility-SIU. On the other hand, my research
team initiated formal research work in Biotechnology in the year 2000 and since we had
developed more than 50 research projects in basic and applied research focused in
Algae (microalgae), medicinal and edible mushrooms, and plants. We have a plant
micro.propagation lab, a strain basic collection of fungi and microalgae, and a research
lab for molecular and bioprocess where we developed CROP FREE production
products taking in account climate change threat for food and energy security. We have
international collaborative network with France, Germany, USA, Canada, Uk and
several Iberoamerican countries such as Argentina Brazil, Chile, Peru, Mexico, Spain
and Portugal. Besides that, we developed a research project for a Superbac an
enterprise from Brazil where we were able to develop a very innovative process that
give rise to a new patent submission.
On the other hand, to the Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences. Institute of Biology
and Chemistry, develops programs of environmental education, ecology, terrestrial and
marine biodiversity, biotechnology, agrobiotechnology, bioeconomy, and conservation
of endangered species. Within its research areas it has strengths in floristic inventories,
fungal inventories, insect inventories, fish inventories, bird inventories, microalgae,
amONG other groups of organisms, bioprospecting programs, biocontrol of pathogens,
micropropagation of species of economic interest , environmental or endangered,
natural products and has created a recent diploma in Bioeconomy in conjunction with
the Faculty of Economics, in order to develop processes and products to add value to
the rich biodiversity and diversity of biomass sources through of biotechnological
processes and biorefinery for the generation of new technology-based companies.
The University of Antioquia had created a Core Research Facility known as SIU, for the
main research groups ranked by the standard of our National Science Agency-
Colciencias and there we are sharing research infrastructure knowledge, together with
Master and Ph. D. students and industry. The Biotechnology research team is a
multidisciplinary group of young scientists at Ph. D and M.Sc. levels (Biologists,
microbiologists, engineers, economic, pharmaceutics, chemists, and so on), working
together with public and private sectors (national and international) to develop research
projects by way of biotechnological processes and techniques. Since year 2000 we
have been carried out several research projects related to some crops such as banana,
cacao and palm oil, flowers, algae and edible and medicinal mushrooms, amONG
other economical important species. My research projects are mainly co-financed by
private and public institutions and we are working to solve problems or to create
solutions for them. In the Agro sectors we are working with banana, cacao and palm oil
amONG other important crops, where we have some patents granted due to our
innovative results.My research team has been working for several years in a research
project related to the control a banana main diseases called of Sigatoka negra
(Mycosphaerella fijiensis) together with the private enterprise Augura, which spend
more than USD $ 40 millon in agrochemical for its control. Since they need to fill up
requirement for banana free of agrochemical (green and sustainable production), they
are co-financing our research project dealing with agro-biocontrol of this main diseases
and so far our results has shown better performance in a linear pots than the
commercial agrochemical used for it (Dithane).
The biocontrol product (Protein extract), has been already protected by US Patent
9,408,392 B2. However, there is a need for more financial support to develop an
innovative encapsulation process to protect the product from UV, high temperature,
tropical rain, amONG other climatic factors and to scale up to a commercial level the
protein production in order to be able to design a formulation that can be spread by
airplane amONG the thousand hectares of banana crop.
UNIVERSIDAD DE
ANTIOQUA-AUGURA
University or
another type of
research
institute
Large http://
www.udea.edu.c
o
The University of Antioquia (U. de A.) is
the second largest public universities of
Colombia and most important academic
institution of higher education in the
Colombian department of Antioquia.
Founded in 1803, the U. de A. is
recognized as one of the best universities
in the country. Its main campus, Ciudad
Universitaria, is located in the city of
Medellin. It is a decentralized entity of the
department of Antioquia, organized as an
autonomous university entity with special
regime, linked to the Ministry of National
Education in what concerns the policies
and planning of the education sector and
in relation to the National System of
Science and Technology.
It consists of 26 academic units divided
into 14 faculties, four schools, four
institutes and three corporations that offer
about 130 undergraduate programs. In
postgraduate studies, it offers 58
specializations, 46 medical specialties, 57
master's degrees and 23 doctorates, for a
total of 184 programs in that modality.
In order to expand its coverage in the
region, the University has established a
program called Regionalizacion, with
several regional branches (Urabá, South-
West, East, Caucasia, amONG others), to
serve the low-income population and
strengthen rural development in such
regions. As part of this process, it has
several programs and courses in the
agricultural and Agroindustryl area, in
which the programs of the Faculties of
Agricultural Sciences, Exact and Natural
Sciences, Engineering, Social Sciences
and Economics are involved. All these
faculties participate in undergraduate and
postgraduate training in these regions
Crops,
Livestock,
Aquaculture,
BIOECONO
MY-
BIOREFINE
RY
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Universidad de
Antioquia
Public sector Large www.udea.edu.c
o
Public entity of higher education, with
more than 40,000 students, the second
university in the country in research,
founded in 1803 with a regional presence
Crops Plague and illness
management
Industrial production of tropical fungal biocontrollers and field bioassays in vegetable
crops.
AmONG the main institutional strengths is its ability to reach the different regions of the
Department of Antioquia, transforming the rural sector and offering education, research
and extension services. The University of Antioquia has one of the best Faculties of
Medicine and School of Public Health of the Country, which carry out research in
tropical diseases, nutrition and maternal and child health. For the rural sector, the
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences with its program of Agroecology and rural development
has managed to strengthen the value chain of agricultural products and improve
income and diversification of products for food security. The School of Engineering has
an Environmental Engineering program which provides education for environmental
sustainability and rural development. The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and
Food Engineering, work in research related to natural products and improvement of the
food base of vulnerable populations in the region. On the other hand, to the Faculty of
Exact and Natural Sciences. Institute of Biology and Chemistry, develops programs of
environmental education, ecology, terrestrial and marine biodiversity, biotechnology,
agrobiotechnology, bioeconomy, and conservation of endangered species. Within its
research areas it has strengths in floristic inventories, fungal inventories, insect
inventories, fish inventories, bird inventories, microalgae inventory, amONG other
groups of organisms, together with bioprospecting programs, biocontrol of pathogens,
micropropagation of species of economic interest , environmental or endangered,
natural products and has created a recent diploma in Bioeconomy in conjunction with
the Faculty of Economics, in order to develop processes and products to add value to
the rich biodiversity and diversity of biomass sources through of biotechnological
processes and biorefinery for the generation of new technology-biobased companies.
Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Reforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers,
Public Health and
Nutrition
The Universidad de Antioquia, is the second largest public Universities of Colombia
and has more than 39 research groups working in different research
fields(http://www.udea.edu.co/wps/portal/udea/web/inicio/investigacion/investigacion-
udea). The research system count with 25 Research Centers: 11 in Social Sciences &
Humanities; 10 in Medicinal Sciences & Health; 2 in Engineer% Technology; 1 in
Natural Sciences and 1 Core Research Facility-SIU. On the other hand, my research
team initiated formal research work in Biotechnology in the year 2000 and since we had
developed more than 50 research projects in basic and applied research focused in
Algae (microalgae), medicinal and edible mushrooms, and plants. We have a plant
micro.propagation lab, a strain basic collection of fungi and microalgae, and a research
lab for molecular and bioprocess where we developed CROP FREE production
products taking in account climate change threat for food and energy security. We have
international collaborative network with France, Germany, USA, Canada, Uk and
several Iberoamerican countries such as Argentina Brazil, Chile, Peru, Mexico, Spain
and Portugal. Besides that, we developed a research project for a Superbac an
enterprise from Brazil where we were able to develop a very innovative process that
give rise to a new patent submission.
On the other hand, to the Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences. Institute of Biology
and Chemistry, develops programs of environmental education, ecology, terrestrial and
marine biodiversity, biotechnology, agrobiotechnology, bioeconomy, and conservation
of endangered species. Within its research areas it has strengths in floristic inventories,
fungal inventories, insect inventories, fish inventories, bird inventories, microalgae,
amONG other groups of organisms, bioprospecting programs, biocontrol of pathogens,
micropropagation of species of economic interest , environmental or endangered,
natural products and has created a recent diploma in Bioeconomy in conjunction with
the Faculty of Economics, in order to develop processes and products to add value to
the rich biodiversity and diversity of biomass sources through of biotechnological
processes and biorefinery for the generation of new technology-based companies.
The University of Antioquia had created a Core Research Facility known as SIU, for the
main research groups ranked by the standard of our National Science Agency-
Colciencias and there we are sharing research infrastructure knowledge, together with
Master and Ph. D. students and industry. The Biotechnology research team is a
multidisciplinary group of young scientists at Ph. D and M.Sc. levels (Biologists,
microbiologists, engineers, economic, pharmaceutics, chemists, and so on), working
together with public and private sectors (national and international) to develop research
projects by way of biotechnological processes and techniques. Since year 2000 we
have been carried out several research projects related to some crops such as banana,
cacao and palm oil, flowers, algae and edible and medicinal mushrooms, amONG
other economical important species. My research projects are mainly co-financed by
private and public institutions and we are working to solve problems or to create
solutions for them. In the Agro sectors we are working with banana, cacao and palm oil
amONG other important crops, where we have some patents granted due to our
innovative results.My research team has been working for several years in a research
project related to the control a banana main diseases called of Sigatoka negra
(Mycosphaerella fijiensis) together with the private enterprise Augura, which spend
more than USD $ 40 millon in agrochemical for its control. Since they need to fill up
requirement for banana free of agrochemical (green and sustainable production), they
are co-financing our research project dealing with agro-biocontrol of this main diseases
and so far our results has shown better performance in a linear pots than the
commercial agrochemical used for it (Dithane).
The biocontrol product (Protein extract), has been already protected by US Patent
9,408,392 B2. However, there is a need for more financial support to develop an
innovative encapsulation process to protect the product from UV, high temperature,
tropical rain, amONG other climatic factors and to scale up to a commercial level the
protein production in order to be able to design a formulation that can be spread by
airplane amONG the thousand hectares of banana crop.
UNIVERSIDAD DE
ANTIOQUIA
University or
another type of
research
institute
Large www.udea.edu.c
o
The University of Antioquia (U. de A.) is
the second largest public universities of
Colombia and most important academic
institution of higher education in the
Colombian department of Antioquia.
Founded in 1803, the U. de A. is
recognized as one of the best universities
in the country. Its main campus, Ciudad
Universitaria, is located in the city of
Medellin. It is a decentralized entity of the
department of Antioquia, organized as an
autonomous university entity with special
regime, linked to the Ministry of National
Education in what concerns the policies
and planning of the education sector and
in relation to the National System of
Science and Technology.
It consists of 26 academic units divided
into 14 faculties, four schools, four
institutes and three corporations that offer
about 130 undergraduate programs. In
postgraduate studies, it offers 58
specializations, 46 medical specialties, 57
master's degrees and 23 doctorates, for a
total of 184 programs in that modality. Its
student population amounts to 45.000
(2017).
He received high quality institutional
accreditation from the Ministry of National
Education on September 5, 2003, for a
period of 9 years, becoming the first
public university to achieve it. On
December 14, 2012, the university
received the renewal of high-quality
institutional accreditation consecutively,
by the National Accreditation Council, and
for a period of 10 years, being, together
with the Universidad de Los Andes, the
National University of Colombia and
Universidad del Valle, the only ones to
obtain recognition of the largest number
of years of institutional accreditation in the
country.
Besides standing out in the academic
field and in research, it also stands out as
an important cultural center. The
university has institutions and university
dependencies that promote culture and
the arts, such as the University Museum,
the Central Library, the U. de A.
Publishing House, the Cultural
Broadcaster and the Carlos E. Restrepo
Cultural Center of the Faculty of Arts,
amONG others.
In order to expand its coverage in the
region, the University has established
several regional branches (Urabá,
Surooeste, Oriente, Caucasia, amONG
others), in order to serve the low-income
population and strengthen rural
development in these regions.
Crops,
Aquaculture
Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Reforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers,
BIECONOMIA
UNIVERSIDAD DE
ANTIOQUA-AUGURA
University or
another type of
research
institute
Large http://
www.udea.edu.c
o
The University of Antioquia (U. de A.) is
the second largest public universities of
Colombia and most important academic
institution of higher education in the
Colombian department of Antioquia.
Founded in 1803, the U. de A. is
recognized as one of the best universities
in the country. Its main campus, Ciudad
Universitaria, is located in the city of
Medellin. It is a decentralized entity of the
department of Antioquia, organized as an
autonomous university entity with special
regime, linked to the Ministry of National
Education in what concerns the policies
and planning of the education sector and
in relation to the National System of
Science and Technology.
It consists of 26 academic units divided
into 14 faculties, four schools, four
institutes and three corporations that offer
about 130 undergraduate programs. In
postgraduate studies, it offers 58
specializations, 46 medical specialties, 57
master's degrees and 23 doctorates, for a
total of 184 programs in that modality.
In order to expand its coverage in the
region, the University has established a
program called Regionalizacion, with
several regional branches (Urabá, South-
West, East, Caucasia, amONG others), to
serve the low-income population and
strengthen rural development in such
regions. As part of this process, it has
several programs and courses in the
agricultural and Agroindustryl area, in
which the programs of the Faculties of
Agricultural Sciences, Exact and Natural
Sciences, Engineering, Social Sciences
and Economics are involved. All these
faculties participate in undergraduate and
postgraduate training in these regions
Crops,
Livestock,
Aquaculture,
BIOECONO
MY-
BIOREFINE
RY
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
AmONG the main institutional strengths is its ability to reach the different regions of the
Department of Antioquia, transforming the rural sector and offering education, research
and extension services. The University of Antioquia has one of the best Faculties of
Medicine and School of Public Health of the Country, which carry out research in
tropical diseases, nutrition and maternal and child health. For the rural sector, the
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences with its program of Agroecology and rural development
has managed to strengthen the value chain of agricultural products and improve
income and diversification of products for food security. The School of Engineering has
an Environmental Engineering program which provides education for environmental
sustainability and rural development. The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and
Food Engineering, work in research related to natural products and improvement of the
food base of vulnerable populations in the region. On the other hand, to the Faculty of
Exact and Natural Sciences. Institute of Biology and Chemistry, develops programs of
environmental education, ecology, terrestrial and marine biodiversity, biotechnology,
agrobiotechnology, bioeconomy, and conservation of endangered species. Within its
research areas it has strengths in floristic inventories, fungal inventories, insect
inventories, fish inventories, bird inventories, microalgae inventory, amONG other
groups of organisms, together with bioprospecting programs, biocontrol of pathogens,
micropropagation of species of economic interest , environmental or endangered,
natural products and has created a recent diploma in Bioeconomy in conjunction with
the Faculty of Economics, in order to develop processes and products to add value to
the rich biodiversity and diversity of biomass sources through of biotechnological
processes and biorefinery for the generation of new technology-biobased companies.
UNIVERSIDAD DE
ANTIOQUIA
University or
another type of
research
institute
Large www.udea.edu.c
o
The University of Antioquia (U. de A.) is
the second largest public universities of
Colombia and most important academic
institution of higher education in the
Colombian department of Antioquia.
Founded in 1803, the U. de A. is
recognized as one of the best universities
in the country. Its main campus, Ciudad
Universitaria, is located in the city of
Medellin. It is a decentralized entity of the
department of Antioquia, organized as an
autonomous university entity with special
regime, linked to the Ministry of National
Education in what concerns the policies
and planning of the education sector and
in relation to the National System of
Science and Technology.
It consists of 26 academic units divided
into 14 faculties, four schools, four
institutes and three corporations that offer
about 130 undergraduate programs. In
postgraduate studies, it offers 58
specializations, 46 medical specialties, 57
master's degrees and 23 doctorates, for a
total of 184 programs in that modality. Its
student population amounts to 45.000
(2017).
He received high quality institutional
accreditation from the Ministry of National
Education on September 5, 2003, for a
period of 9 years, becoming the first
public university to achieve it. On
December 14, 2012, the university
received the renewal of high-quality
institutional accreditation consecutively,
by the National Accreditation Council, and
for a period of 10 years, being, together
with the Universidad de Los Andes, the
National University of Colombia and
Universidad del Valle, the only ones to
obtain recognition of the largest number
of years of institutional accreditation in the
country.
Besides standing out in the academic
field and in research, it also stands out as
an important cultural center. The
university has institutions and university
dependencies that promote culture and
the arts, such as the University Museum,
the Central Library, the U. de A.
Publishing House, the Cultural
Broadcaster and the Carlos E. Restrepo
Cultural Center of the Faculty of Arts,
amONG others.
In order to expand its coverage in the
region, the University has established
several regional branches (Urabá,
Surooeste, Oriente, Caucasia, amONG
others), in order to serve the low-income
population and strengthen rural
development in these regions.
Crops,
Aquaculture
Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Reforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers,
BIECONOMIA
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Crops,
Livestock
Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
Promote the sustainable development of the Amazonian piedmont, through
conservation, mitigation of greenhouse gases and agroecological production with
differential focus, driving the value chain of Amazonian fruit trees rich in oleaginous and
natural antioxidants such as: chestnut almond (Cariodendron orinocensis) and sacha
inchi (Plukenetia volubilis), palma de milpez (Oenucarpus bataua) or sege, asai
(Eutherpe precatoria-oleraceae), camucamu (Mylciari dubia), cananga (Mauritia
Flexuosa) and natural tinctures such as the huito (Genipa americana).
The University has a wide range of research in the Amazon region, with
multidisciplinary professionals in the areas of agroecological engineering, food
engineering, veterinary medicine and zootechnics at the undergraduate level and at
postgraduate level offers programs such as a master's degree in: Agroforestry and
sustainable systems of production, and doctorate in Natural Sciences and Sustainable
Development.
Universidad de la
Amazonia
Public sector Medium www.udla.edu.c
o
The University of the Amazon, is located
in the municipality of Florencia,
department of Caquetá, in the south of
Colombia, on the foothills of the Amazon
Region. It is a state institution of higher
education of the national order, created to
contribute especially in the development
of the Amazonian region and is
committed to the integral formation of a
suitable human talent through a quality
education, broad and democratic, at the
undergraduate level, postgraduate and
continuous, that promotes its scientific
foundation, develops its investigative
competences, stimulates its connection in
the solution of the regional and national
problems and consolidates values that
promote ethics, solidarity, coexistence
and social justice. Currently 9350
students are served.
UNIVERSIDAD DE
ANTIOQUIA
Public sector Medium www.udea.edu.c
o
Dedicated to higher education, research
and development (R & D) and community
outreach services
Crops Value Chains Project: Macro- and microalgae are an important source of new substances with great
potential for the development of new products for cosmetic use, due to the great
capacity they have to provide substances such as proteins, unsaturated and
polyunsaturated fatty acids, polysaccharides, fiber, amONG others, becoming a
fundamental raw material for the development of new products. Although Colombia has
two large coasts, and a great diversity of algae, there are no large natural seaweed
beds of commercial algae, with the exception of perhaps the natural grasslands of
Grateloupia (which contains carrageenan) on the Caribbean coast. Unlike other
countries in our environment, where algae represent a source of wealth for many
companies, the valuation and exploitation of this resource in Colombia is still far from
its true potential. Therefore, the objective of this research proposal would be to design
and propose a cosmetic anti-aging system based on seaweed extracts, with high
benefits not only for the skin but also, that its additional biological properties, make it a
true product with functional characteristics for human health.
Additionally, the development of this proposal would allow in the medium term (years
2023-2024) to establish the economic and social potential of the species that proliferate
as contaminating biomass in the Colombian Caribbean coast, as an environmentally
friendly and sustainable strategy, for the design of a biocompatible and biodegradable
natural additive of direct application in a product for human consumption.
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Universidad de
Pamplona
Public sector Medium www.unipamplo
na.edu.co
The University of Pamplona is an
institution dedicated to teaching science,
arts, humanities, health and agricultural
sciences. There are 7 faculties with 43
undergraduate programs, and 40
postgraduate programs. I am the dean of
the faculty of agricultural sciences, in this
we have veterinary medicine, zootechnics
and agonomy
Crops,
Livestock
Rural
Development,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
It is necessary to develop programs that protect the santurbán páramo in the
Colombian Northeast and border with Venezuela, in order to guarantee the supply of
drinking water for the Colombian capitals such as Bucaramanga, Cúcuta and the
surrounding cities. Also ensure the food security of the communities that live and that
are sustained in the region of influence of the Santurbán páramo.
Santurbán páramo protection, reforestation, protection of water births in the santurbán
paramo, support to the agricultural producers and the agricultural producers, with
alternative production systems that do not affect the páramo, that do not contaminate
the water and do not affect the páramo.
Strengthen projects aligned to the Sustainable Development Goals.
Rural
Development,
Value Chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
Strengthen projects of gender equity, sustainability and technological innovation for
rural development in Colombia.
Universidad El
Bosque
University or
another type of
research
institute
Large http://www.uelbo
sque.edu.co/
We promote a culture of scientific,
humanistic and artistic research, and
generate technological and innovative
development, through the activities
carried out in the institutes and research
groups of the Academic Units.
Crops Rural
Development,
Value Chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
Universidad El
Bosque
University or
another type of
research
institute
Large www.unbosque.
edu.co
We promote a culture of scientific,
humanistic and artistic research, and
generate technological and innovative
development, through the activities
carried out in the institutes and research
groups of the Academic Units.
Crops
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Crops,
Livestock,
Aquaculture
Rural
Development,
Extension and
research
Within the project ideas that are currently being formulated, there is a project to
strengthen young people in order to favor the generational change in the rural sector,
by strengthening the production lines that are developed in the properties of the
households of the young beneficiaries, the coverage of the project are the
municipalities that make up the province of Ocaña. Another project is the establishment
and marketing of 1 ha of avocado in association with beans, the project will be
developed in the municipality of El Carmen, in the villages of Zaragoza, Tabacal and
gardens with 30 people attached to the Cooprodecar multi-active Cooperative. On the
other hand there is a goat project, to strengthen the dairy production and transformation.
Universidad
Francisco de Paula
Santander Ocaña
University or
another type of
research
institute
Large https://ufpso.ed
u.co/
Higher education institution, Francisco de
Paula University Santander Ocaña, is an
institution of higher education, created in
1974, and since then, is considered the
alma mater of the Catatumbo region,
province of Ocaña, southern department
of Cesar and south of the department of
Bolívar. The institutional mission of the
University raises as two of its fundamental
pillars, research and extension, through
which it is promoting the research culture
and the process of articulation with
different sectors in the region. The
objective of the Office of Environmental
and Agricultural Studies of the Colombian
Northeast is to export extension services,
research and academics in environmental
and agricultural matters, through the
figure of consulting, promoting institutional
articulation, improvement in production
and technical processes, favoring the
environment and making projection to the
community through the services available
to the University.
Universidad el Bosque University or
another type of
research
institute
Large www.uelbosque.
edu.co
El Bosque is consolidated as a
multidisciplinary training university, with a
focus that articulates its development (in
training, research, transfer and service) in
Health and Quality of Life. Inserted in the
global environment, committed to local,
regional and national needs and
opportunities.
Crops Rural
Development,
Value Chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
We have completed degree projects that are able to refine design and produce
functional prototypes for testing, the former having passed the screening phase with
possibilities of several patents in each, the former in agricultural issues such as
threshing of the Quinoa, separation of the shell of the seed of the Quinoa, multipurpose
machine for cocoa processes amONG others. All of the above has a social component
with emphasis on women farmers and relationship with production farms.
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Strengthening family farming of vulnerable communities through the creation and
implementation of a demonstration training center for intensive aquaculture production
with a sustainable approach.
Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value Chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
We are interested in the productive and competitive strengthening of small agricultural
producers of cocoa, coffee, citrus, rice-corn, panela cane, beans and promising fruit
trees such as Uchuva, agraz and also, the reduction of deforestation through ecological
restoration with criteria and application ecophysiological tools and ICT tools to reduce
competitive gaps and mitigate the impact of climate change on the productive systems
of Santander.
Universidad Nacional University or
another type of
research
institute
Large The Universidad Nacional de Colombia
has as mission to strengthen its national
character by means of the articulation of
national and regional projects, that
promote the advance in the social,
scientific, technological, artistic and
philosophical fields of the country.
Aquaculture Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value Chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
Crops,
Livestock,
Aquaculture
Rural
Development,
Extension and
research
Within the project ideas that are currently being formulated, there is a project to
strengthen young people in order to favor the generational change in the rural sector,
by strengthening the production lines that are developed in the properties of the
households of the young beneficiaries, the coverage of the project are the
municipalities that make up the province of Ocaña. Another project is the establishment
and marketing of 1 ha of avocado in association with beans, the project will be
developed in the municipality of El Carmen, in the villages of Zaragoza, Tabacal and
gardens with 30 people attached to the Cooprodecar multi-active Cooperative. On the
other hand there is a goat project, to strengthen the dairy production and transformation.
Universidad Industrial
de Santander
Public sector Large www.uis.edu.co Institution of higher education in different
areas of knowledge
Crops
Universidad
Francisco de Paula
Santander Ocaña
University or
another type of
research
institute
Large https://ufpso.ed
u.co/
Higher education institution, Francisco de
Paula University Santander Ocaña, is an
institution of higher education, created in
1974, and since then, is considered the
alma mater of the Catatumbo region,
province of Ocaña, southern department
of Cesar and south of the department of
Bolívar. The institutional mission of the
University raises as two of its fundamental
pillars, research and extension, through
which it is promoting the research culture
and the process of articulation with
different sectors in the region. The
objective of the Office of Environmental
and Agricultural Studies of the Colombian
Northeast is to export extension services,
research and academics in environmental
and agricultural matters, through the
figure of consulting, promoting institutional
articulation, improvement in production
and technical processes, favoring the
environment and making projection to the
community through the services available
to the University.
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Universidad Nacional
Abierta y a Distancia
UNAD
University or
another type of
research
institute
Medium www.unad.edu.c
o
University committed to the social
transformation of Colombia
Crops, Food
Sovereignty
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture
We work with rural communities affected by political, social and armed conflict.
Community undertakings, sustainable food production, the commercialization of
peasant production, the possibility of strengthening the social fabric, are some of the
interests that mobilize us and to which we want to add wills
Universidad nacional
de colombia
University or
another type of
research
institute
Medium Universidad nacional de colombia is
characterized by developing innovative
technologies that allow to increase the
production of tropical crops as well as to
transfer technology to farmers so that they
achieve the highest yields in their crops
with high quality standards.
Crops ICT in Agriculture,
Value chains
Farmers in Colombia must be made to be entrepreneurs, they produce good harvests
but fail when they do not have how to get their products to market and have to sell
them to the merchants which offer them unfair prices from which the initial investment
is not enough, the idea is to create a strategic alliance between producers an
association so that they themselves are the entrepreneurs of their own products and
that these can reach supermarkets and / or they can take these products abroad
Strengthening family farming of vulnerable communities through the creation and
implementation of a demonstration training center for intensive aquaculture production
with a sustainable approach.
Universidad Nacional
Abierta y a Distancia
UNAD
University or
another type of
research
institute
Large www.unad.edu.c
o
It is a public university, with presence
throughout the country, works with
distance mode based on virtual platform.
It offers programs in various areas of
knowledge and has a clear mission in its
social, solidarity and community
commitment to help build peace.
processing
and added
value of
agricultural
products
Rural
Development,
Value chains
We are currently supporting an initiative called sovereign products, which is promoted
by peasant organizations in the municipalities that are in the central cordillera of the
department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia, which were affected by the armed conflict.
They have initially created their sovereign coffee brand that they sell in local markets
and have the initiative to export it for their good quality. next to this product, other
coffee derivatives are proposed for cosmetic use (creams and hair shampoo,
exfoliating) as food (nougat). likewise, there is an initiative to work with cheese, jams
and vegetable processing. The main strength of this initiative of the farmers and the
UNAD is in the good organizational level that the communities have and in the
missionary commitment of the university which implies putting all their talent and
human resources at the service of the populations with difficulties and especially that
they have been victims of the armed conflict that we have lived through for so many
years. We are looking for work partners that help promote this sovereign product
initiative with resources and know-how, whose next goals are to build and equip
processing plants and position sales through stores in the national and international
scope.
Universidad Nacional University or
another type of
research
institute
Large The Universidad Nacional de Colombia
has as mission to strengthen its national
character by means of the articulation of
national and regional projects, that
promote the advance in the social,
scientific, technological, artistic and
philosophical fields of the country.
Aquaculture Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value Chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Universidad Santo
Tomas
University or
another type of
research
institute
Large www.ustadistan
cia.edu.co
Agricultural Business Administration
Program with nationwide coverage.
Livestock Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
Genetic improvement
Universitaria
Agustiniana
University or
another type of
research
institute
Large http://www.uniag
ustiniana.edu.co
/
Uniagustiniana is leader in investigative
processes that contributes to the social
transformation of the country.
Aquaculture Rural development Spirulina production with the uses of agricultural waste water
Vidagros Private sector Micro Vidagros is a company dedicated to the
commercialization and transformation of
primary products of agriculture. It employs
women from the rural sector and
emphasizes production under good
agricultural practices. At this moment he
is in the process of structuring and putting
into operation a project to work IV
Gamma vegetables and vegetables and
pre-cut packed vegetables
Crops, pre-
cut
vegetables
Rural
Development,
Value chains,
agroindustry
Chain of value of fruits and vegetables of personalized and precut cut.
Employ rural women.
Train farmers in Good Agricultural Practices.
Fair price
vladimirMEC Limited Private sector Micro www.vladimirme
c.com
72190 - Other research and experimental
development on natural sciences and
engineering
Aquaculture,
Innovation
Rural development This is an UK company and I am looking for a company in Colombia to make
partnership with-it
Crops,
Livestock,
Aquaculture
ICT in Agriculture The USTA, UNAB, UPB participate in the Iberoamerican Thematic Network CYTED -
Riegonets, for the integration of ICT in the agricultural sector. We carry out knowledge
transfer and project development through collaboration between partners in 8 countries
of Ibero-America. Through email we will send the profile of the network.
Universidad Santo
Tomás
University or
another type of
research
institute
Medium www.ustabuca.e
du.co
The Mission of the University Santo
Tomás, inspired by the humanistic and
Christian thought of Santo Tomás de
Aquino, consists of promoting the integral
formation of the people, in the field of the
Superior Education, by means of actions
and processes of education-learning,
investigation and social projection, so that
they respond in an ethical, creative and
critical way to the demands of human life
and are in a position to provide solutions
to the problems and needs of society and
the country.
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Comercializadora
FrutaFino
Private Sector Medium http://frutafino.c
om
Comercializadora FrutaFino was born
from the expertise of more than 50 years
of FrutaFino, a company dedicated to the
business of import / export,
commercialization, transportation and
sale of fruits. We aim to market products
and services of the highest quality within
the Agroindustryl sector and export
tropical fruits seeking to position
ourselves as leaders in the market.
Crops Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value Chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
We represent and are looking for UK brands specialized in the production of
technologies in the Agroindustryl sector.
Rural
Development,
Extension and
research
Within the project ideas that are currently being formulated, there is a project to
strengthen young people in order to favor the generational change in the rural sector,
by strengthening the production lines that are developed in the properties of the
households of the young beneficiaries, the coverage of the project are the
municipalities that make up the province of Ocaña. Another project is the establishment
and marketing of 1 ha of avocado in association with beans, the project will be
developed in the municipality of El Carmen, in the villages of Zaragoza, Tabacal and
gardens with 30 people attached to the Cooprodecar multi-active Cooperative. On the
other hand there is a goat project, to strengthen the dairy production and transformation.
Universidad
Francisco de Paula
Santander Ocaña
University or
another type of
research
institute
Large https://ufpso.ed
u.co/
Higher education institution, Francisco de
Paula University Santander Ocaña, is an
institution of higher education, created in
1974, and since then, is considered the
alma mater of the Catatumbo region,
province of Ocaña, southern department
of Cesar and south of the department of
Bolívar. The institutional mission of the
University raises as two of its fundamental
pillars, research and extension, through
which it is promoting the research culture
and the process of articulation with
different sectors in the region. The
objective of the Office of Environmental
and Agricultural Studies of the Colombian
Northeast is to export extension services,
research and academics in environmental
and agricultural matters, through the
figure of consulting, promoting institutional
articulation, improvement in production
and technical processes, favoring the
environment and making projection to the
community through the services available
to the University.
Crops,
Livestock,
Aquaculture
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
One of the main bets is the assembly of the plant to obtain balanced palm that will be
the base input for the manufacture of concentrate for cattle, nutritional blocks and
cores, replacing the used poultry and concentrating production in less territory. With the
support of food supplements (Balanced) it is expected to contribute to the
intensification of livestock production in Colombia, migrating from an extensive grazing
system to semi-intensive supplemented grazing; being more efficient and having
greater economic impact in rural areas (many of them affected by violence and in the
process of development in the post-conflict).
PHINA
BIOSOLUCIONES SAS
Private Sector Small http://phinabioso
luciones.com/
Phina Biosolutions SAS is a technology-
based company, a spin-off of the
company Penagos Hermanos and
Compañía SAS, leader in the metal-
mechanic industry in the country. PHINA
was born in 2015 with the aim of offering
technological and sustainable solutions to
the palm sector, characterized by
identifying problems and creating
innovative and sustainable solutions for
palm oil extraction plants through the
formulation of projects; provision of
advisory and consulting services. He is
currently working on 5 strategic foci, one
of them, the process of obtaining
'Balanced Palm', a technology that seeks
to exploit and generate value from a by-
product of palm oil extraction. The
process of obtaining balanced requested
patent in 5 countries of America in 2016.
Other technological bets of the company
are related to: Forecast models of palm oil
production, based on climatic variables
with an error of 4%; Methodology for
evaluation of oil potentials; Recovery of
the lagoons for the generation of biogas;
amONG others.
The 'Balanced palm' allows to obtain an
input of high nutritional value for the
feeding of bovines. The equipment used
to obtain the balance was designed and
manufactured by the company, tests have
been carried out and formulas or diets for
bovines are currently being developed;
once the patent is granted, it is expected
to bring to the market a concentrate of
animals that uses the balance and other
byproducts of the extraction process.
As part of its journey, it has developed
projects for the recovery of waste,
effluents, gophers and cakes from palm
leaf filters; of exploitation of husk as fuel
in replacement of coal; application of the
methodology for the reduction or loss of
oil in the waste, amONG others. In 2016,
Phina had a turnover of around 950
million Colombian pesos.
Livestock Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
UNAD Grupo de
investigación
GRINDES
Public Sector Large www.unad.edu.c
o
Virtual University Crops Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture
Implementation of the results of competitive intelligence for the productive chain of
arrears (Rubus Glaucus Benth) in Pamplona Norte de Santander
Crops,
Livestock
Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
Promote the sustainable development of the Amazonian piedmont, through
conservation, mitigation of greenhouse gases and agroecological production with
differential focus, driving the value chain of Amazonian fruit trees rich in oleaginous and
natural antioxidants such as: chestnut almond (Cariodendron orinocensis) and sacha
inchi (Plukenetia volubilis), palma de milpez (Oenucarpus bataua) or sege, asai
(Eutherpe precatoria-oleraceae), camucamu (Mylciari dubia), cananga (Mauritia
Flexuosa) and natural tinctures such as the huito (Genipa americana).
The University has a wide range of research in the Amazon region, with
multidisciplinary professionals in the areas of agroecological engineering, food
engineering, veterinary medicine and zootechnics at the undergraduate level and at
postgraduate level offers programs such as a master's degree in: Agroforestry and
sustainable systems of production, and doctorate in Natural Sciences and Sustainable
Development.
Universidad de la
Amazonia
Public Sector Medium www.udla.edu.c
o
The University of the Amazon, is located
in the municipality of Florencia,
department of Caquetá, in the south of
Colombia, on the foothills of the Amazon
Region. It is a state institution of higher
education of the national order, created to
contribute especially in the development
of the Amazonian region and is
committed to the integral formation of a
suitable human talent through a quality
education, broad and democratic, at the
undergraduate level, postgraduate and
continuous, that promotes its scientific
foundation, develops its investigative
competences, stimulates its connection in
the solution of the regional and national
problems and consolidates values that
promote ethics, solidarity, coexistence
and social justice. Currently 9350
students are served.
One of the main bets is the assembly of the plant to obtain balanced palm that will be
the base input for the manufacture of concentrate for cattle, nutritional blocks and
cores, replacing the used poultry and concentrating production in less territory. With the
support of food supplements (Balanced) it is expected to contribute to the
intensification of livestock production in Colombia, migrating from an extensive grazing
system to semi-intensive supplemented grazing; being more efficient and having
greater economic impact in rural areas (many of them affected by violence and in the
process of development in the post-conflict).
Universidad Católica
de Manizales
University or
another type of
research
institute
Medium www.ucm.edu.c
o
Institution of higher education whose
mission is to contribute to the integral
formation of the person from a
humanistic, scientific and Christian vision.
Seeks future diversify alliances and
sources of funding for innovation, science
and entrepreneurship.
As a research group affiliated with the
Catholic University of Manizales, the
Research Group in Technological
Development for the Agroindustryl Sector
seeks to contribute to the development of
the region and the country, through the
generation of added value of the products
and processes of the agricultural sector
through of the application of knowledge
and human talent in the areas of food
quality and safety, food safety and
technology applied to the agro-industrial
sector.
Crops Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value added, food
security and post-
harvest.
We are working with an association of cocoa farmers in the Caldas region of Colombia,
which has different needs in which we would like to focus research and development
actions, these are: 1. Cocoa transformation strategies, as an alternative for income
improvement , specifically in women cacaocultoras, 2. Characterization of materials for
improvement in the control of pests and productivity, 3. Technology transfer and
knowledge in subjects of Good Agricultural Practices and entrepreneurship (this point
in particular with women), 4. Improvement of the food security of cocoa producers in
the municipality of Belalcázar in the region of Caldas Colombia. 5. Implementation and
monitoring of a mobile application for cocoa farmers in a region of Colombia, in order to
improve quality and productivity conditions in the crop and final product.
PHINA
BIOSOLUCIONES SAS
Private Sector Small http://phinabioso
luciones.com/
Phina Biosolutions SAS is a technology-
based company, a spin-off of the
company Penagos Hermanos and
Compañía SAS, leader in the metal-
mechanic industry in the country. PHINA
was born in 2015 with the aim of offering
technological and sustainable solutions to
the palm sector, characterized by
identifying problems and creating
innovative and sustainable solutions for
palm oil extraction plants through the
formulation of projects; provision of
advisory and consulting services. He is
currently working on 5 strategic foci, one
of them, the process of obtaining
'Balanced Palm', a technology that seeks
to exploit and generate value from a by-
product of palm oil extraction. The
process of obtaining balanced requested
patent in 5 countries of America in 2016.
Other technological bets of the company
are related to: Forecast models of palm oil
production, based on climatic variables
with an error of 4%; Methodology for
evaluation of oil potentials; Recovery of
the lagoons for the generation of biogas;
amONG others.
The 'Balanced palm' allows to obtain an
input of high nutritional value for the
feeding of bovines. The equipment used
to obtain the balance was designed and
manufactured by the company, tests have
been carried out and formulas or diets for
bovines are currently being developed;
once the patent is granted, it is expected
to bring to the market a concentrate of
animals that uses the balance and other
byproducts of the extraction process.
As part of its journey, it has developed
projects for the recovery of waste,
effluents, gophers and cakes from palm
leaf filters; of exploitation of husk as fuel
in replacement of coal; application of the
methodology for the reduction or loss of
oil in the waste, amONG others. In 2016,
Phina had a turnover of around 950
million Colombian pesos.
Livestock Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Independent Independent Micro Farm by the sector of gabriel Lopez,
Cauca. Due to its location and thermal
and geographical characteristics it is
intended to grow blueberries.
Crops Crops Due to its geographical and climatological characteristics, it is suitable for the
cultivation of blueberries and the like, which have not yet been sown in the region.
There will be an added value of being near the port of Buenaventura for export to
paisas where they demand this fruit and that is not given every year for seasonal
reasons.
sena tecnoparque Public Sector Large www.sena.edu.c
o
sena Crops ICT in Agriculture web software to manage African palm Crops
Corporación Buen
Ambiente
ONG Micro corambiente.org We are a non-profit organization that
promotes sustainable development
processes with rural families in Santander
and Norte de Santander
Crops,
Livestock,
Agroecology
Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value chains
We are working with rural women in the agro-ecological production of vegetables and
fruit trees to supply local marketing channels.
We seek to strengthen the organic production processes of mora and lulo with peasant
women in family agricultural units of Charta, Matanza and Suratá in Santander, which
allow expanding market opportunities.
Rural
Development,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
We are a small agro industry company focused on the cultivation of the Guanabana
showing the peasant who suffered the war in our country that can be reforested,
improve carbon capture, help to prevent erosion, desertification and deforestation of
the soil, having income to short and medium term with important impacts on the
ecosystems and the food sustenance of their families
guanabans y corderos sustainable
agro-industry
Micro I do not have We are a mini SME that, under the food
security spectrum and taking advantage
of the Foehn effect, we are demonstrating
that afforestation and income for peasants
is stable viable and that with tropical fruit
trees it will allow to contain the
certification and help to retain carbon for
the greenhouse effect , all under the
shadow of annona muricata, better known
as Guanabana, Graviola, Catuche,
because this fruit tree earns income for
families earlier than tree plantations with
objectives on paper or other
Crops
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
It is proposed to test at the level of the indigenous reservation of Lopez in the North of
Cauca, a rice cultivation system under mechanized transplantation that allows the
management of intensive rice (System Rice intensification, SRI), applying techniques of
crop management that promote the rational use of water for irrigation, the application of
cultural practices (Aporues) to the crop tending to the reduction of the use of
herbicides, the application of organic fertilizers and the use of bioinsecticides. All with
the pretense of generating alternative technological options to the traditional
management of rice with chemical inputs.
CINDAP ONG Micro www.cindap.wor
dpress.com
Non-governmental organization dedicated
to the provision of technical assistance
services to small peasant, indigenous and
Afro-descendant producers. Experience in
the development and implementation of
projects aimed at overcoming poverty and
the construction of integrated
development strategies with communities,
promoting the organizational and
socioeconomic strengthening of the
communities.
Crops,
Livestock
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value Chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
It is proposed the application of organic production techniques from the assembly of a
biofactory that allows the production of pineapple with the use of organic and / or
biological inputs for the production of pineapple with a view to the incursion in organic
pineapple markets.
CORPORACION
PARA EL
DESARROLLO
SOSTENIBLE Y LA
PARTICIPACION
SOCIAL CORDEP
ONG Micro cordep.org.co Non-profit organization supports
grassroots, indigenous and afro-
descendant grassroots organizations in
territories such as: Cauca, Tolima, huila,
Caqueta, currently coordinates
Fastenopthen program in Colombia. It
develops projects of support to the
development, the overcoming of the
poblreza and tends for organizational and
social strengthening of the communities.
Crops,
Livestock,
Socio-
business
and
commercial
organization,
capacity
development
and socio-
economic
empowerme
nt of
organization
s
Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
Project ideas
Central de Beneficio de Café Comunitarias - 200 to 300 coffee growers
Gender Projects in Coffee Crops
Organic coffee production
Strengthening the infrastructure to process coffee
Wastewater treatment systems for small coffee growers
Micro credits for small farmers
Strengths within the organization
Productive ecosystems and Value chains
Traceability
Sustainability and technical assistance
Crops,
Livestock,
Aquaculture
Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
Production of vegetables under the hydroponic system NFT (Nutrient Film Technique),
aimed at the affected population and vulnerable due to the armed conflict in the
Catatumbo-Norte region of Santander-Colombia, which does not have enough area to
be able to develop productive projects, allow them to guarantee food security and
therefore a better quality of life for this population.
Cafexport S.A.R.L
Sucursal Colombia
Private Sector Small Cafexport is a coffee trading company
that is characterized by its orientation to
create value throughout the supply chain,
establishing lONG-term relationships with
coffee growers, cooperatives and both
national and international clients through
projects and programs with high social,
economic and economic impact.
environmental We seek to export
sustainable coffees, trying to mitigate the
carbon footprint of each kilo of coffee sold.
Aquaculture
PRODESCO ONG Small Organization of a social nature, which
through its own works or in meetings with
other organizations, wants to contribute to
the welfare of the people.
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Cultivation of Red Tilapia for commercialization and self-consumption, aimed at
mothers head of household - victims of forced displacement.
Project focused on the entire family and community with the quality of victims of the
armed and social conflict, so that the affected population has the means and resources
to generate a better quality of life in terms of food security and rural development.
Guaranteeing opportunities for the population directly affects the improvement of the
quality of life of those who insert themselves into the system.
Fish production and marketing projects with collection center, cold network,
beneficiation plants, desprese, desposte, storage and sale.
a) Production areas, estimated production and the characterization of the products.
Geomembrane tanks for production of Red Tilapia, 10 meters in diameter, to establish
a productive system with 60 tanks, with an estimated monthly production of 40 tons per
month from month 10.
b) The volumes that will be handled, supply and purchase commitments, supply
periods and possible markets.
AGRICULTURAL AND BUSINESS PLAN
a) Minimum number of beneficiaries: 40 families
b) Crops, areas: 2 Hectares
c) Types of producers: Small Producer
d) Forms of organization: Foundation
e) Schedule of activities: Program for 1 year
f) Target markets: Large areas and internal market
Sigma Soluciones en
Sistemas y
Computación Ltda -
SIGMA Ltda
Private Sector Micro www.sigmasig.n
et
Our company has 20 years of experience
in the development of software and IT
applications, oriented to different sectors
such as: agriculture, environment and
hydrocarbons (Oil & Gas). In addition, we
have experience in the use and
application of GIS technologies
(geographic information systems), remote
sensing, geomatics applied to precision
agriculture, detailed engineering for
construction of facilities (flow lines, well
pads) amONG others.
Crops,
Livestock,
Commercial
reforestation
and
ecological
restoration
of
ecosystems
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
Our capabilities allow us to develop projects through the acquisition and processing of
images using RASTER technologies (satellite, aerial photographs), Lidar, On-site
survey of sub-metric precision data with the use of GPS.
We hope to develop or participate in projects that allow us to generate soil information
and application of technologies for an eco-efficient agriculture in the family productive
units in hillside areas vulnerable to climate change. Identification of suitable areas
through intelligent mapping for the exploitation of Crops exploitation in agroforestry
systems, with low CO2 emissions, which allow a greater valuation and competitiveness
of products in national and international markets.
We hope to make links with companies that develop sustainable models using
technological tools that strengthen family farming. We are interested in the joint
development and validation of information systems for the implementation of a platform
of services based on the use of IoT (Internet of Things) and Virtual Reality / Augmented
Reality for the Agricultural sector in the department of Santander, Colombia.
Fundación Meraki
Colombia
Foundation Small Non-profit organization to manage
economic resources and efficiently
manage them in productive projects,
programs and services of agricultural
technical assistance for women head of
household, small producers and peasant
communities.
Aquaculture Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Crops,
Aquaculture
Plague and
disease
management,
Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers,
BIECONOMIA
AmONG the main institutional strengths is its ability to reach the different regions of the
Department of Antioquia, transforming the rural sector and offering education, research
and extension services. The University of Antioquia has one of the best Faculties of
Medicine and School of Public Health of the Country, which carry out research in
tropical diseases, nutrition and maternal and child health. For the rural sector, the
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences with its program of Agroecology and rural development
has managed to strengthen the value chain of agricultural products and improve
income and diversification of products for food security. The School of Engineering has
an Environmental Engineering program which provides education for environmental
sustainability and rural development. The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and
Food Engineering, work in research related to natural products and improvement of the
food base of vulnerable populations in the region. On the other hand, to the Faculty of
Exact and Natural Sciences. Institute of Biology and Chemistry, develops programs of
environmental education, ecology, terrestrial and marine biodiversity, biotechnology,
agrobiotechnology, bioeconomy, and conservation of endangered species. Within its
research areas it has strengths in floristic inventories, fungal inventories, insect
inventories, fish inventories, bird inventories, microalgae inventory, amONG other
groups of organisms, together with bioprospecting programs, biocontrol of pathogens,
micropropagation of species of economic interest , environmental or endangered,
natural products and has created a recent diploma in Bioeconomy in conjunction with
the Faculty of Economics, in order to develop processes and products to add value to
the rich biodiversity and diversity of biomass sources through of biotechnological
processes and biorefinery for the generation of new technology-biobased companies.
UNIVERSIDAD DE
ANTIOQUIA
University or
another type of
research
institute
Large www.udea.edu.c
o
The University of Antioquia (U. de A.) is
the second largest public universities of
Colombia and most important academic
institution of higher education in the
Colombian department of Antioquia.
Founded in 1803, the U. de A. is
recognized as one of the best universities
in the country. Its main campus, Ciudad
Universitaria, is located in the city of
Medellin. It is a decentralized entity of the
department of Antioquia, organized as an
autonomous university entity with special
regime, linked to the Ministry of National
Education in what concerns the policies
and planning of the education sector and
in relation to the National System of
Science and Technology.
It consists of 26 academic units divided
into 14 faculties, four schools, four
institutes and three corporations that offer
about 130 undergraduate programs. In
postgraduate studies, it offers 58
specializations, 46 medical specialties, 57
master's degrees and 23 doctorates, for a
total of 184 programs in that modality. Its
student population amounts to 45.000
(2017).
He received high quality institutional
accreditation from the Ministry of National
Education on September 5, 2003, for a
period of 9 years, becoming the first
public university to achieve it. On
December 14, 2012, the university
received the renewal of high-quality
institutional accreditation consecutively,
by the National Accreditation Council, and
for a period of 10 years, being, together
with the Universidad de Los Andes, the
National University of Colombia and
Universidad del Valle, the only ones to
obtain recognition of the largest number
of years of institutional accreditation in the
country.
Besides standing out in the academic
field and in research, it also stands out as
an important cultural center. The
university has institutions and university
dependencies that promote culture and
the arts, such as the University Museum,
the Central Library, the U. de A.
Publishing House, the Cultural
Broadcaster and the Carlos E. Restrepo
Cultural Center of the Faculty of Arts,
amONG others.
In order to expand its coverage in the
region, the University has established
several regional branches (Urabá,
Surooeste, Oriente, Caucasia, amONG
others), in order to serve the low-income
population and strengthen rural
development in these regions.
adicionalmente tiene un programa de
regionalizacion que fomenta el Rural
Development agropecuario y ambiental
de las regiones.
Page 60
61
Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development,
Value Chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers,
Public Health and
Nutrition
The Universidad de Antioquia, is the second largest public Universities of Colombia
and has more than 39 research groups working in different research
fields(http://www.udea.edu.co/wps/portal/udea/web/inicio/investigacion/investigacion-
udea). The research system count with 25 Research Centers: 11 in Social Sciences &
Humanities; 10 in Medicinal Sciences & Health; 2 in Engineer% Technology; 1 in
Natural Sciences and 1 Core Research Facility-SIU. On the other hand, my research
team initiated formal research work in Biotechnology in the year 2000 and since we had
developed more than 50 research projects in basic and applied research focused in
Algae (microalgae), medicinal and edible mushrooms, and plants. We have a plant
micro.propagation lab, a strain basic collection of fungi and microalgae, and a research
lab for molecular and bioprocess where we developed CROP FREE production
products taking in account climate change threat for food and energy security. We have
international collaborative network with France, Germany, USA, Canada, Uk and
several Iberoamerican countries such as Argentina Brazil, Chile, Peru, Mexico, Spain
and Portugal. Besides that, we developed a research project for a Superbac an
enterprise from Brazil where we were able to develop a very innovative process that
give rise to a new patent submission.
On the other hand, to the Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences. Institute of Biology
and Chemistry, develops programs of environmental education, ecology, terrestrial and
marine biodiversity, biotechnology, agrobiotechnology, bioeconomy, and conservation
of endangered species. Within its research areas it has strengths in floristic inventories,
fungal inventories, insect inventories, fish inventories, bird inventories, microalgae,
amONG other groups of organisms, bioprospecting programs, biocontrol of pathogens,
micropropagation of species of economic interest , environmental or endangered,
natural products and has created a recent diploma in Bioeconomy in conjunction with
the Faculty of Economics, in order to develop processes and products to add value to
the rich biodiversity and diversity of biomass sources through of biotechnological
processes and biorefinery for the generation of new technology-based companies.
The University of Antioquia had created a Core Research Facility known as SIU, for the
main research groups ranked by the standard of our National Science Agency-
Colciencias and there we are sharing research infrastructure knowledge, together with
Master and Ph. D. students and industry. The Biotechnology research team is a
multidisciplinary group of young scientists at Ph. D and M.Sc. levels (Biologists,
microbiologists, engineers, economic, pharmaceutics, chemists, and so on), working
together with public and private sectors (national and international) to develop research
projects by way of biotechnological processes and techniques. Since year 2000 we
have been carried out several research projects related to some crops such as banana,
cacao and palm oil, flowers, algae and edible and medicinal mushrooms, amONG
other economical important species. My research projects are mainly co-financed by
private and public institutions and we are working to solve problems or to create
solutions for them. In the Agro sectors we are working with banana, cacao and palm oil
amONG other important crops, where we have some patents granted due to our
innovative results.My research team has been working for several years in a research
project related to the control a banana main diseases called of Sigatoka negra
(Mycosphaerella fijiensis) together with the private enterprise Augura, which spend
more than USD $ 40 millon in agrochemical for its control. Since they need to fill up
requirement for banana free of agrochemical (green and sustainable production), they
are co-financing our research project dealing with agro-biocontrol of this main diseases
and so far our results has shown better performance in a linear pots than the
commercial agrochemical used for it (Dithane).
The biocontrol product (Protein extract), has been already protected by US Patent
9,408,392 B2. However, there is a need for more financial support to develop an
innovative encapsulation process to protect the product from UV, high temperature,
tropical rain, amONG other climatic factors and to scale up to a commercial level the
protein production in order to be able to design a formulation that can be spread by
airplane amONG the thousand hectares of banana crop.
Crops,
Aquaculture
Plague and
disease
management,
Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers,
BIECONOMIA
AmONG the main institutional strengths is its ability to reach the different regions of the
Department of Antioquia, transforming the rural sector and offering education, research
and extension services. The University of Antioquia has one of the best Faculties of
Medicine and School of Public Health of the Country, which carry out research in
tropical diseases, nutrition and maternal and child health. For the rural sector, the
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences with its program of Agroecology and rural development
has managed to strengthen the value chain of agricultural products and improve
income and diversification of products for food security. The School of Engineering has
an Environmental Engineering program which provides education for environmental
sustainability and rural development. The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and
Food Engineering, work in research related to natural products and improvement of the
food base of vulnerable populations in the region. On the other hand, to the Faculty of
Exact and Natural Sciences. Institute of Biology and Chemistry, develops programs of
environmental education, ecology, terrestrial and marine biodiversity, biotechnology,
agrobiotechnology, bioeconomy, and conservation of endangered species. Within its
research areas it has strengths in floristic inventories, fungal inventories, insect
inventories, fish inventories, bird inventories, microalgae inventory, amONG other
groups of organisms, together with bioprospecting programs, biocontrol of pathogens,
micropropagation of species of economic interest , environmental or endangered,
natural products and has created a recent diploma in Bioeconomy in conjunction with
the Faculty of Economics, in order to develop processes and products to add value to
the rich biodiversity and diversity of biomass sources through of biotechnological
processes and biorefinery for the generation of new technology-biobased companies.
UNIVERSIDAD DE
ANTIOQUA-AUGURA
University or
another type of
research
institute
Large http://
www.udea.edu.c
o
The University of Antioquia (U. de A.) is
the second largest public universities of
Colombia and most important academic
institution of higher education in the
Colombian department of Antioquia.
Founded in 1803, the U. de A. is
recognized as one of the best universities
in the country. Its main campus, Ciudad
Universitaria, is located in the city of
Medellin. It is a decentralized entity of the
department of Antioquia, organized as an
autonomous university entity with special
regime, linked to the Ministry of National
Education in what concerns the policies
and planning of the education sector and
in relation to the National System of
Science and Technology.
It consists of 26 academic units divided
into 14 faculties, four schools, four
institutes and three corporations that offer
about 130 undergraduate programs. In
postgraduate studies, it offers 58
specializations, 46 medical specialties, 57
master's degrees and 23 doctorates, for a
total of 184 programs in that modality.
In order to expand its coverage in the
region, the University has established a
program called Regionalizacion, with
several regional branches (Urabá, South-
West, East, Caucasia, amONG others), to
serve the low-income population and
strengthen rural development in such
regions. As part of this process, it has
several programs and courses in the
agricultural and Agroindustryl area, in
which the programs of the Faculties of
Agricultural Sciences, Exact and Natural
Sciences, Engineering, Social Sciences
and Economics are involved. All these
faculties participate in undergraduate and
postgraduate training in these regions
Crops,
Livestock,
Aquaculture,
BIOECONO
MY-
BIOREFINE
RY
UNIVERSIDAD DE
ANTIOQUIA
University or
another type of
research
institute
Large www.udea.edu.c
o
The University of Antioquia (U. de A.) is
the second largest public universities of
Colombia and most important academic
institution of higher education in the
Colombian department of Antioquia.
Founded in 1803, the U. de A. is
recognized as one of the best universities
in the country. Its main campus, Ciudad
Universitaria, is located in the city of
Medellin. It is a decentralized entity of the
department of Antioquia, organized as an
autonomous university entity with special
regime, linked to the Ministry of National
Education in what concerns the policies
and planning of the education sector and
in relation to the National System of
Science and Technology.
It consists of 26 academic units divided
into 14 faculties, four schools, four
institutes and three corporations that offer
about 130 undergraduate programs. In
postgraduate studies, it offers 58
specializations, 46 medical specialties, 57
master's degrees and 23 doctorates, for a
total of 184 programs in that modality. Its
student population amounts to 45.000
(2017).
He received high quality institutional
accreditation from the Ministry of National
Education on September 5, 2003, for a
period of 9 years, becoming the first
public university to achieve it. On
December 14, 2012, the university
received the renewal of high-quality
institutional accreditation consecutively,
by the National Accreditation Council, and
for a period of 10 years, being, together
with the Universidad de Los Andes, the
National University of Colombia and
Universidad del Valle, the only ones to
obtain recognition of the largest number
of years of institutional accreditation in the
country.
Besides standing out in the academic
field and in research, it also stands out as
an important cultural center. The
university has institutions and university
dependencies that promote culture and
the arts, such as the University Museum,
the Central Library, the U. de A.
Publishing House, the Cultural
Broadcaster and the Carlos E. Restrepo
Cultural Center of the Faculty of Arts,
amONG others.
In order to expand its coverage in the
region, the University has established
several regional branches (Urabá,
Surooeste, Oriente, Caucasia, amONG
others), in order to serve the low-income
population and strengthen rural
development in these regions.
adicionalmente tiene un programa de
regionalizacion que fomenta el Rural
Development agropecuario y ambiental
de las regiones.
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62
Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development,
Value Chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers,
Public Health and
Nutrition
The Universidad de Antioquia, is the second largest public Universities of Colombia
and has more than 39 research groups working in different research
fields(http://www.udea.edu.co/wps/portal/udea/web/inicio/investigacion/investigacion-
udea). The research system count with 25 Research Centers: 11 in Social Sciences &
Humanities; 10 in Medicinal Sciences & Health; 2 in Engineer% Technology; 1 in
Natural Sciences and 1 Core Research Facility-SIU. On the other hand, my research
team initiated formal research work in Biotechnology in the year 2000 and since we had
developed more than 50 research projects in basic and applied research focused in
Algae (microalgae), medicinal and edible mushrooms, and plants. We have a plant
micro.propagation lab, a strain basic collection of fungi and microalgae, and a research
lab for molecular and bioprocess where we developed CROP FREE production
products taking in account climate change threat for food and energy security. We have
international collaborative network with France, Germany, USA, Canada, Uk and
several Iberoamerican countries such as Argentina Brazil, Chile, Peru, Mexico, Spain
and Portugal. Besides that, we developed a research project for a Superbac an
enterprise from Brazil where we were able to develop a very innovative process that
give rise to a new patent submission.
On the other hand, to the Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences. Institute of Biology
and Chemistry, develops programs of environmental education, ecology, terrestrial and
marine biodiversity, biotechnology, agrobiotechnology, bioeconomy, and conservation
of endangered species. Within its research areas it has strengths in floristic inventories,
fungal inventories, insect inventories, fish inventories, bird inventories, microalgae,
amONG other groups of organisms, bioprospecting programs, biocontrol of pathogens,
micropropagation of species of economic interest , environmental or endangered,
natural products and has created a recent diploma in Bioeconomy in conjunction with
the Faculty of Economics, in order to develop processes and products to add value to
the rich biodiversity and diversity of biomass sources through of biotechnological
processes and biorefinery for the generation of new technology-based companies.
The University of Antioquia had created a Core Research Facility known as SIU, for the
main research groups ranked by the standard of our National Science Agency-
Colciencias and there we are sharing research infrastructure knowledge, together with
Master and Ph. D. students and industry. The Biotechnology research team is a
multidisciplinary group of young scientists at Ph. D and M.Sc. levels (Biologists,
microbiologists, engineers, economic, pharmaceutics, chemists, and so on), working
together with public and private sectors (national and international) to develop research
projects by way of biotechnological processes and techniques. Since year 2000 we
have been carried out several research projects related to some crops such as banana,
cacao and palm oil, flowers, algae and edible and medicinal mushrooms, amONG
other economical important species. My research projects are mainly co-financed by
private and public institutions and we are working to solve problems or to create
solutions for them. In the Agro sectors we are working with banana, cacao and palm oil
amONG other important crops, where we have some patents granted due to our
innovative results.My research team has been working for several years in a research
project related to the control a banana main diseases called of Sigatoka negra
(Mycosphaerella fijiensis) together with the private enterprise Augura, which spend
more than USD $ 40 millon in agrochemical for its control. Since they need to fill up
requirement for banana free of agrochemical (green and sustainable production), they
are co-financing our research project dealing with agro-biocontrol of this main diseases
and so far our results has shown better performance in a linear pots than the
commercial agrochemical used for it (Dithane).
The biocontrol product (Protein extract), has been already protected by US Patent
9,408,392 B2. However, there is a need for more financial support to develop an
innovative encapsulation process to protect the product from UV, high temperature,
tropical rain, amONG other climatic factors and to scale up to a commercial level the
protein production in order to be able to design a formulation that can be spread by
airplane amONG the thousand hectares of banana crop.
UNIVERSIDAD DE
ANTIOQUA-AUGURA
University or
another type of
research
institute
Large http://
www.udea.edu.c
o
The University of Antioquia (U. de A.) is
the second largest public universities of
Colombia and most important academic
institution of higher education in the
Colombian department of Antioquia.
Founded in 1803, the U. de A. is
recognized as one of the best universities
in the country. Its main campus, Ciudad
Universitaria, is located in the city of
Medellin. It is a decentralized entity of the
department of Antioquia, organized as an
autonomous university entity with special
regime, linked to the Ministry of National
Education in what concerns the policies
and planning of the education sector and
in relation to the National System of
Science and Technology.
It consists of 26 academic units divided
into 14 faculties, four schools, four
institutes and three corporations that offer
about 130 undergraduate programs. In
postgraduate studies, it offers 58
specializations, 46 medical specialties, 57
master's degrees and 23 doctorates, for a
total of 184 programs in that modality.
In order to expand its coverage in the
region, the University has established a
program called Regionalizacion, with
several regional branches (Urabá, South-
West, East, Caucasia, amONG others), to
serve the low-income population and
strengthen rural development in such
regions. As part of this process, it has
several programs and courses in the
agricultural and Agroindustryl area, in
which the programs of the Faculties of
Agricultural Sciences, Exact and Natural
Sciences, Engineering, Social Sciences
and Economics are involved. All these
faculties participate in undergraduate and
postgraduate training in these regions
Crops,
Livestock,
Aquaculture,
BIOECONO
MY-
BIOREFINE
RY
Page 62
63
Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Strengthening the agro-ecological productive processes of mora and lulo with rural
women in family agricultural units of Charta, Matanza and Suratá in Santander.
Sena - Centro
Agroecológico y
Empresarial
Public Sector Large http://www.sena.
edu.co/es-
co/Paginas/defa
ult.aspx
The National Service of Learning - SENA,
is a public establishment of the national
order, with legal status, own and
independent patrimony, and
administrative autonomy; Ascribed to the
Ministry of Labor of Colombia. It offers
free training to millions of Colombians
who benefit from technical, technological
and complementary programs that focus
on the country's economic, technological
and social development. They enter the
productive activities of companies and
industry to obtain better competitiveness
and production. with globalized markets.
Crops Rural
Development,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
It requires an expert in soil analysis and treatment for agro-ecology, with experience in
projects and financial leverage to support areas affected by the armed conflict, in the
process of development.
Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development,
Value Chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers,
Public Health and
Nutrition
The Universidad de Antioquia, is the second largest public Universities of Colombia
and has more than 39 research groups working in different research
fields(http://www.udea.edu.co/wps/portal/udea/web/inicio/investigacion/investigacion-
udea). The research system count with 25 Research Centers: 11 in Social Sciences &
Humanities; 10 in Medicinal Sciences & Health; 2 in Engineer% Technology; 1 in
Natural Sciences and 1 Core Research Facility-SIU. On the other hand, my research
team initiated formal research work in Biotechnology in the year 2000 and since we had
developed more than 50 research projects in basic and applied research focused in
Algae (microalgae), medicinal and edible mushrooms, and plants. We have a plant
micro.propagation lab, a strain basic collection of fungi and microalgae, and a research
lab for molecular and bioprocess where we developed CROP FREE production
products taking in account climate change threat for food and energy security. We have
international collaborative network with France, Germany, USA, Canada, Uk and
several Iberoamerican countries such as Argentina Brazil, Chile, Peru, Mexico, Spain
and Portugal. Besides that, we developed a research project for a Superbac an
enterprise from Brazil where we were able to develop a very innovative process that
give rise to a new patent submission.
On the other hand, to the Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences. Institute of Biology
and Chemistry, develops programs of environmental education, ecology, terrestrial and
marine biodiversity, biotechnology, agrobiotechnology, bioeconomy, and conservation
of endangered species. Within its research areas it has strengths in floristic inventories,
fungal inventories, insect inventories, fish inventories, bird inventories, microalgae,
amONG other groups of organisms, bioprospecting programs, biocontrol of pathogens,
micropropagation of species of economic interest , environmental or endangered,
natural products and has created a recent diploma in Bioeconomy in conjunction with
the Faculty of Economics, in order to develop processes and products to add value to
the rich biodiversity and diversity of biomass sources through of biotechnological
processes and biorefinery for the generation of new technology-based companies.
The University of Antioquia had created a Core Research Facility known as SIU, for the
main research groups ranked by the standard of our National Science Agency-
Colciencias and there we are sharing research infrastructure knowledge, together with
Master and Ph. D. students and industry. The Biotechnology research team is a
multidisciplinary group of young scientists at Ph. D and M.Sc. levels (Biologists,
microbiologists, engineers, economic, pharmaceutics, chemists, and so on), working
together with public and private sectors (national and international) to develop research
projects by way of biotechnological processes and techniques. Since year 2000 we
have been carried out several research projects related to some crops such as banana,
cacao and palm oil, flowers, algae and edible and medicinal mushrooms, amONG
other economical important species. My research projects are mainly co-financed by
private and public institutions and we are working to solve problems or to create
solutions for them. In the Agro sectors we are working with banana, cacao and palm oil
amONG other important crops, where we have some patents granted due to our
innovative results.My research team has been working for several years in a research
project related to the control a banana main diseases called of Sigatoka negra
(Mycosphaerella fijiensis) together with the private enterprise Augura, which spend
more than USD $ 40 millon in agrochemical for its control. Since they need to fill up
requirement for banana free of agrochemical (green and sustainable production), they
are co-financing our research project dealing with agro-biocontrol of this main diseases
and so far our results has shown better performance in a linear pots than the
commercial agrochemical used for it (Dithane).
The biocontrol product (Protein extract), has been already protected by US Patent
9,408,392 B2. However, there is a need for more financial support to develop an
innovative encapsulation process to protect the product from UV, high temperature,
tropical rain, amONG other climatic factors and to scale up to a commercial level the
protein production in order to be able to design a formulation that can be spread by
airplane amONG the thousand hectares of banana crop.
CORPORACIÓN
BUEN AMBIENTE -
CORAMBIENTE-
ONG Medium CORAMBIENTE is a non-profit
organization, with 22 years of experience
in working with rural communities, from
the approach of the food problem of these
communities, manages, promotes and
applies social practices oriented towards
organizational strengthening, peace
building from the territories, the
sustainability and construction of
networks for the consolidation of an
integral territorial development.
CORAMBIENTE promotes agroecological
production of food for self-consumption
and income generation, promoting the
economic autonomy of women, while
developing strategies aimed at the
protection of strategic ecosystems for the
generation of water such as páramos and
high Andean forests.
Crops Rural Development
UNIVERSIDAD DE
ANTIOQUA-AUGURA
University or
another type of
research
institute
Large http://
www.udea.edu.c
o
The University of Antioquia (U. de A.) is
the second largest public universities of
Colombia and most important academic
institution of higher education in the
Colombian department of Antioquia.
Founded in 1803, the U. de A. is
recognized as one of the best universities
in the country. Its main campus, Ciudad
Universitaria, is located in the city of
Medellin. It is a decentralized entity of the
department of Antioquia, organized as an
autonomous university entity with special
regime, linked to the Ministry of National
Education in what concerns the policies
and planning of the education sector and
in relation to the National System of
Science and Technology.
It consists of 26 academic units divided
into 14 faculties, four schools, four
institutes and three corporations that offer
about 130 undergraduate programs. In
postgraduate studies, it offers 58
specializations, 46 medical specialties, 57
master's degrees and 23 doctorates, for a
total of 184 programs in that modality.
In order to expand its coverage in the
region, the University has established a
program called Regionalizacion, with
several regional branches (Urabá, South-
West, East, Caucasia, amONG others), to
serve the low-income population and
strengthen rural development in such
regions. As part of this process, it has
several programs and courses in the
agricultural and Agroindustryl area, in
which the programs of the Faculties of
Agricultural Sciences, Exact and Natural
Sciences, Engineering, Social Sciences
and Economics are involved. All these
faculties participate in undergraduate and
postgraduate training in these regions
Crops,
Livestock,
Aquaculture,
BIOECONO
MY-
BIOREFINE
RY
Page 63
64
Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Crops,
Livestock,
Aquaculture,
Agribusiness
Pest and Disease
Management, ICT
in Agriculture,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers,
Agroindustryl
Transformation
Implementation of an Agroindustryl complex for the training of apprentices and citizens
in the transformation of products and by-products of commercial interest in the region
for the food and non-food agroindustry.
SENA - CENTRO
AgroindustryL DEL
META
Public Sector Large www.sena.edu.c
o
The National Service of Learning - SENA,
is a public establishment of the national
order, with legal status, own and
independent patrimony, and
administrative autonomy; Ascribed to the
Ministry of Labor of Colombia. It offers
free training to millions of Colombians
who benefit from technical, technological
and complementary programs that focus
on the country's economic, technological
and social development. They enter the
productive activities of companies and
industry to obtain better competitiveness
and production. with globalized markets.
The entity most beloved by Colombians
works in permanent alliance between
Government, businessmen and workers,
since its creation 60 years ago, with the
firm purpose of achieving the
competitiveness of Colombia through the
increase of productivity in companies and
regions, without leaving aside social
inclusion, in articulation with national
policy: More employment and less
poverty. For this reason, programs and
projects of social responsibility, business,
training, innovation, internationalization
and transfer of knowledge and
technologies are continuously generated.
Sena - Centro
Agroecológico y
Empresarial
Public Sector Large http://www.sena.
edu.co/es-
co/Paginas/defa
ult.aspx
The National Service of Learning - SENA,
is a public establishment of the national
order, with legal status, own and
independent patrimony, and
administrative autonomy; Ascribed to the
Ministry of Labor of Colombia. It offers
free training to millions of Colombians
who benefit from technical, technological
and complementary programs that focus
on the country's economic, technological
and social development. They enter the
productive activities of companies and
industry to obtain better competitiveness
and production. with globalized markets.
Crops Rural
Development,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
It requires an expert in soil analysis and treatment for agro-ecology, with experience in
projects and financial leverage to support areas affected by the armed conflict, in the
process of development.
Page 64
65
Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
AT THIS TIME WE ALREADY HAVE 340 HECTARES ESTABLISHED OF COCOA
AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF OTHER 240 HECTARES IS BEING STARTED, A
PARTNER IS SEARCHED TO ENTER THE PURCHASE PHASE OF THIS
PRODUCTION, AS WELL AS SEEKING TO CONTACT THOSE INTERESTED IN
ACQUIRING THE PRODUCTION OF LIMA TAHITI ORGANIC WHICH WILL BE
ESTABLISHED APPROXIMATELY 60 HECTARES TO AN ASNM OF 1,100 METERS
Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value Chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
In-vitro propagation of native plant species from Vaupes, soil improvement to
implement Livestock in the region for milk production.
AGROFOREST Association Small AGROFOREST IS AN ASSOCIATION
WITH HEADQUARTERS IN THE CITY
OF BUCARAMANGA, DEPARTMENT
OF SANTANDER IN COLOMBIA, HAS
AN EXPERIENCE OF 9 YEARS IN
THESE PROCEEDS, FORMULATES,
MANAGES AND EXECUTES
RESOURCES BOTH OF THE PUBLIC
SECTOR AND THE PRIVATE AND SO
SAME RESOURCES OF DIFFERENT
ONG COUNTRIES, THESE PROJECTS
ARE ADDRESSED TO THE PEASANT
COMMUNITY WITH LITTLE
RESOURCES, AT THE DATE
SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS OF COCOA
ESTABLISHMENT, MILK COUPLES
HAVE BEEN EXECUTED
SUCCESSFULLY AND AT THIS TIME A
PROJECT OF LIMA TAHITI ORGÁNICO
IS BEING FORMULATED FOR THE
YEAR 2019 IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
SANTANDER IN THE MUNICIPALITIES
OF GUADALUPE AND SANTANDER IN
COLOMBIA
Crops Rural Development
SENA Public Sector Large sena.edu.co NATIONAL LEARNING SERVICE SENA Crops,
Livestock,
Aquaculture,
AGRO-
FOOD
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size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
BIO-CROP SAS Private Sector Micro WWW.bio-
crop.com
Producer and marketer of bio-inputs,
fertilizers and adjuvants
Crops Plague and
disease
management
Development of new microbiological products of bioremediation.
CÁMARA DE
COMERCIO DE
BUCARAMANGA
ENTIDAD
PRIVADA SIN
ÁNIMO DE
LUCRO
Large www.camaradir
ecta.com
Chamber of commerce of Bucaramanga
is a Non Profit private entity, stablished
since 1915. It has as its principal function
delegated by the Colombian State the
management of Registering Companies.
The Chamber works for regional
development in different areas:
Education, Civil Society, contractual
oversight, sustainability, Productivity and
Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship,
Innovation andTechnology transfer,
Market Globalization, and others.
Crops,
Livestock
Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value Chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
Ideas for Projects:
Matching "Berraquera" u others for working in: Pesticide Reduction in Mora/Andean
Blackberry Insects & Fungus due to humidity, benefiting familiar farms from Matanza,
Charta and Suratá (Santander).
Matching “Abaco group” u others for working in: Improvement “Tahití Lemon” offer
through value adding in terms of agroecology and Traceability Monitoring Sustainable
growth.
Matching “Abaco group” u others for working in: Functional development of cacao
through value adding in terms of agroecology and Traceability Monitoring Sustainable
growth.
Strenghts:
Chamber of Commerce of Bucaramanga Leads: i) “Alianzas Productivas”. A Ministry of
Agriculture Program that benefits since 2008 an average of 25 alliances amONG
agricultural producers and agro-industrial companies, improving their productivity,
social and economic conditions and the comercial value chain; ii) Coffe and Cacao
Cluster initiatives, developing actions for Company competitiveness through transfering
technology and innovation. Chamber of commerce has experience managing
International Grants as: 1) BID FOMIN. The Chamber of Commerce of Bucaramanga
was operator of "Mujeres ECCO" program, sponsored by BID-FOMIN between 2009
and 2013. "Mujeres ECCO", focused in economic and social female empowerment,
created and strengthened more than 400 entrepreneur women from Barrancabermeja,
Cúcuta, Cartagena and Ibagué. This model was transferred and applied to Chamber of
Commerce of Lima, Perú, in 2016, benefiting 60 women under south south cooperation
model. Since 2013, "Mujeres ECCO" is a permanent program in Chamber of
Commerce of Bucaramanga, benefiting more than 50 woman per year, funded by own
resources and women´s. 2) Al INVEST IV and AL INVEST V, for promoting the SMES
exports and productivity, benefiting more than 300 companies.
We are searching for a partner that provide us Technical or Commercial Knowledge for
improving the productivity of Familiar agriculture units from municipalities affected by
military conflict, specially in Santander, north of Santander, Arauca, and South of
Bolivar.
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organization
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size
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organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Crops,
Transformati
on and
Marketing.
Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Transformation
and Marketing
Agroquinoa SAS seeks partners to strengthen the transformation and
commercialization capacity of products based on Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) and
Sacha Inchi (Plukenetia Volubilia Linneo), which are complete innovative products with
high value of natural vegetable proteins assimilable, with more than 10 essential amino
acids, Omegas (3, 6 and 9), vitamins and natural minerals. In the transformation, the
ability to implement a factory or food plant in Zona Franca (Valle del Cauca) and
potential buyers is being sought, although it has already advanced in this area in the
2017 Paris and Bogota 2018 macro-round. Agroquinoa SAS, has the institutional
support of PROCOLOMBIA that promotes exports in Colombia, Agroquinoa SAS, has
more than 480 hectares available from 13 indigenous and peasant families as strategic
partners in vulnerable state, in the departments of Cauca, Putumayo and Caquetá, for
planting of QUINUA and SACHA INCHI as raw materials, to have a capacity to
commercialize two (2) containers, that is, 20 tons per month of instantaneous powder
food of high nutritional content with tropical flavors of Banana, Uchuva, MaONG, Açaí
and Guava , in sugarcane packaging or other always in pursuit of sustainable
development and friendly to the environment.
Agroquinoa SAS Private Sector Micro www.agroquino
a.com
Agroquinoa SAS is a company located in
Cali - Valle del Cauca - Colombia, created
in 2016, to devote itself to the
transformation and commercialization of
foods of high nutritional content based on
Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) and
Sacha Inchi (Plukenetia Volubilia Linneo)
, complete products with high value of
natural vegetable proteins assimilable,
with more than 10 essential amino acids,
Omegas (3, 6 and 9), vitamins and
minerals. No pesticides or agrochemicals
are used, these products are aimed
especially at children with a high degree
of malnutrition and are suitable for people
intolerant to lactose, they do not contain
gluten and are suitable for celiacs, without
dyes or artificial preservatives.
Agroquinoa SAS integrates the production
chain of Quinoa working with 3
indigenous reserves of the department of
Cauca (80 indigenous families), and with
more than 50 farming families of Sacha
Inchi from the departments of Putumayo
and Caquetá, promoting Fair Trade,
working together as a great team, for
effective economic development and
regional integration through priority
projects to eradicate illicit Crops and
generate prosperity for the post-conflict in
Colombia. Agroquinoa SAS aims at the
European market especially the United
Kingdom and France, where there were
already contacts with interested European
buyers, in October 2017 at the 2017
business macrorrueda Paris with the
support of PROCOLOMBIA. In
Agroquinoa SAS, English is spoken in
addition to Spanish and there is already
experience in commercialization and
formulation of productive projects.
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organization
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size
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organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Integrated Rural
Development,
solutions based on
nature
The 34 years of experience have led the Foundation to propose a comprehensive Rural
Development system in which good agricultural practices are implemented and
production is changed to sustainable systems, but simultaneously these practices lead
to the conservation of biodiversity, of the soil and the waters, a good management of
natural resources is made. These measures are also adopted as processes of
adaptation to global environmental change and seeking territories that are resilient to
climate change, public policies and market prices. These practices are accompanied by
processes of food security and knowledge dissemination, with a fully participatory,
equitable and gender approach. We always seek to give added values to these
programs through a possible certification or verification of the product that opens or
maintains both national and international markets, but if it is not certified, studies have
shown that productivity increases by almost 30%, that quality of life improves markedly
and the health indicators of ecosystems increases. Due to these programs, it is
possible to foresee a decrease in the opening of the agricultural frontier and a decrease
in afforestation, always seeking to reach zero net deforestation. Therefore, and taking
into account the importance that these issues have for the partners of the United
Kingdom, we believe that it would be an excellent alliance to bring models of
sustainable Rural Development and that these can be replicated in the different regions
of the country, since part of the reality of the territory and its people.
Fundacion Natura
Colombia
ONG Medium www.natura.org.
co
During its 34 years, the Natura
Foundation has dedicated itself to finding
different alternatives for the conservation
and sustainable use of biodiversity, which
go beyond work in conservation areas,
which is also one of its working
mechanisms. For this reason, the
foundation has developed a range of
replicable tools anywhere in the country
and many of them in the world.
One of the main lessons learned and
applied is the need to work
comprehensively in socioecosystemic
spaces, that is, where the relationship of
the human being with all other life forms
and biophysical spaces is worked in an
integral way, trying to maintain ecological
integrity, that is, the healthy and
appropriate permanent functioning of
ecosystems on a global and local scale,
as well as their continued provision of
renewable resources and environmental
services. This is why we work at a local
level with a regional perspective, to face
the challenge of global environmental
change.
Working at a local or regional level at the
landscape level, the Foundation's work
proposal is simultaneously to generate
knowledge that allows applying
methodologies that avoid the loss of
biodiversity and lead to its sustainable
use, strengthening the local capacity and
the governance of the communities on
natural resources, maintaining the health
of the ecosystems in such a way as to
provide the necessary environmental
services for the population, leading the
productive system to the implementation
of good practices, restoring key
ecosystems that mitigate the accumulated
environmental damage and making an
integral management of the global
environmental change. All of the above
with cross-cutting issues applied in all its
actors such as education and training,
participation, gender equity and
monitoring and evaluation.
The Foundation in the fulfillment of its
mission works on most issues such as
conservation and sustainable use of
biodiversity, sustainable production
systems, forests, ecological restoration,
protected areas, flora and fauna,
endangered species, climate change,
adaptation measures and mitigation,
commodities, sustainable cities, fishing,
compensation, risk management and in
sustainable production systems as a
measure of adaptation and deforestation.
The work is done by the hand of the
communities, indigenous people, afro
descendants, peasants, works equally
with the government, private enterprise,
academia and other local, national and
international ONGs. The Foundation
works its projects with a focus on gender
and participation, in the Amazon, El
Chocó biogeographic, the Andes, the
Orinoquia and the Atlantic coast.
Crops,
Livestock,
Sustainable
production
systems,
complement
ation of
good
agricultural
practices,
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organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
ASOCIACIÓN DE
PRODUCTORES
PARA LA PAZ
ONG Micro The association of producers for peace is
a non-profit organization located in the
municipality of Viota Cundinamarca,
made up of small producers of maONG,
coffee, banana, citrus, which seeks
through the implementation of Good
Agricultural Practices (BPA), fair trade
and agro-industry improve the quality of
life of its associates.
Crops,
Agribusiness
(Processing
of Fruits and
Vegetables)
Rural
Development,
Value Chains,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
The Association of Producers for Peace, through the implementation of good
agricultural practices, seeks to improve the quality of the products to obtain and thus be
able to market successfully the production in a fresh market, with a fair trade strategy,
generating a win that allows the sustainability of the producers.
To provide added value and provide beneficiaries with a constant income and not for
production periods, an Agroindustryl process of products that are not delivered to the
fresh market will be developed and allow the association to manage different lines of
business improving the quality of life of the families involved in the project, The process
of elaboration of fruit pulps; Pre-ready fruits and vegetables are the components that
are sought to be developed.
Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Integrated Rural
Development,
solutions based on
nature
The 34 years of experience have led the Foundation to propose a comprehensive Rural
Development system in which good agricultural practices are implemented and
production is changed to sustainable systems, but simultaneously these practices lead
to the conservation of biodiversity, of the soil and the waters, a good management of
natural resources is made. These measures are also adopted as processes of
adaptation to global environmental change and seeking territories that are resilient to
climate change, public policies and market prices. These practices are accompanied by
processes of food security and knowledge dissemination, with a fully participatory,
equitable and gender approach. We always seek to give added values to these
programs through a possible certification or verification of the product that opens or
maintains both national and international markets, but if it is not certified, studies have
shown that productivity increases by almost 30%, that quality of life improves markedly
and the health indicators of ecosystems increases. Due to these programs, it is
possible to foresee a decrease in the opening of the agricultural frontier and a decrease
in afforestation, always seeking to reach zero net deforestation. Therefore, and taking
into account the importance that these issues have for the partners of the United
Kingdom, we believe that it would be an excellent alliance to bring models of
sustainable Rural Development and that these can be replicated in the different regions
of the country, since part of the reality of the territory and its people.
Fundacion Natura
Colombia
ONG Medium www.natura.org.
co
During its 34 years, the Natura
Foundation has dedicated itself to finding
different alternatives for the conservation
and sustainable use of biodiversity, which
go beyond work in conservation areas,
which is also one of its working
mechanisms. For this reason, the
foundation has developed a range of
replicable tools anywhere in the country
and many of them in the world.
One of the main lessons learned and
applied is the need to work
comprehensively in socioecosystemic
spaces, that is, where the relationship of
the human being with all other life forms
and biophysical spaces is worked in an
integral way, trying to maintain ecological
integrity, that is, the healthy and
appropriate permanent functioning of
ecosystems on a global and local scale,
as well as their continued provision of
renewable resources and environmental
services. This is why we work at a local
level with a regional perspective, to face
the challenge of global environmental
change.
Working at a local or regional level at the
landscape level, the Foundation's work
proposal is simultaneously to generate
knowledge that allows applying
methodologies that avoid the loss of
biodiversity and lead to its sustainable
use, strengthening the local capacity and
the governance of the communities on
natural resources, maintaining the health
of the ecosystems in such a way as to
provide the necessary environmental
services for the population, leading the
productive system to the implementation
of good practices, restoring key
ecosystems that mitigate the accumulated
environmental damage and making an
integral management of the global
environmental change. All of the above
with cross-cutting issues applied in all its
actors such as education and training,
participation, gender equity and
monitoring and evaluation.
The Foundation in the fulfillment of its
mission works on most issues such as
conservation and sustainable use of
biodiversity, sustainable production
systems, forests, ecological restoration,
protected areas, flora and fauna,
endangered species, climate change,
adaptation measures and mitigation,
commodities, sustainable cities, fishing,
compensation, risk management and in
sustainable production systems as a
measure of adaptation and deforestation.
The work is done by the hand of the
communities, indigenous people, afro
descendants, peasants, works equally
with the government, private enterprise,
academia and other local, national and
international ONGs. The Foundation
works its projects with a focus on gender
and participation, in the Amazon, El
Chocó biogeographic, the Andes, the
Orinoquia and the Atlantic coast.
Crops,
Livestock,
Sustainable
production
systems,
complement
ation of
good
agricultural
practices,
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organization
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size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Agroindustryl de
celulosas ltda
Private Sector Micro www.agrocel-
colombia.com
agrocel ltda produces and markets lONG
fiber cellulose from fibrous non-timber
resources with alternative Crops in the
post-conflict
Crops,
convert
biomass
into cellulose
Value chains Crops to sow improve soils and buy biomass to produce cellulose and thermal energy,
our strength is the research and development in biological fixation of nitrogen,
mechanization of fiber harvesting, semibiological pulping process.
We are looking for a partner to expand the company and have a logistics for sowing in
the field, its harvest and industrial process
PIG CARIBE ONG Small pigcaribe@gmai
l.com
We are an association of small pig
farmers, which are dedicated to the
breeding of good quality pigs for human
consumption.
Livestock Rural
Development,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
Build a model farm for breeding and production of pigs, friendly to the environment that
complies with all standards of biosecurity, animal welfare and constant genetic
improvement, which serves to provide fertilizers, gas and good genetics to small
producers associated and you see produce pork for human consumption with export
quality standards.
Project: Macro- and microalgae are an important source of new substances with great
potential for the development of new products for cosmetic use, due to the great
capacity they have to provide substances such as proteins, unsaturated and
polyunsaturated fatty acids, polysaccharides, fiber, amONG others, becoming a
fundamental raw material for the development of new products. Although Colombia has
two Larges coasts, and a great diversity of algae, there are no Larges natural prairies of
commercial algae, except perhaps the natural prairies of Grateloupia (which contains
carrageenan) on the Caribbean coast. Unlike other countries in our environment, where
algae represent a source of wealth for many companies, the valuation and exploitation
of this resource in Colombia is still far from its true potential. Therefore, the objective of
this research proposal would be to design and propose a cosmetic anti-aging system
based on seaweed extracts, with high benefits not only for the skin but also, that its
additional biological properties, make it a true product with functional characteristics for
human health.
Additionally, the development of this proposal would allow in the medium term (years
2023-2024) to establish the economic and social potential of the species that proliferate
as contaminating biomass in the Colombian Caribbean coast, as an environmentally
friendly and sustainable strategy, for the design of a biocompatible and biodegradable
natural additive of direct application in a product for human consumption.
UNIVERSIDAD DE
ANTIOQUIA
Public Sector Medium www.udea.edu.c
o
Dedicated to higher education, research
and development (R & D) and community
outreach services
Crops Value chains
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organization
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size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Crops,
Livestock,
Aquaculture
Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
The Catatumbo Region is a potentially productive region, in which 16 Municipalities of
the Department combine, from there licitly produces Crops perennial as oil palm,
cocoa, coffee, fruit, citrus ,; Semi-permanent crops such as yucca, banana, corn and
short-period crops such as Ocañera bulb onion, tomato, beans and a great horticultural
potential. Smalls are also raised extensions of Livestock, fish farming and smaller
species that give their product to the food supply of the Region. In the other
Municipalities of the Department there are Larges potentially environmental areas, and
many extensions of Crops hortofrutícolas, extensions of pastures for the breeding of
cattle, sheep, goats and other animal species, as well as corral. You can devise
productive projects chained to the agroindustry, strengthening direct marketing
between the producer and the final marketer or the final consumer through the
marketing chains, the creation of a fruit and vegetable processing plant or a large
processing center. coffee and cocoa storage.
Secretaria de
Desarrollo Economico
Public Sector Large WWW.goberna
cionnortedesant
ander.gov.co
The Government of Norte de Santander
within its Departmental Development Plan
"UN NORTE PRODUCTIVO PARA
TODOS" 2016-2019, aims to strengthen
the agricultural, business, environmental
and tourism sectors, pillars that have
been left as transversal axes to develop
and strengthen from the SECRETARIAT
OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
Cámara de Comercio
de Cúcuta
Private Sector Medium www.cccucuta.o
rg.co
In charge of mercantile registry of Cúcuta
and its surroundings
Crops,
Livestock,
Aquaculture
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value chains,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
Project ideas that favor the agricultural and Agroindustryl sector, looking for partners in
the United Kingdom
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organization
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size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Aguacatec Private Sector Micro www.aguacatec.
co
Association made up of 40 farmers all
producers of avocado variety hass
Crops Value chains We are in the quest to improve every day the quality standards of the fresh avocado
product and to be able to comply with the access conditions for the European market
and thus be able to penetrate these markets.
La Colmena ONG Micro http://lacolmena
veg.com/
It is a veg box scheme that connects
producers of organic and wild fruits and
vegetables with consumers.
Aquaculture Value chains Every project in a farmer, especially with small producers, needs to ensure the
commercialization of the final product. At La Colmena we promote organic agriculture,
assuring small producers the commercialization of their products, some of them receive
technical assistance from the National University.
ASOCIACION DE
MARAÑONEROS DEL
VICHADA
Private Sector Micro sadithbo@gmail
.com
It is an association composed of more
than 50 members, owners of land and
producers of cashew (Anacardium
Occidentale L) of improved varieties,
where the nut is used which is processed
for later commercialization and in
minimum quantity the pseudofruto
transformed into syrup, jam , steps,
amONG others.
Crops,
transformatio
n and
innovation
Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
Provision of a processing plant for pulped fruit that allows added value and use to the
pseudofruto of the cashew, and other species such as maONG, which in seasons of
production are lost in the region for not having infrastructure and machinery for
processing.
The department of Vichada is the most extensive in the country, it belONGs to the
departments framed by the post-conflict, with difficult means of access and high
transportation costs that prevent the marketing of its products in fresh, for which
innovative alternatives and development are required. technology that provide
opportunities to improve the quality of life of its inhabitants.
Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value Chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
TRAINING AND
RESEARCH
Training, updates, exchanges, internships and support to officials of SENA CDA CHIA,
in different topics on technological developments, to make technological adjustments to
sustainable agricultural productive processes with producers in Colombia.
SENA Public Sector Large http://www.sena.edu.co Crops,
ACUAPONI
A, BPA,
PRECISION
AGRICULTU
RE
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organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
FUNDACION
GEOTROPI
ONG Micro Promote sustainable development, social
welfare and adequate management of
natural resources with the implementation
of innovative projects on topics that
include agriculture and climate change
with the use of remote sensing
information, solar energy amONG others.
Crops ICT in Agriculture,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Crops monitoring
and solar energy
(panels)
Accurate and climate-smart agriculture for Crops in hillside areas
Monitoring of Crops with the use of remote sensors
Tracking of the Crops by means of remote sensing images (optical - Radar (SAR))
combined with frequent information taken in the field. High resolution multispectral
images taken with drones will also be used.
Processing and analysis of remote sensor information
Use free software, algorithms (BIG DATA and application of machine learning) and
platforms in the cloud for the generation of analysis of results and subsequent
management plans of the Crops.
Smart management plan for Crops
- Application of products with precision using drones
- Implementation of irrigation systems with solar energy
- Use of solar energy for the entire agricultural system (processing, transport, harvest,
etc.)
- Smart Crops
- Rational and minimum water management
- Agrometeorological station data
- Implementation of low cost technology adapted to hillside areas
Strategy marketing products processed with precision and climatically intelligent
Agriculture stamp.
We support and make pate of:
COLOMBIAN NETWORK OF AGRICULTURE OF PRECESSION AND
CLIMATICALLY INTELLIGENT
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organization
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size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
SENA GUAINIA Public Sector Large http://www.sena.
edu.co/es-
co/Paginas/defa
ult.aspx
ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECOTURISTIC
CENTER OF NORORIENTE
AMAZÓNICO located in the Department
of Guainia, with a population of
apprentices of 1200 per year, the only
local entity for training for free
Crops,
Livestock,
Aquaculture
Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
We are in the projection of an agricultural project that allows us to have integral
demonstrative production systems, for the training of operators, technicians and
technologists for the agricultural sector and where additionally serve as demonstration
cases for the socialization and transfer of technology for local producers
SEMIOQUIMICA University or
another type of
research
institute
Micro www.semioquim
ica.com
We offer products and services for the
control of pest agricultural insects through
clean technologies, our main product are
agricultural pheromones. Crop Bioinputs
manufacturer and trade.
Crops Plague and
disease
management
Plagues Monitoring Systems for prevention of diseases and loss of control on insects
populations in crops.
Crops Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
Cleaner production using agro ecology by reducing the use of chemical products that
affect mother earth and air, generating pollution both in the environmental part and at
the time of consumption of these products, carrying out the different studies to define
the market to sell the production; Another proposal is to lower the agricultural frontier in
the páramo through the purchase of land in the lower part suitable for agricultural
production in a sustainable manner and with clean production, so as not to devastate
the little that remains of the paramo, making conservation and conserving ecosystems
in the places where agricultural activities are currently carried out surpassing 1400
meters of height.
Resguardo Indigena
de Muellamues
Public Sector Medium The Indigenous Reservoir of Muellamues
is an organization of territorial and social
character, it is the authority of the
indigenous community, who leads and
manages the processes for the good
living of the population and environmental
care through good environmental
practices and the socio-economic
development of community.
FUNDACION
GEOTROPI
ONG Micro Promote sustainable development, social
welfare and adequate management of
natural resources with the implementation
of innovative projects on topics that
include agriculture and climate change
with the use of remote sensing
information, solar energy amONG others.
Crops ICT in Agriculture,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Crops monitoring
and solar energy
(panels)
Accurate and climate-smart agriculture for Crops in hillside areas
Monitoring of Crops with the use of remote sensors
Tracking of the Crops by means of remote sensing images (optical - Radar (SAR))
combined with frequent information taken in the field. High resolution multispectral
images taken with drones will also be used.
Processing and analysis of remote sensor information
Use free software, algorithms (BIG DATA and application of machine learning) and
platforms in the cloud for the generation of analysis of results and subsequent
management plans of the Crops.
Smart management plan for Crops
- Application of products with precision using drones
- Implementation of irrigation systems with solar energy
- Use of solar energy for the entire agricultural system (processing, transport, harvest,
etc.)
- Smart Crops
- Rational and minimum water management
- Agrometeorological station data
- Implementation of low cost technology adapted to hillside areas
Strategy marketing products processed with precision and climatically intelligent
Agriculture stamp.
We support and make pate of:
COLOMBIAN NETWORK OF AGRICULTURE OF PRECESSION AND
CLIMATICALLY INTELLIGENT
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Universidad Industrial
de Santander
Public Sector Large www.uis.edu.co Institution of higher education Post harvest
added value
in cocoa
farms
Value chains,
Development of
new technologies
to increase income
in female
smallholders farms
We are developing technological solutions for increasing income in female
smallholders farms via scientific research.
ECOSAGA Private Sector Micro www.ecosaga.g
ov.co
agro-environmental services Crops Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
agrometeorological tools to make decisions
ECOSAGA Private Sector Micro www.ecosaga.g
ov.co
agro-environmental services Crops Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
agrometeorological tools to make decisions
Rural
Development,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
Patrimonio Natural is one of the two environmental funds of the country created by
entities of the National Environmental System (members of the Board of Directors) to
seek the sustainability of the system. Currently Patrimonio manages GEF resources
with the Heart of the Amazon project, the governments of Uk, Norway and Germany,
financers of Visión Amazonia, has landscape management models focused on
conservation areas where preservation strategies are mixed with models of
agrosystems for conservation working hand in hand with communities, local and
national governments, cooperators and private companies.
Patrimonio Natural
Fondo para la
Biodiversidad y Areas
protegidas
Mixed
Environmental
Fund
Small https://www.patri
monionatural.or
g.co/
The Fondo de Patrimonio Natural was
born in 2005, as a non-profit foundation,
with mixed participation, aimed at the
conservation of the natural areas of
Colombia.
The Fund invests strategically in the
conservation and protection of the natural
heritage and services to the ecosystems
they provide (water, air, food, biodiversity
of flora and fauna and landscapes,
amONG others) For this, designs and
implements financial mechanisms,
executes and administers programs and
projects based on safeguarding the
natural, cultural and ethnic landscape of
our country.
sustainable
production
systems as
a
conservation
strategy
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
FEDEPANELA ONG Medium www.fedepanela
.org.co
Productive and socioeconomic
development
Agroindustry
cultivation
and
processing
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value chains
Productive, commercial and socioeconomic development through business networks
and production chains in peasant production areas of Panela, which are in the process
of consolidation (post-conflict). We advise and support the development of
agribusiness. There are allies in the United Kingdom interested in commercialization.
Business, financial and technical support is required. Fedepanela has a commercial
development plan aimed at the.market of well-being that seeks in 5 years to reach
sales of USD 50 million. 20 grassroots organizations
Within the strategic plan of the organization is working on the productive and
commercial development of small producers in vulnerable condition, so that through
the development of productive projects in the model of business networks and
productive chains, capacities are developed to integrate competitively and sustainable
supply chains for the welfare market (natural panela and organic panela).
We currently have a business plan for productive and commercial development, which
aims to achieve over the next five years to develop a sales market of more than 25,000
tons of product per year, valued at around USD $ 50 million.
We currently have 20 organizations and business development work with companies
interested in the United Kingdom and we are interested in strengthening investment
processes and technological development.
Secretaría de
Fomento
Agropecuario -
Gobernación de
Boyacá
Public Sector Large www.boyaca.go
v.co
The Secretary of Agriculture of Boyaca is
the institution in charge of agricultural
issues as production, markets,
agroindustry, associativity, policies, rural
development and other topics like climate
change, adaptation and gender and youth
implication in agriculture.
Boyacá is one of the 32 departments of
Colombia, the second in number of
municipalities; it is recognized for its
agricultural production and very small
farming plots. Family farming is very
important for small farmers incomes and
food provision in Boyacá.
Crops Rural
Development,
Value chains
Medicinal plants and organic food (horticulture) production as a strategy to improve
incomes, food security, health and climate change adaptation in rural communities led
by women in Boyacá
FEDEPANELA ONG Small www.fedepanela
.org.co
Grassroots organization that represents
the interests of small producers of panela
(unrefined whole sugar), works for the
productive and social development of the
communities that develop the productive
activity. The management is carried out
before public and private entities,
provides technical assistance,
commercial development, organizational
strengthening and technological
development
Agribusiness
, integrating
cultivation
and
processing
activities,
especially in
farms of
small
producers
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value chains
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
fundación para el
desarrollo social y
agroambiental
Public Sector Small https://fundacion
paraeldesarrollo
social.jimdo.co
m/
is a non-profit foundation that develops
projects in the agricultural, business and
environmental sectors
Crops Plague and
disease
management,
Rural
Development,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
We want to make a project for the implementation of BPA to producers in the
Municipality of Candelaria
consejo comunitario
de comunidades
negras afrotiple
Public Sector Small the community council works on the
topics of law 70, the protection of natural
resources and agricultural production of
the tiple village, it also trains students
through social work
Crops Plague and
disease
management,
Rural
Development,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
We want to work on a project for the conservation of the tiple wetland and work on the
awareness of the proper management of solid waste generated in the municipality, also
strengthen the increase of banana and citrus Crops areas in the corregimiento of the
tiple
Crops,
poultry
farming
Rural
Development,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
Project to strengthen the productive units of chickens and orchards of the associates.fundación de mujeres
afrotipleñas raíces
fuertes
Public Sector Small is an organization of afro women that
work in the agricultural sector with
orchards, laying hens amONG other
topics.
Secretaría de
Fomento
Agropecuario -
Gobernación de
Boyacá
Public Sector Large www.boyaca.go
v.co
The Secretary of Agriculture of Boyaca is
the institution in charge of agricultural
issues as production, markets,
agroindustry, associativity, policies, rural
development and other topics like climate
change, adaptation and gender and youth
implication in agriculture.
Boyacá is one of the 32 departments of
Colombia, the second in number of
municipalities; it is recognized for its
agricultural production and very small
farming plots. Family farming is very
important for small farmers incomes and
food provision in Boyacá.
Crops Rural
Development,
Value chains
Medicinal plants and organic food (horticulture) production as a strategy to improve
incomes, food security, health and climate change adaptation in rural communities led
by women in Boyacá
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
N.A Private Sector Small NA N.A. Crops Plague and
disease
management
N.A.
ICT in Agriculture,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
Beekeeping is a tool for Rural Development that has been widely tested around the
world; It is an effective activity to alleviate poverty, promote sustainable development,
and empower rural communities, based on the sale of pure honey and its derivatives.
Additionally, the production of honey brings lONG benefits for agriculture, given that the
increase of beekeeping families leads to an increase in the number of bees existing
around Colombian agricultural Crops. According to the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations (FAO) approximately 73% of all Crops in the world
are pollinated by some kind of bee.
At a national level, Colombia has a great potential in the production of honey, given the
great variety of flora and forests in the different thermal floors. These geographical and
climatic characteristics are also present in the Department of Santander. This variety in
the thermal floors makes beekeeping in Santander occurs in all areas, obtaining a
heterogeneous honey and special characteristics for consumption and marketing.
However, beekeeping in Colombia is one of the agricultural activities with less technical
development, since it is still practiced in an artisanal way. As a result, beekeepers have
two major challenges to overcome. The first challenge is to improve and ensure the
quality of pure honey; It is essential to have access to quick and easy technological
knowledge and tools to measure the quality of honey. The second is the increase in
adulterated honeys in the domestic market that are manufactured in melts with
chemical substances and sugar; and the increase of industrialized honeys harmful to
health. Both adulterated and industrialized honey are sold as honey from pure bees,
therefore, beekeepers compete in an unfair market with people who make tons of
honey without bees.
The project proposes the transfer and integration of technologies and research applied
to Santander beekeeping families led by women. The objectives, which we hope will be
supported by the UK partner, are listed below:
1) Train new techniques and technologies to beekeeping families of Santander to
improve the quality levels of their products.
2) Develop a low-cost portable system for the quality control of honey and the
identification of adulterated honey using spectral information in the visible and infrared.
3) Search international markets for these products.
4) Characterize spectrally the honey produced by the participating community and the
adulterated honey.
5) Study the feasibility of developing denominations of origin of honey as an added
value of the product based on spectral identification.
6) Develop spaces with the participating community to carry out the technological and
scientific transfer for the production of honey with parameters of quality and safety, and
existing techniques for the identification of adulterated honeys.
7) Development of ICT tools (mobile applications) that allow beekeepers to access
information of interest, create a communication channel between beekeepers and
buyers and, additionally, that allows them to take control of their hives.
Universidad Industrial
de Santander
University or
another type of
research
institute
Large https://www.uis.
edu.co/webUIS/
es/index.jsp
The Industrial University of Santander is
an organization whose purpose is the
training of people of high ethical, political
and professional quality; the generation
and adaptation of knowledge; the
conservation and reinterpretation of
culture and active participation leading
processes of change for the progress and
better quality of life of the community.
Within its missionary objectives is the
development of research projects focused
on the agricultural sector of the region.
Crops,
Beekeeping
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79
Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
We are interested in participating in a project that uses Crops of tropical roots and
tubers, especially Crops of yucca, yam and sweet potato, as the basis for developing
and transferring technologies based on the approach known as "green chemistry",
which seeks to identify the principles active of the leaves and the roots and tubers of
these Crops, for the production of pharmaceutical, nutritional and environmental
compounds. It is an approach with high potential for social impact in highly vulnerable
populations. We have important experiences and contacts currently in the Cauca
Department region, highly affected by the post-conflict, and we are looking for a partner
from the United Kingdom who is interested in a Strategic Alliance with Clayuca and with
entities from this region, to implement a strategy based on the mentioned approach.
ICT in Agriculture,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
Beekeeping is a tool for Rural Development that has been widely tested around the
world; It is an effective activity to alleviate poverty, promote sustainable development,
and empower rural communities, based on the sale of pure honey and its derivatives.
Additionally, the production of honey brings lONG benefits for agriculture, given that the
increase of beekeeping families leads to an increase in the number of bees existing
around Colombian agricultural Crops. According to the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations (FAO) approximately 73% of all Crops in the world
are pollinated by some kind of bee.
At a national level, Colombia has a great potential in the production of honey, given the
great variety of flora and forests in the different thermal floors. These geographical and
climatic characteristics are also present in the Department of Santander. This variety in
the thermal floors makes beekeeping in Santander occurs in all areas, obtaining a
heterogeneous honey and special characteristics for consumption and marketing.
However, beekeeping in Colombia is one of the agricultural activities with less technical
development, since it is still practiced in an artisanal way. As a result, beekeepers have
two major challenges to overcome. The first challenge is to improve and ensure the
quality of pure honey; It is essential to have access to quick and easy technological
knowledge and tools to measure the quality of honey. The second is the increase in
adulterated honeys in the domestic market that are manufactured in melts with
chemical substances and sugar; and the increase of industrialized honeys harmful to
health. Both adulterated and industrialized honey are sold as honey from pure bees,
therefore, beekeepers compete in an unfair market with people who make tons of
honey without bees.
The project proposes the transfer and integration of technologies and research applied
to Santander beekeeping families led by women. The objectives, which we hope will be
supported by the UK partner, are listed below:
1) Train new techniques and technologies to beekeeping families of Santander to
improve the quality levels of their products.
2) Develop a low-cost portable system for the quality control of honey and the
identification of adulterated honey using spectral information in the visible and infrared.
3) Search international markets for these products.
4) Characterize spectrally the honey produced by the participating community and the
adulterated honey.
5) Study the feasibility of developing denominations of origin of honey as an added
value of the product based on spectral identification.
6) Develop spaces with the participating community to carry out the technological and
scientific transfer for the production of honey with parameters of quality and safety, and
existing techniques for the identification of adulterated honeys.
7) Development of ICT tools (mobile applications) that allow beekeepers to access
information of interest, create a communication channel between beekeepers and
buyers and, additionally, that allows them to take control of their hives.
Corporacion Clayuca Nonprofit
corporation
Small www.clayuca.or
g
The CLAYUCA Corporation was born on
March 16, 2012, made up of public and /
or private entities from countries
producing cassava, under the figure of a
non-profit corporation, with legal status,
which functions as a private law entity,
with its own assets, organized under
Colombian laws
The CLAYUCA Corporation is a civil
entity, recognized in a private document
of November 22, 2011 of Palmira,
registered at the Chamber of Commerce
of Palmira on March 16, 2012, under
number 97 of Book 1 of non-profit entities,
created in accordance with the Political
Constitution, the laws and their regulatory
decrees, especially 1529 of 1990, 2150 of
1995 and Decree 427 of 1996, and the
standards of science and technology,
identified with the NIT 900.510.356-1, and
with address principal in the municipality
of Palmira (Valle), legally represented by
its Executive Director, BERNARDO
OSPINA PATIÑO, of legal age identified
with DNI No. 14.962.043, issued in Cali
(Valle).
The purpose of the Corporation, in
accordance with its statutes, includes: a)
promoting the union and integration of
producers, processors and consumers of
cassava and other tropical roots in the
Latin American and Caribbean region, in
order to establish new models of financing
and support, both for research and for the
sustainable and competitive development
of the crop, in order to satisfy the interests
and needs of the different groups of end
users of cassava, both in the Public
Sector and in the private sector; b)
support and promote the exchange of
experiences, information and
technologies related to cassava
cultivation, between the countries of Latin
America and the Caribbean and other
groups of producers, processors and
consumers of cassava and other tropical
roots, throughout the world, to contribute
to the sustainable improvement of
competitiveness, through better soil and
plant management practices, higher
productivity, lower processing costs and
greater efficiency in the use of cassava
and other tropical roots, their products
and their by-products.
Throughout its history, the CLAYUCA
Corporation has identified that its greatest
added value lies in the promotion of
knowledge management, which
represents its central axis. Socialize and
share the lessons and practices of the
technological advances achieved, allows
Corporación CLAYUCA to generate
learning, expand social interventions,
forge and consolidate networks and
alliances, as well as promote
transparency and effective accountability.
CLAYUCA Corporation works to act as a
strategic partner to join efforts in the
efficient and effective implementation of
the actions and activities contemplated in
projects that seek to promote the
intensification of production and
industrialization of cassava cultivation in
regions of Colombia, contributing to the
development of a new vision that the
country needs to forge for the rural sector.
CLAYUCA has extensive experience, as
a result of its technological development
work in the last 15 years, implementing a
value chain approach to seek
improvements in the competitiveness and
sustainability of cassava cultivation in
Colombia and other countries in Latin
America and the Caribbean. Caribbean.
Crops Rural
Development,
Value chains
Universidad Industrial
de Santander
University or
another type of
research
institute
Large https://www.uis.
edu.co/webUIS/
es/index.jsp
The Industrial University of Santander is
an organization whose purpose is the
training of people of high ethical, political
and professional quality; the generation
and adaptation of knowledge; the
conservation and reinterpretation of
culture and active participation leading
processes of change for the progress and
better quality of life of the community.
Within its missionary objectives is the
development of research projects focused
on the agricultural sector of the region.
Crops,
Beekeeping
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80
Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
We are interested in participating in a project that uses Crops of tropical roots and
tubers, especially Crops of yucca, yam and sweet potato, as the basis for developing
and transferring technologies based on the approach known as "green chemistry",
which seeks to identify the principles active of the leaves and the roots and tubers of
these Crops, for the production of pharmaceutical, nutritional and environmental
compounds. It is an approach with high potential for social impact in highly vulnerable
populations. We have important experiences and contacts currently in the Cauca
Department region, highly affected by the post-conflict, and we are looking for a partner
from the United Kingdom who is interested in a Strategic Alliance with Clayuca and with
entities from this region, to implement a strategy based on the mentioned approach.
Corporacion Clayuca Nonprofit
corporation
Small www.clayuca.or
g
The CLAYUCA Corporation was born on
March 16, 2012, made up of public and /
or private entities from countries
producing cassava, under the figure of a
non-profit corporation, with legal status,
which functions as a private law entity,
with its own assets, organized under
Colombian laws
The CLAYUCA Corporation is a civil
entity, recognized in a private document
of November 22, 2011 of Palmira,
registered at the Chamber of Commerce
of Palmira on March 16, 2012, under
number 97 of Book 1 of non-profit entities,
created in accordance with the Political
Constitution, the laws and their regulatory
decrees, especially 1529 of 1990, 2150 of
1995 and Decree 427 of 1996, and the
standards of science and technology,
identified with the NIT 900.510.356-1, and
with address principal in the municipality
of Palmira (Valle), legally represented by
its Executive Director, BERNARDO
OSPINA PATIÑO, of legal age identified
with DNI No. 14.962.043, issued in Cali
(Valle).
The purpose of the Corporation, in
accordance with its statutes, includes: a)
promoting the union and integration of
producers, processors and consumers of
cassava and other tropical roots in the
Latin American and Caribbean region, in
order to establish new models of financing
and support, both for research and for the
sustainable and competitive development
of the crop, in order to satisfy the interests
and needs of the different groups of end
users of cassava, both in the Public
Sector and in the private sector; b)
support and promote the exchange of
experiences, information and
technologies related to cassava
cultivation, between the countries of Latin
America and the Caribbean and other
groups of producers, processors and
consumers of cassava and other tropical
roots, throughout the world, to contribute
to the sustainable improvement of
competitiveness, through better soil and
plant management practices, higher
productivity, lower processing costs and
greater efficiency in the use of cassava
and other tropical roots, their products
and their by-products.
Throughout its history, the CLAYUCA
Corporation has identified that its greatest
added value lies in the promotion of
knowledge management, which
represents its central axis. Socialize and
share the lessons and practices of the
technological advances achieved, allows
Corporación CLAYUCA to generate
learning, expand social interventions,
forge and consolidate networks and
alliances, as well as promote
transparency and effective accountability.
CLAYUCA Corporation works to act as a
strategic partner to join efforts in the
efficient and effective implementation of
the actions and activities contemplated in
projects that seek to promote the
intensification of production and
industrialization of cassava cultivation in
regions of Colombia, contributing to the
development of a new vision that the
country needs to forge for the rural sector.
CLAYUCA has extensive experience, as
a result of its technological development
work in the last 15 years, implementing a
value chain approach to seek
improvements in the competitiveness and
sustainability of cassava cultivation in
Colombia and other countries in Latin
America and the Caribbean. Caribbean.
Crops Rural
Development,
Value chains
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81
Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Asociacion
Payacuando en los
Pastos
Private Sector Small Group of people organized with the aim of
protecting and preserving the
environment in order to guarantee
harmony between Mother Earth and
everything that inhabits it, promoting the
development of sustainable tourism
activities.
Agrotourist
activities
Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
Generate spaces of awareness, activities of recognition of the places and protection
through the restoration and conservation of the places of intervention (sites of reserve,
we stop, sacred places, amONG others.)
We are interested in participating in a project that uses Crops of tropical roots and
tubers, especially Crops of yucca, yam and sweet potato, as the basis for developing
and transferring technologies based on the approach known as "green chemistry",
which seeks to identify the principles active of the leaves and the roots and tubers of
these Crops, for the production of pharmaceutical, nutritional and environmental
compounds. It is an approach with high potential for social impact in highly vulnerable
populations. We have important experiences and contacts currently in the Cauca
Department region, highly affected by the post-conflict, and we are looking for a partner
from the United Kingdom who is interested in a Strategic Alliance with Clayuca and with
entities from this region, to implement a strategy based on the mentioned approach.
Servifran Bioingetech
SAS
Private Sector Small www.servifran.c
om
SERVIFRAN BIOINGETECH S.A.S. was
founded in January 1997 in
Barrancabermeja, has developed
extensive experience in bioremediation,
hydrocarbon recovery, sludge treatment,
production of biological surfactants such
as the family of TENSOBIOL® products
and chemical surfactants such as
EMULGROSSON® powerful industrial
degreaser. We carry out marketing of
chemical formulations (T-7) for soil and
water improvement in the process of
biological treatment. Additionally, we are
advancing in the production of bio-inputs
for the biological control of insects-pest,
pathogens and biofertilizers for the
agricultural production of the Colombian
Northeast. .
SERVIFRAN BIOINGETECH produces
the biological and chemical products of its
portfolio at its Girón (Santander) industrial
plant.
SERVIFRAN guides its development
towards technological surveillance,
innovation in processes and products,
sectorial relations and the
internationalization of its services.
Crops,
Livestock,
Environment
(soil and
water
remediation)
Plague and
disease
management,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
Our company is interested in the development of new biotechnological products from
microorganisms and / or biosensors / biofertilizers and bioremediation of soil and water
contaminated by pesticides that contribute to the safety of agricultural production.
Likewise, validate products in the final phase in situ in farms of rural producers that
have been obtained through the aforementioned biotechnological processes. In this
way, consolidate as a technology-based company for obtaining, offering and marketing
products that consolidate the Value chains of export fruits or vegetables, such as
cocoa, citrus, lulo, arrears, etc.
Corporacion Clayuca Nonprofit
corporation
Small www.clayuca.or
g
The CLAYUCA Corporation was born on
March 16, 2012, made up of public and /
or private entities from countries
producing cassava, under the figure of a
non-profit corporation, with legal status,
which functions as a private law entity,
with its own assets, organized under
Colombian laws
The CLAYUCA Corporation is a civil
entity, recognized in a private document
of November 22, 2011 of Palmira,
registered at the Chamber of Commerce
of Palmira on March 16, 2012, under
number 97 of Book 1 of non-profit entities,
created in accordance with the Political
Constitution, the laws and their regulatory
decrees, especially 1529 of 1990, 2150 of
1995 and Decree 427 of 1996, and the
standards of science and technology,
identified with the NIT 900.510.356-1, and
with address principal in the municipality
of Palmira (Valle), legally represented by
its Executive Director, BERNARDO
OSPINA PATIÑO, of legal age identified
with DNI No. 14.962.043, issued in Cali
(Valle).
The purpose of the Corporation, in
accordance with its statutes, includes: a)
promoting the union and integration of
producers, processors and consumers of
cassava and other tropical roots in the
Latin American and Caribbean region, in
order to establish new models of financing
and support, both for research and for the
sustainable and competitive development
of the crop, in order to satisfy the interests
and needs of the different groups of end
users of cassava, both in the Public
Sector and in the private sector; b)
support and promote the exchange of
experiences, information and
technologies related to cassava
cultivation, between the countries of Latin
America and the Caribbean and other
groups of producers, processors and
consumers of cassava and other tropical
roots, throughout the world, to contribute
to the sustainable improvement of
competitiveness, through better soil and
plant management practices, higher
productivity, lower processing costs and
greater efficiency in the use of cassava
and other tropical roots, their products
and their by-products.
Throughout its history, the CLAYUCA
Corporation has identified that its greatest
added value lies in the promotion of
knowledge management, which
represents its central axis. Socialize and
share the lessons and practices of the
technological advances achieved, allows
Corporación CLAYUCA to generate
learning, expand social interventions,
forge and consolidate networks and
alliances, as well as promote
transparency and effective accountability.
CLAYUCA Corporation works to act as a
strategic partner to join efforts in the
efficient and effective implementation of
the actions and activities contemplated in
projects that seek to promote the
intensification of production and
industrialization of cassava cultivation in
regions of Colombia, contributing to the
development of a new vision that the
country needs to forge for the rural sector.
CLAYUCA has extensive experience, as
a result of its technological development
work in the last 15 years, implementing a
value chain approach to seek
improvements in the competitiveness and
sustainability of cassava cultivation in
Colombia and other countries in Latin
America and the Caribbean. Caribbean.
Crops Rural
Development,
Value chains
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Crops,
Livestock
Rural Development The clean production of tropical fruits and vegetables in eastern Colombia to be
marketed in the United KingdomAGROORIENTAL ONG Micro AGROORIENT
AL.COM
Constituted on May 19, 2001 as
Association of Producers of Fruits and
Vegetables of Santander and in
September 2011 the name was changed
to Association of Agricultural Producers of
the Colombian East, its purpose is to
contribute to the improvement of the
productive process through training and
technical assistance that result in the
performance of farms and ensure a good
return on the activities of rural producers.
He has experience in technical
assistance, environmental aspects,
agroindustry and marketing of agricultural
products. It has qualified and well
qualified personnel in the provision of
technical assistance services.
Servifran Bioingetech
SAS
Private Sector Small www.servifran.c
om
SERVIFRAN BIOINGETECH S.A.S. was
founded in January 1997 in
Barrancabermeja, has developed
extensive experience in bioremediation,
hydrocarbon recovery, sludge treatment,
production of biological surfactants such
as the family of TENSOBIOL® products
and chemical surfactants such as
EMULGROSSON® powerful industrial
degreaser. We carry out marketing of
chemical formulations (T-7) for soil and
water improvement in the process of
biological treatment. Additionally, we are
advancing in the production of bio-inputs
for the biological control of insects-pest,
pathogens and biofertilizers for the
agricultural production of the Colombian
Northeast. .
SERVIFRAN BIOINGETECH produces
the biological and chemical products of its
portfolio at its Girón (Santander) industrial
plant.
SERVIFRAN guides its development
towards technological surveillance,
innovation in processes and products,
sectorial relations and the
internationalization of its services.
Crops,
Livestock,
Environment
(soil and
water
remediation)
Plague and
disease
management,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
Our company is interested in the development of new biotechnological products from
microorganisms and / or biosensors / biofertilizers and bioremediation of soil and water
contaminated by pesticides that contribute to the safety of agricultural production.
Likewise, validate products in the final phase in situ in farms of rural producers that
have been obtained through the aforementioned biotechnological processes. In this
way, consolidate as a technology-based company for obtaining, offering and marketing
products that consolidate the Value chains of export fruits or vegetables, such as
cocoa, citrus, lulo, arrears, etc.
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
4.0 Brands SAS Private Sector Micro Start up developing remote sensing and
digital tools to facilitate specific agriculture
per site
Crops Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value chains
Our technological proposal and our superior purpose is very simple: to empower
farmers with their own information ("Our higher purpose: Empower small producers
with their own information"). We have the experience for more than 20 years of working
in tropical Crops and with medium and small producers to achieve that using their own
information can be more efficient, better commercialize and prevent pests and
diseases through early warnings.
OPTIM + Private Sector Micro www.optim.com.
co
Company focused on low carbon
sustainable development
Crops Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
We are developing a tool to promote the self-capture of information from small
producers through tablets, interfacing with weather sensors by farm. The application in
exchange gives the farmer the state of the crop, times for application of fertilizer or pest
control, and to prepare the harvest. This allows to empower the farmer in the
management of his crop, with better quality and with greater efficiency in costs. We are
looking for a UK partner interested in participating in the Prosperity Fund's Agri-Test
Challenge call.
Asociación mucka Private Sector Micro Dairy Associates Livestock Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
Strengthening capital
Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
Enlist and integrate into the world market 3,000 hectares of cocoa that are established
in the basin of the Suarez River in the Department of Santander (high quality cocoa,
fruity, low acidity): Increase in production, improvement of the benefit of the harvested
grain (classification , fermentation, drying, cleaning, packaging); tranfromation of cocoa
byproduct production (liquor, butter); production of food products that have cocoa as
raw material; and the marketing of all cocoa products. Establishments of agroforestry
plantations (native timber trees, cocoa, banana, corn, or timber with coffee plants);
Establishment of Silvopastoral plantations (native trees or trees of commercial interest
together with grasses and legumes). Beekeeping projects (sowing of forests producing
honey flowers, assembly of apiaries, processing and marketing of bee products).
AGROFOREST Asociación de
Productores
Agropecuarios
y de
Reforestadores
Medium Organization of small and medium
agricultural, livestock and forestry
producers, with 14 years of experience in
the design, execution and evaluation of
productive projects in the rural sector,
management of rural properties,
reforestation and production of plant
material. to date we have efficiently
executed more than 15 contracts or
agreements; what gives us experience
and suitability for the development of
socio-economic initiatives
Crops
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Comercializadora
Global Import
Private Sector Micro www.globalimpo
rt.com.co
Marketer and importer of products
dedicated to Agro. Currently with
emphasis on Projects in the Aguacatero
del Cauca Sector.
Crops Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value chains
We are looking for a company that can provide us the IoT (Internet of Things)
technology with sensors that allow remote control of environmental variables that may
affect the Crops. These sensors would have to be connected to a platform and / or
application to be able to do the corresponding checks of the Crops.
Asocafè Manantial ONG Micro www.asocafema
nantial.com
Asociation of producers of special coffee
of Dosquebradas, Risaralda, that has the
objective of looking for better forms of
marketing of the coffee of origin of the
town generating better quality of life for its
associates
Marketing of
coffee
Value chains The partners of the organization are small producers of special coffee, 40% of them are
women and 60% are men, so we want the implementation of 3 special coffee shops in
Colombia and 1 coffee shop in the United Kingdom where you can sell the coffee
produced by the people of the association which would guarantee that the value chain
will be for the coffee producers themselves.
Fundación Uniban ONG Medium WWW.FUNDA
UNIBAN.ORG.C
O
non-profit entity of the banana sector of
Colombia, which is part of the
organization UNIBAN S.A. and that we
develop our work in the banana areas of
Colombia. We support small producers of
banana and plantain to improve their
quality of life
Crops Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
improve the farms of small producers, to increase their productivity, but at the same
time improve their income, living conditions, life relationships and the livelihoods of
their families and their community
The Natura Foundation (FN) prioritizes projects that generate, on the one hand,
opportunities for development and improvement of the quality of life of communities
within a framework of sustainable development, conservation of ecosystems and use of
biodiversity; and on the other hand, institutional strengthening and capacity building at
the local and regional level. Within this framework, FN's strengths are focused on the
field work that goes from Vaupés to La Guajira passing through the Colombian Pacific,
experiences with different ethnic and local communities, and a strONG technical
capacity for data analysis, rigorous communication and scientific results and processes
for the implementation of the projects. The interests of the FN are focused on the
strengthening of sustainable productive chains, the reduction of deforestation and
changes in land use, and the development of local and regional mitigation and
adaptation processes to climate change. In this way, the FN seeks a partner with
similar convictions on issues that promote local change by improving socioeconomic
conditions of the communities at the same time as there is an ecosystemic
conservation of the anthropic environment.
Fundación Natura ONG Small www.natura.org.
co
It is a civil society organization dedicated
to the conservation, use and management
of biodiversity to generate social,
economic and environmental benefits
within the framework of sustainable
human development in Colombia.
Livestock,
Aquaculture
Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Universidad Nacional University or
another type of
research
institute
Small www.unal.edu.c
o
University Crops Plague and
disease
management,
Value chains
fungus control
Aquaculture,
Beekeeping,
tourism,
quality
improvement
, coffee
production,
poultry
farming
Rural
Development,
Education
At the present time it is sought to strengthen the productive activities that favor the
development of less aggressive activities with the environment, amONG these are the
improvement of the production of commercial Crops through the use of pollination
directed with bees, as well as the design of a geographic information system that
allows to determine the areas of location and programming of productive activities both
in beekeeping and traditional Crops.
In Aquaculture, improvement is required through the use of solar panels for the
generation of energy in the exploitation systems of implemented geomembranes. The
above, because the energy required for exploitation consumes more than 60% of
production costs and many producers have gone bankrupt. In addition, it is a strategy
for promoting the use of renewable energies.
In the area of Poultry farming it is wanted to implement, in egg production systems,
feeding with sprouts and other sources that allow the reduction of production costs.
Coffee and cocoa productions require support for quality improvement. This can be
done through the change of practices, as well as the use of better drying equipment
and others that reduce costs in the use of inputs. That is, to promote the development
of coffees that present specific characteristics that can potentially increase their
commercial value.
Tourism is a promising activity in the country, although national investment is required
for infrastructure, there is a lack of knowledge on how to manage, visualize and
enhance the attractions that are presented in the territory. In addition, there is a clear
need for the use of a second language.
SENA Public Sector Large http://www.sena.
edu.co/es-
co/Paginas/defa
ult.aspx
Institution of the national order that has as
objective the gratitua formation for the
Colombian population with the purpose of
supporting the productive activities of the
country, therefore, it concentrates in the
development of specific competences for
the labor linkage.
FUNCIPSA ONG Small https://funcipsa.
wixsite.com/func
ipsa
We are an organization directed to the
study of the agricultural, social and
environmental context of the country,
developing and applying from the
academic knowledge proposals oriented
to solve problems present in the
communities. We have an
interdisciplinary team composed of
professionals and students, working on
the following themes: water and
communities, environmental education,
environment and risk management,
sovereignty and food security and issues
related to socio-environmental issues.
Crops,
Water and
communities
,
environment
al
education,
environment
and risk
management
,
sovereignty
and food
security and
issues
related to
socio-
environment
al issues.
Rural
Development,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Work with
vulnerable
communities
FUNCIPSA as an organization offers environmental, agricultural and community
services. We dedicate our efforts in the participatory and integral formulation of projects
that seek the solution of socio-environmental problems that are framed in each of our
services, described in the following lines of work: Environmental Management, Water
and Communities, Environmental Education, Environment and Management of the
Risk and Sovereignty and Environmental Security.
We have an interdisciplinary work team in areas such as: environmental engineering,
Agroindustryl engineering, animal husbandry, psychology and political science; with
experience in working with communities.
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
ASOCIACION
AGROPECUARIA
DEL ORIENTE
COLOMBIANO
ONG Micro PRIVATE ORGANIZATION CREATED IN
2013 WITH THE OBJECT OF
EMPOWERING THE SMALL
PRODUCERS OF THE MUNICIPALITY
OF PUERTO DE CARREÑO
Crops,
BEEKEEPIN
G
Rural
Development,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
It seeks to improve the qualities of honey bees, associating it with Crops de marañon
(cashew). The cashew contains high content of iron, vitamin C, amONG others,
attributing broad benefits to human health.
The association wants through a research project to prove if this is a hypothesis is true
or not. If it were true, we would be faced with a product rich in nutrients, easy to
commercialize, which would improve the socioeconomic conditions of the people that
make up the sector.
We are looking for a partner that will leverage research and at the same time help us to
open the market of this new product.
Construinversiones
del oriente s.a.s
Private Sector Small Company dedicated to the execution of
productive projects, support to state
entities in the execution of activities,
supplies and works.
Crops Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
Rubber cultivation in the inspections of the Municipality of Cumaribo that are in the
process of replacing illicit Crops
Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value Chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
Sustainable agroforestry production
Aquaculture,
Beekeeping,
tourism,
quality
improvement
, coffee
production,
poultry
farming
Rural
Development,
Education
At the present time it is sought to strengthen the productive activities that favor the
development of less aggressive activities with the environment, amONG these are the
improvement of the production of commercial Crops through the use of pollination
directed with bees, as well as the design of a geographic information system that
allows to determine the areas of location and programming of productive activities both
in beekeeping and traditional Crops.
In Aquaculture, improvement is required through the use of solar panels for the
generation of energy in the exploitation systems of implemented geomembranes. The
above, because the energy required for exploitation consumes more than 60% of
production costs and many producers have gone bankrupt. In addition, it is a strategy
for promoting the use of renewable energies.
In the area of Poultry farming it is wanted to implement, in egg production systems,
feeding with sprouts and other sources that allow the reduction of production costs.
Coffee and cocoa productions require support for quality improvement. This can be
done through the change of practices, as well as the use of better drying equipment
and others that reduce costs in the use of inputs. That is, to promote the development
of coffees that present specific characteristics that can potentially increase their
commercial value.
Tourism is a promising activity in the country, although national investment is required
for infrastructure, there is a lack of knowledge on how to manage, visualize and
enhance the attractions that are presented in the territory. In addition, there is a clear
need for the use of a second language.
Vivero Los Amores Private Sector Micro Production of plant material Crops,
Livestock
SENA Public Sector Large http://www.sena.
edu.co/es-
co/Paginas/defa
ult.aspx
Institution of the national order that has as
objective the gratitua formation for the
Colombian population with the purpose of
supporting the productive activities of the
country, therefore, it concentrates in the
development of specific competences for
the labor linkage.
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Agropecuaria del
Orinoco CV
Private Sector Micro Company dedicated to poultry production
of posture; We are currently the main
poultry producer of the department of
Vichada.
Poultry
farming
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
The company is executing a project of Poultry farming of posture in semi-grazing, in
order to improve animal welfare and reduce production costs, to maintain a competitive
price in the local market.
Agromil SA is a Colombian agro-industrial company with twenty years of experience
that researches, formulates, develops and markets products based on thermally
activated Potassium Silicate plus Zeolite and other non-metallic minerals, for
fertilization according to the needs of the international market. safety of agricultural
products.
Agromil S.A. is interested in positioning its products within the reach of small and
medium rural producers, associated with the application of ICT and also, the use of
potassium silicates with beneficial microorganisms, which meets the needs of
agriculture, to counteract the alteration of climate and reduce the impact of pests and
diseases, to achieve greater profitability and productivity in their crops, which generates
sources of work in our country within an economic process and a sustainable
environment.
Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value Chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
Sustainable agroforestry production
Agromil-Corona Private Sector Medium https://silicioagr
omil.com/site/
Agromil S.A is a Colombian agribusiness
company with twenty years of experience
and presence in more than nine countries,
which researches, formulates, develops
and markets products based on thermally
activated Potassium Silicate plus Zeolite,
for the advanced fertilization of Crops.
AGROMIL S.A. through its professional
staff and product portfolio it will position
itself as the leading company in the
Agroindustryl sector in the production and
commercialization of products based on
potassium silicates, which meets the
needs of agriculture, to counteract the
alteration of climate and reduce the
impact of pests and diseases, to achieve
greater profitability and productivity in
their crops, which generates sources of
work for different disciplines and
professions in our country in an economic
process and a sustainable environment.
Crops Plague and
disease
management,
Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
Vivero Los Amores Private Sector Micro Production of plant material Crops,
Livestock
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Agropecuaria del
Orinoco CV
Private Sector Micro Company dedicated to poultry production
of posture; We are currently the main
poultry producer of the department of
Vichada.
Poultry
farming
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
The company is executing a project of Poultry farming of posture in semi-grazing, in
order to improve animal welfare and reduce production costs, to maintain a competitive
price in the local market.
Universdad de
Santander UDES
University or
another type of
research
institute
Large www.udes.edu.c
o
Institution of higher education in eastern
Colombia with an international focus.
Livestock Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
Promote sustainable production through integrated animal health in the livestock
production sector of the Cesar-Guajira-Magdalena regions.
SERVICIO NACIONAL
DE APRENDIZAJE
"SENA"
Public Sector Large www.sena.edu.c
o
The National Apprenticeship Service
(SENA) is a Colombian public institution
responsible for providing complementary
and qualified training programs. With the
above, the technical training of human
resources is sought; trains people to link
them to the labor market and performs
business, community and technological
development activities
Crops,
Transformati
on of
agricultural
products.
Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
The purpose of this proposal is to formulate a formula to optimize agricultural
production in the different regions of Colombia, through the organization of the Crops,
oriented by the agrarian entities of the government, in order to sectorize the production
of fruits and vegetables so that guarantee food security with the national food supply
and the generation of employment with the transformation of agricultural raw materials
into ready-made or pre-finished products, which allow agricultural waste to be collected
in a single site for subsequent transformation into biopolymers, from which obtain
degradable plastic bags to pack them and thus contribute to reduce the damage that is
being generated with the progressive use of packaging, bags and plastic products,
since to date there is still the first plastic that was produced in the world, so These take
up to 400 years to decompose. Surely we will not find them in their original form, but in
micro pellets or nano particles that go to rivers, seas and lakes, becoming the first link
in the marine food chain to be consumed by aquatic animals such as plankton, which
end in our body to be consumed by the fish and shellfish we consume.
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
Develop and market a powder supplement from canangucha and camu camu, two
species of the Amazon rainforest, which are rich in: malto dextrin, pro vitamin A, fatty
acids, fiber, ascorbic acid and natural antioxidants and to the Once, advance in the
individual extraction of vitamin A, malto dextrin and ascorbic acid. which have a high
demand in the market.
Agrosolidaria Florencia has a suitable human talent, administrative and technical, for
the success of the production transformation and commercialization of non-timber
forest products; We also have a broad social base of producers with rich soils in the
Amazon rainforest, which has a direct contribution to the regulation of the global
climate.
Crops Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value Chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers,
Advisory services
and training to
communities on
business plan
issues and
improvement of
quality of life.
We are looking for a strategic partner, to help us consolidate the different business
ideas and productive projects, who is a companion of the processes of consolidation,
financing and marketing of the products and services of our business plans.
ASOCIACIÓN DE
PROSUMIDORES
AGROECOLÓGICOS-
AGROSOLIDARIA
FLORENCIA
Non-Profit
Company
Small https://florencia4
59.wixsite.com/
agrosolidaria
We are an Association of Agroecological
Producers and Consumers - located in
the piedmont of the Colombian Amazon,
we are made up of 250 families
represented in 12 associative groups and
a multidisciplinary team with a high sense
of belONGing for local development,
which we bet on production,
transformation and commercialization of
Forest Non-Timber Forest Products
having the first Agroindustryl
Transformation Plant in the department of
Caquetá called Copoazú Plant.
We also work in processes of forest
system reconstruction and in pedagogies
that teach agricultural and livestock
producers to make their forests
sustainable without deforestation; As a
sample of the above, we are working with
250 families in the restoration of 70
hectares of forest as alternatives for the
conservation of the Amazon forest and
social and environmental reconciliation
with our territory.
Seeking to be a leading organization in
production, transformation, marketing and
commercialization of Forest Non-Wood
Forest Products.
Crops,
Implement
the value-
added chain
of Forest
Non-Wood
Forest
Products -
promising
NWFPFs
from the
Amazon
Forest
specifically
Canangucha
(Mauritia
flexuosa)
and Camu
camu
(Myrciaria
dubia).
ASOCIACIÓN
VICTIMAS DEL
CESAR - ASOVICE
Community
Association
Small asovice.org@g
mail.com
ASOVICE - Victims of Cesar Association;
is a community association in its majority
composed of women heads of family with
the quality of displaced by violence and
victims of the armed conflict in Colombia,
who have joined efforts to advance in an
improvement of their quality of life that
also contribute to a very significant of the
reconstruction of society.
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organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Universidad
Autonoma de
Bucaramanga
University or
another type of
research
institute
Large www.unab.edu.c
o - www.cea-
iot.org
The Center for Excellence and
Appropriation of Internet of Things of the
Autonomous University of Bucaramanga
is an organization with national and
international partners that works on the
generation of technological capabilities
and developments that impact the
competitiveness of economic sectors
identified as priorities within which find the
agro-industry sector.
Crops Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture
We have developed a product that supports the small farmer in the irrigation
management of his Crops. This system called AgroRiego, generates irrigation
recommendations based on the humidity of the plant and agrometeorological
information of the area where the crop is located. AgroRiego is in the process of
validation and technological transfer process where the anthropological aspect of the
implementation is fundamental. The United Kingdom's ally can support the technology
transfer process.
It establishes a new cultivation of oil palm (African palm), with varieties tolerant to the
disease of bud rot (PC) and control of (Phytophthora palmivora), for which more
resources are required for the investigation, since, said pathogen It is very strONG and
so far has not been found to control it.
In addition to the above, our aim is to establish another kind of Crops besides palm oil
(African palm), which are profitable and adapt to the environment in which our company
is located.
Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
Develop and market a powder supplement from canangucha and camu camu, two
species of the Amazon rainforest, which are rich in: malto dextrin, pro vitamin A, fatty
acids, fiber, ascorbic acid and natural antioxidants and to the Once, advance in the
individual extraction of vitamin A, malto dextrin and ascorbic acid. which have a high
demand in the market.
Agrosolidaria Florencia has a suitable human talent, administrative and technical, for
the success of the production transformation and commercialization of non-timber
forest products; We also have a broad social base of producers with rich soils in the
Amazon rainforest, which has a direct contribution to the regulation of the global
climate.
Agroindustryles el
palmar s.a.s
Private Sector Large lcnazarid@gmai
l.com
A company formed by 136 peasant
families, who are dedicated to the
cultivation of oil palm (African palm). It
seeks the integral development of families
and their social environment, generating
employment and development for the
region and the country.
Crops Plague and
disease
management,
Rural
Development,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
ASOCIACIÓN DE
PROSUMIDORES
AGROECOLÓGICOS-
AGROSOLIDARIA
FLORENCIA
Non-Profit
Company
Small https://florencia4
59.wixsite.com/
agrosolidaria
We are an Association of Agroecological
Producers and Consumers - located in
the piedmont of the Colombian Amazon,
we are made up of 250 families
represented in 12 associative groups and
a multidisciplinary team with a high sense
of belONGing for local development,
which we bet on production,
transformation and commercialization of
Forest Non-Timber Forest Products
having the first Agroindustryl
Transformation Plant in the department of
Caquetá called Copoazú Plant.
We also work in processes of forest
system reconstruction and in pedagogies
that teach agricultural and livestock
producers to make their forests
sustainable without deforestation; As a
sample of the above, we are working with
250 families in the restoration of 70
hectares of forest as alternatives for the
conservation of the Amazon forest and
social and environmental reconciliation
with our territory.
Seeking to be a leading organization in
production, transformation, marketing and
commercialization of Forest Non-Wood
Forest Products.
Crops,
Implement
the value-
added chain
of Forest
Non-Wood
Forest
Products -
promising
NWFPFs
from the
Amazon
Forest
specifically
Canangucha
(Mauritia
flexuosa)
and Camu
camu
(Myrciaria
dubia).
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organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
COLOMBIANCONSTR
UCTION
Public Sector Small WWW.COLOM
BIANCONSTRU
CTION.CO.CO
M
ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO
BUILDING FUTURE AND PROGRESS
Livestock Rural Development IDEAS OF RURAL PROJECTS
ARLES WILSON Private Sector Micro NO TIENE IS A S.A.S., DEDICATED TO CEREAL
CULTIVATION IN PUERTO CARREÑO
VICHADA
Crops,
Livestock,
Pigs
Plague and
disease
management,
Rural
Development,
Value chains
WE DEVELOPED A PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE DENOMINATED "AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTION FOR FOOD SECURITY IN THE VICINITY FARMS"
Crops Rural Development Improve the income of small producers in the central region by means of a
strengthening in productive aspects and in optimization of marketing channels. This is
sought by means of field schools with emphasis on BPA and marketing strategy
optimization strategies that allow a reduction of commercial intermediation seeking
more competitiveness, more productivity, better revenues and greater profitability for
producers throughout the region .
Región
Administrativa de
Planificación Especial
RAPE
Public Sector Medium www.regioncent
ealrape.gov.co
The RAPE, is an entity of regional
integration, which integrates five regions
of the country such as Bogotá,
Cundinamarca, Boyacá, Tolima and Meta.
The objective of this integration is to
develop regional projects in the
framework of five strategic axes: 1.
Governance and good governance, 2.
Ecosystem sustainability and the
environment, 3. Food security and Rural
Development, 4. Competitiveness and
International Projection and 5. Regional
logistics and public services. In these
aspects, regional projects are developed
that frame a development of the territory
in general, avoiding the territorial borders
to guarantee a sustainable regional
development, which in an integral way
benefits the communities of the region,
improving competitiveness and
productivity for the benefit of
governments. , community, entrepreneurs
and agents that are part of this community
of regional integration.
Centro de Excelencia
y Apropiación en
Internet de las Cosas
University or
another type of
research
institute
Small http://www.cea-
iot.org/
The Center of Excellence and Adoption
on Internet of Things (CEA-IoT) is an
alliance of 3 technological leaders (Intel-
HPe-Microsoft), 5 Colombian universities
(Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Bogota,
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali,
Technological University of Bolivar,
Universidad Santo Tomás, and
Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga),
and 5 companies from strategical
Colombian productive sectors (University
Hospital San Ignacio, Banco Pichincha,
Logyca, Zona Franca Bogotá, and Totto-
Nalsani). The CEA-IoT is initially funded
by the Colombian ICT Ministry in order to
empower the country in IoT technologies.
Crops ICT in Agriculture We are interested in having a partner that would help us develop a business model for
crop production systems in post-conflict areas -specifically, in Vereda Philippines,
Arauquita, Arauca- where we can enable a technology we have deloped, called
AgroRIEGO, for The realization of the site-specific irrigation concept. This model would
focus potentially on women farmers producing Sacha Inchi seeds. AgroRIEGO is a
technological solution that helps farmers to make better decisions about the time and
place in which they must supply water to crops. AgroRIEGO collects real-time
information on soil moisture conditions through sensors distributed throughout the field.
With this information and together with weather and climate variables, it decides the
need for irrigation. And from the decision, it then generates recommendations on when
and where to irrigate, according to the need of the context of the crop, and informs the
farmers about them through their cell phones or by consulting a web page.
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Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
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interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Rural
Development,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
We plan to apply in Colombia systems for intensifying livestock production for small
scale farmers using locally produced resources (cassava roots for energy and cassava
and tree foliage as source of protein) with concomitant reduction in production of
enteric methane, recycling of all wastes from crops, livestock and humans for energy
(biogas, and producer gas) and soil improvement (biochar and biodigester effluent.).
A key feature of the supporting research for these proposals has been the development
of systems involving conversion of fibrous crop residues into renewable energy
[hydrogen and carbon monoxide gas) and biochar by gasification in updraft stoves for
cooking and in downdraft gasifiers to produce fuel for heating and fuel for IC engines.
The biochar appears to act as a "prebiotic" to improve animal production and well-
being, and to ameliorate soils, as well as being a means of sequestering atmospheric
carbon.
The supporting research has been done over the last ten years in on-farm research in
Colombia, and in projects supported by AIDS (Swedish International Aid) in Cambodia,
Laos and Vietnam.
We look for cooperation with research and development institutions in the United
Kingdom that can provide laboratory-based support in the area of gasification and
characterization of biochar for use as animal feed additive and soil ameliorater
The Internet links to major publications supporting the above concepts are connected.
Rodríguez L, Salazar P and Preston T R 2009: Effect of biochar and biodigester
effluent on growth of maize in acid soils. Livestock Research for Rural Development.
Volume 21, Article # 110. http://www.lrrd.org/lrrd21/7/rodr21110.htm
BouaravONG B, Dung N N X and Preston T R 2017: Effect of biochar and biodigester
effluent on yield of Taro (Colocasia esculenta) foliage. Livestock Research for Rural
Development. Volume 29, Article # 69. http://www.lrrd.org/lrrd29/4/boun29069.html
PhanthavONG V, Khamla S and Preston T R 2016: Fattening cattle in Lao PDR with
cassava pulp. Livestock Research for Rural Development. Volume 28, Article # 10.
http://www.lrrd.org/lrrd28/1/phan28010.html
Binh P L T, Preston T R, DuONG K N and Leng R A 2017: A low concentration (4% in
diet dry matter) of brewers' grains improves the growth rate and reduces thiocyanate
excretion of cattle fed cassava pulp-urea and "bitter" cassava foliage. Livestock
Research for Rural Development. Volume 29, Article # 104.
http://www.lrrd.org/lrrd29/5/phuo29104.html
Orosco J, Patiño F J, Quintero M J and Rodríguez L 2018: Residual biomass
gasification on a small scale and its thermal utilization for coffee drying. Livestock
Research for Rural Development. Volume 30, Article # 5.
http://www.lrrd.org/lrrd30/1/jair30005.html
Thuy Hang L T, Preston T R, Leng R A and Ba N X 2018: Effect of biochar and water
spinach on feed intake, digestibility and N-retention in goats fed urea-treated cassava
stems. Livestock Research for Rural Development. Volume 30, Article # 93.
http://www.lrrd.org/lrrd30/5/thuyh30093.html
Bounlerth Sivilai, Preston T R, Leng R A, Du Thanh Hang and Nguyen Quang Linh
2018 Rice distillers' byproduct and biochar as additives to a forage-based diet for
growing Moo Lath pigs; effects on growth and feed conversion. Volume 30, Article #
111 http://www.lrrd.org/lrrd30/6/lert30111.html
Crops Rural Development Improve the income of small producers in the central region by means of a
strengthening in productive aspects and in optimization of marketing channels. This is
sought by means of field schools with emphasis on BPA and marketing strategy
optimization strategies that allow a reduction of commercial intermediation seeking
more competitiveness, more productivity, better revenues and greater profitability for
producers throughout the region .
CIPAV ONG Medium http://www.cipav
.org.co/
Research and development in
agroecological systems aimed at
producers of Small and Medium scale
Livestock,
renewable
energy
Región
Administrativa de
Planificación Especial
RAPE
Public Sector Medium www.regioncent
ealrape.gov.co
The RAPE, is an entity of regional
integration, which integrates five regions
of the country such as Bogotá,
Cundinamarca, Boyacá, Tolima and Meta.
The objective of this integration is to
develop regional projects in the
framework of five strategic axes: 1.
Governance and good governance, 2.
Ecosystem sustainability and the
environment, 3. Food security and Rural
Development, 4. Competitiveness and
International Projection and 5. Regional
logistics and public services. In these
aspects, regional projects are developed
that frame a development of the territory
in general, avoiding the territorial borders
to guarantee a sustainable regional
development, which in an integral way
benefits the communities of the region,
improving competitiveness and
productivity for the benefit of
governments. , community, entrepreneurs
and agents that are part of this community
of regional integration.
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organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Universidad de
Pamplona
University or
another type of
research
institute
Large www.unipamplo
na.edu.co
University of Pamplona, entity Public
University of northeastern Colombia
Crops Value chains Based on the characterization of the productive chains, we seek to generate
opportunities that
allow to strengthen regional development in terms of business development scenarios,
economic development, social development, educational development and
improvement of the quality of life.
For the municipalities of Chitaga and Mutiscua, of the North Department of Santander
Colombia.
Through the implementation of strategies in the application of new technologies and
resources for the promotion and execution of ONGoing research.
Rural
Development,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
We plan to apply in Colombia systems for intensifying livestock production for small
scale farmers using locally produced resources (cassava roots for energy and cassava
and tree foliage as source of protein) with concomitant reduction in production of
enteric methane, recycling of all wastes from crops, livestock and humans for energy
(biogas, and producer gas) and soil improvement (biochar and biodigester effluent.).
A key feature of the supporting research for these proposals has been the development
of systems involving conversion of fibrous crop residues into renewable energy
[hydrogen and carbon monoxide gas) and biochar by gasification in updraft stoves for
cooking and in downdraft gasifiers to produce fuel for heating and fuel for IC engines.
The biochar appears to act as a "prebiotic" to improve animal production and well-
being, and to ameliorate soils, as well as being a means of sequestering atmospheric
carbon.
The supporting research has been done over the last ten years in on-farm research in
Colombia, and in projects supported by AIDS (Swedish International Aid) in Cambodia,
Laos and Vietnam.
We look for cooperation with research and development institutions in the United
Kingdom that can provide laboratory-based support in the area of gasification and
characterization of biochar for use as animal feed additive and soil ameliorater
The Internet links to major publications supporting the above concepts are connected.
Rodríguez L, Salazar P and Preston T R 2009: Effect of biochar and biodigester
effluent on growth of maize in acid soils. Livestock Research for Rural Development.
Volume 21, Article # 110. http://www.lrrd.org/lrrd21/7/rodr21110.htm
BouaravONG B, Dung N N X and Preston T R 2017: Effect of biochar and biodigester
effluent on yield of Taro (Colocasia esculenta) foliage. Livestock Research for Rural
Development. Volume 29, Article # 69. http://www.lrrd.org/lrrd29/4/boun29069.html
PhanthavONG V, Khamla S and Preston T R 2016: Fattening cattle in Lao PDR with
cassava pulp. Livestock Research for Rural Development. Volume 28, Article # 10.
http://www.lrrd.org/lrrd28/1/phan28010.html
Binh P L T, Preston T R, DuONG K N and Leng R A 2017: A low concentration (4% in
diet dry matter) of brewers' grains improves the growth rate and reduces thiocyanate
excretion of cattle fed cassava pulp-urea and "bitter" cassava foliage. Livestock
Research for Rural Development. Volume 29, Article # 104.
http://www.lrrd.org/lrrd29/5/phuo29104.html
Orosco J, Patiño F J, Quintero M J and Rodríguez L 2018: Residual biomass
gasification on a small scale and its thermal utilization for coffee drying. Livestock
Research for Rural Development. Volume 30, Article # 5.
http://www.lrrd.org/lrrd30/1/jair30005.html
Thuy Hang L T, Preston T R, Leng R A and Ba N X 2018: Effect of biochar and water
spinach on feed intake, digestibility and N-retention in goats fed urea-treated cassava
stems. Livestock Research for Rural Development. Volume 30, Article # 93.
http://www.lrrd.org/lrrd30/5/thuyh30093.html
Bounlerth Sivilai, Preston T R, Leng R A, Du Thanh Hang and Nguyen Quang Linh
2018 Rice distillers' byproduct and biochar as additives to a forage-based diet for
growing Moo Lath pigs; effects on growth and feed conversion. Volume 30, Article #
111 http://www.lrrd.org/lrrd30/6/lert30111.html
CIPAV ONG Medium http://www.cipav
.org.co/
Research and development in
agroecological systems aimed at
producers of Small and Medium scale
Livestock,
renewable
energy
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organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
alejandra velasco I work as a
contractor in
the Ministry of
Economic
Development
and
Competitivenes
s of the
Government of
Cauca
Micro aleyvs86@gmail
.com
Provides advisory services Crops,
water
management
in terms of
environment
and
protection
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
Management of conservation of the environment and water. Value chains for
production of the primary sector in fruit trees for their transformation and
commercialization.
CORPORACIÓN
AUTÓNOMA
REGIONAL DEL
ALTO MAGDALENA
CAM
Public sector Large www.cam.gov.c
o
It is the environmental authority of the
Department of Huila, Colombia
Crops,
Livestock,
Restoration
of forest
cover
Environmental
Authority
A hydrometeorological monitoring network has been established in the Las Ceibas river
basin, which supplies the aqueduct of the city of Neiva, which has approximately
400,000 inhabitants. The information provided by the network could be used in
hydrological modeling to know the impacts of climate change at the local level or on
climate forecasts for the planning of agricultural production in the northern department
of Huila.
We are interested in developing models of sustainable agricultural production, which
involve the production of food and renewable energy, the recycling of nutrients on the
farm and the conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem services. We are looking for a
partner organization in the UK, interested in the development of this type of agro-
ecological alternatives based on the sustainable integration of agriculture and livestock,
to strengthen sovereignty and security in nutrition and renewable energy issues of small
and medium-sized agricultural producers , as well as the socio-ecological resilience of
this type of rural producers. A possible region of work could be the Colombian Amazon
where we already have previous experience.
Corporación
Arquidiocesana para
la Educación-CARED
ONG Large www.arquisantio
quia.org.co
We are a non-governmental corporation
that provides basic and intermediate rural
education, in flexible modality for
coverage contracted with the department
of Antioquia; our education model is
articulated to the forest, agricultural and
Agroindustryl production processes of
each of the territories in which we are
present, through the Pedagogical
Productive Projects model, whose
objective is to strengthen the agricultural
knowledge of young people, food
autonomy family and generate processes
of local and regional solidarity economy.
We do all of this under the basic
Crops-
Livestock-
Aquaculture
and agro-
industrial
systems
Basic rural
education and
media-Family
agriculture-
Environmental
protection and
rural development
The objective is to strengthen the Group Productive Pedagogical Projects of each of
the Rural Educational Institutions, where children, youngsters and young people of
limited resources develop their learning processes from the meodology of learning by
doing, in environmental, agricultural projects and diversified agro-industry; Each group
of students has a productive project that is articulated to the compulsory areas of the
curriculum, where besides building knowledge related to rural production, family food
autonomy is strengthened. The process also aims for each student to return to their
territory and, as a multiplier effect, transfer everything learned to their small productive
plots.
Centro para la
Investigación en
Sistemas Sostenibles
de Producción
Agropecuaria _CIPAV
ONG Medium www.cipav.org.c
o
CIPAV is a research center dedicated to
the development of sustainable
agricultural alternatives for small and
medium producers, which has 35 years of
experience with emphasis on research,
capacity development and dissemination.
The main topics of work are sustainable
livestock, ecological restoration,
ecosystem services and aquatic systems.
The main headquarters are in the city of
Cali, Colombia, but there are projects in
several regions of the country.
Livestock,
Aquaculture
Rural
Development,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation, agro-
ecological
intensification -
integrated systems
crops -agriculture
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organization
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organizationBrief description of the organization
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interest
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the organization
/project
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example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
CORPORACION
SOCIAL LA FONTANA
Private sector Micro La corporación está en una parada de
servicios de salud y servicios de albergue
a la población vulnerable de los
Departamentos Dispersos, siendo de
gran apoyo a la población desplazada,
vulnerable
proyectos
de
alimentación
y seguridad
alimentaria
health Nutrición a la población pobre y vulnerable de los Departamentos Dispersos del centro
del país
Rural
Development,
Rural
entrepreneurship
Strengthening the rural entrepreneurship program, Strengthening of technical
capacities in instructors and apprentices, transfer of knowledge in new techniques and
technologies applied to the rural sector, agribusiness and exchange of experiences and
successful cases
Crops,
Livestock
Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value Chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
The Colombian Corporation for Agricultural Research AGROSAVIA is a joint public-
private, decentralized, not-for-profit institution of scientific and technical nature. The
Corporation´s purpose is generating scientific knowledge and developing agricultural
technologies through research, technology adaptation and transfer, and technical
assistance for improving production competitiveness, equitable distribution of the
benefits of technology, and sustainable use of natural resources; strengthening
Colombia´s scientific and technological capacities; and contributing to improving the
population´s quality of life.
Corpoica has 13 research centers located in the country´s different agricultural regions.
These centers carry out research in vegetables, fruits, permanent crops, transitory
crops, roots and tubers, cacao, and livestock (cattle and minor species).
SENA Emprende
Rural - SENA
Public Sector Large www.sena.edu.c
o
SENA Emprende Rural is a program of
the National Service of Learning - SENA,
in charge of executing training processes,
concerted and planned at a territorial
level, that generate or strengthen
technical and business skills for the
creation of enterprises with rural
population. In addition, it executes
business strengthening processes for the
productive units created, through
resource management and technical
business support, with the purpose of
creating companies that generate income
for the rural population.
We serve more than 200 thousand
Colombians per year that allows the
creation of around 4.500 rural enterprises
as well as the creation of more than 300
companies in the rural sector.
Crops,
Livestock,
Aquaculture,
Rural
entrepreneur
ship,
agribusiness,
innovation
and
technology
in the rural
sector
La Corporación
Colombiana de
Investigación
Agropecuaria -
AGROSAVIA
University or
another type of
research
institute
Large www.corpoica.or
g.co
The Colombian Corporation for
Agricultural Research AGROSAVIA, is a
joint public-private, decentralized, not-for-
profit institution of scientific and technical
nature. The Corporation´s purpose is
generating scientific knowledge and
developing agricultural technologies
through research, technology adaptation
and transfer, and technical assistance for
improving production competitiveness,
equitable distribution of the benefits of
technology, and sustainable use of natural
resources; strengthening Colombia´s
scientific and technological capacities;
and contributing to improving the
population´s quality of life.
Corpoica has 13 research centers located
in the country´s different agricultural
regions. These centers carry out research
in vegetables, fruits, permanent crops,
transitory crops, roots and tubers, cacao,
and livestock (cattle and minor species).
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Cámara de Comercio
de Cúcuta
Private Sector Medium www.cccucuta.o
rg.co
In charge of the mercantile registry and
the economic and social development of
Norte de Santander
Crops Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Mejoramiento y
Transformación
productiva del
cacao
Improvement of the post-harvest harvest of cocoa and transformation of the product
into cocoa liquor or cocoa powder.
GC Agregando Valor
SAS
Private Sector Micro www.agregando
valor.org
Company of management and
accompaniment to rural development
ICT solution ICT in Agriculture ICT
The Pervive Foundation for four years through strategic alliances has been developing
business social innovation activities in rural areas, incorporating peasants and
indigenous populations, improving their quality of life from food security and
sovereignty, transformation and access to markets. Therefore, it needs strategic
partners at all levels to replicate and scale up these good lessons learned in order to
ensure the sustainability of the initiatives. As an example, the Foundation has
production agreements with indigenous reserves to generate shared value by
establishing about 1,600 hectares of soybeans and corn in farms of the reserves, using
technologies from large companies such as Agropecuaria Aliar to adapt land, plant and
harvest. The utility of this initiative is destined in 79% to the shelter and 21% to the
investing partner (Agropecuaria Aliar S.A.).
It should be mentioned that everything described, has support documents that will be
available at the time they are requested.
Rural
Development,
Rural
entrepreneurship
Strengthening the rural entrepreneurship program, Strengthening of technical
capacities in instructors and apprentices, transfer of knowledge in new techniques and
technologies applied to the rural sector, agribusiness and exchange of experiences and
successful cases
Pervivir ONG Micro Foundation that develops programs and
projects in favor of sovereignty-food
security, environmental sustainability and
education and culture, as a strategy for
generating shared value and corporate
social responsibility.
Crops,
Livestock,
Aquaculture
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value Chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
SENA Emprende
Rural - SENA
Public Sector Large www.sena.edu.c
o
SENA Emprende Rural is a program of
the National Service of Learning - SENA,
in charge of executing training processes,
concerted and planned at a territorial
level, that generate or strengthen
technical and business skills for the
creation of enterprises with rural
population. In addition, it executes
business strengthening processes for the
productive units created, through
resource management and technical
business support, with the purpose of
creating companies that generate income
for the rural population.
We serve more than 200 thousand
Colombians per year that allows the
creation of around 4.500 rural enterprises
as well as the creation of more than 300
companies in the rural sector.
Crops,
Livestock,
Aquaculture,
Rural
entrepreneur
ship,
agribusiness,
innovation
and
technology
in the rural
sector
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organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Crops,
Aquaculture
Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value Chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
Strengths of the organization (coffee sector):
-Technical assistance (23 agronomists)
-Project execution (+4 million invested on projects and programs
-Financial transparency
-Physical traceability of coffee
-Trust with whole value chain (Coffee growers, cooperatives, Roasters)
-Coffee cluster management +4500 coffee growers under a sustainable program
-Coffee Quality
-Communications (Stories of origin)
-Overall coffee commercialization and management of sustainable value chains
Project ideas
-Water management improvement (waste water)
-Agricultural IT for crop monitoring and control
-Community central mills
-Agroforestry
-Block chain development
-Pest control and fertilization (Higher yields)
-Organic transitioning
-Climate monitoring and early alerts
-Precision farming
-Youth engagement (Tech and connectivity)
-Agricultural informatics
-Gender inclusion
Cafexport Private sector Small Modern coffee purchasing strategies
should go beyond the volume forecasts,
price modeling, and timely logistics. They
should be focused on mission driven
procurement that integrates partnerships
with suppliers, lONG term stability of
sourcing and value creation for all
participants in the supply chain.
In Cafexport we propose a unique model
to serve the coffee industry through a
wide platform of services that allows
selected buyers to obtain any required
volumes with high specifications.
We see ourselves as a business partners
of our clients in the development of
modern supply programs at origin, and as
their allies in brand building
Makaia ONG Small www.makaia.or
g
MAKAIA is a non-profit organization that
strengthen capacity for social
development through technology,
innovation and international cooperation.
MAKAIA means "to build" or "to do", in
Miskito (indigenous language from
Honduras). Its name represents the
objective of MAKAIA: to build partnerships
and relations oriented to social and
economic development.
MAKAIA is recognized nationally and
internationally for its experience of
institutional strengthening, and
outstanding programs and projects
focused on the development of the social
sector.
Crops ICT in Agriculture MAKAIA has been working in promoting the ICT adoption in the agiculture in order to
improve productivity and market access through different projects in Colombia. Makaia
has partners as ALO & Partners, Lavazza in projects with producers of coffee.
In this project Makaia developed an ICT Adoption component: By using processes of
formative accompaniment to coffee growers families and teachers of the educational
institutions we are looking to achieve ICT sensibilization, adoption and strengthening,
for them to be included in the development of their businesses and their classes. We
certify 25 coffee growers and 20 teachers.
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organization
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size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
He currently leads the cluster of COMPETITIVE ARCILLAS, Ml DESTINO SALUD,
NORTH OF FASHION and NORTH TIC, also through the Regional Commission of
Competitiveness leads the tables of prioritized sectors such as agriculture, which has
achieved credibility and long results in productivity and competitiveness such as detect
new trends, products and business opportunities, in turn highlight the commitment of
the business training center offering specializations and continuous training always at
the forefront of business need.
Environmental
Impact and / or
Reforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
Our project is reforestation of Guadua in degraded micro-basins for the conservation of
the environment and biodiversity, as well as to mitigate climate change due to the
carbon sequestration of these plants. It also seeks to improve the quality of life of the
community since the guadua is a very resistant material for the manufacture of
furniture, floors, etc. We are looking for a company in the United Kingdom that has
experience in evaluating the impact of reforestation on mitigation of climate change,
including how to efficiently measure the capacity to absorb, conserve and emit
environmental CO2.
Camara de comercio
de cúcuta
Private sector Medium http://www.cccu
cuta.org.co/
The Chamber is a private entity, non-profit
and territorial business representation, is
the entity with greater importance
representing different economic sectors.
The corporate purpose of the Chamber of
Commerce of Cúcuta is to keep the
Mercantile Register of companies,
individuals or legal entities that provide a
commercial service.
In addition to this, among the main
services provided by the Chamber is
conducting regional economic
development studies, providing support
through programs and projects that
provide support to companies and their
associations to improve their productivity
and competitiveness. These activities the
Chamber performs by means of; projects
with resources of national and
international cooperation, productive
partnerships, trade missions, participation
in fairs and national events, the
Chamber's Business Training Center, and
others that are developed jointly with
Bancoldex, Procolombia and Zeiky, which
aims to support for the development of
entrepreneurs in their jurisdiction. These
programs are developed from the
Management of Structuring and Project
Management, Competitiveness
Management and the Management of
Business Services.
Crops Rural
Development,
Value Chains,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers,
Commercial
Strengthening
INCIVA Public sector Small www.inciva.gov.
co
INCIVA is a public research institution that
develops, stimulates, supports and
accelerates processes of appropriation,
generation and dissemination of
knowledge for the conservation,
preservation and use of the natural and
cultural heritage of the Valle del Cauca
and the region with responsibility
environmental, political, social, economic
and cultural.
Crops,
Bamboo/Gu
adua
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organization
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size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
He currently leads the cluster of COMPETITIVE ARCILLAS, Ml DESTINO SALUD,
NORTH OF FASHION and NORTH TIC, also through the Regional Commission of
Competitiveness leads the tables of prioritized sectors such as agriculture, which has
achieved credibility and long results in productivity and competitiveness such as detect
new trends, products and business opportunities, in turn highlight the commitment of
the business training center offering specializations and continuous training always at
the forefront of business need.
WWF ONG Medium www.wwf.org.co WWF, is an international non-profit
organization, whose mission is the
conservation of nature and ecological
processes, species and ecosystems, the
promotion of the sustainable use of
renewable natural resources and the
reduction of pollution and excessive
consumption of resources and energy.
Established in 1961, WWF is the largest
international conservation organization in
the world, with more than 50 programs
and offices leading conservation actions
in more than 100 countries and a
membership of almost 8 million people.
Since 1964, WWF in Colombia began to
develop a series of conservation actions
in the region. But it was not until the
beginning of the 90s when he
strengthened his presence and projected
his work and his bets around the
protection of species, landscapes, and
environmental conditions, while seeking
the improvement of living conditions. of
the local communities, in three of the
most special areas of planet Earth: the
Chocó Darién, the Northern Andes and
the Orinoco and Amazon basins.
WWF approaches its work from three
levels: the local, the ecoregional and the
international, integrating the actions
developed in each one of them. At the
local level, it emphasizes conservation
processes and capacity building in
specific priority landscapes with social
participation; in the ecoregional, efforts
are being made to strengthen the systems
of protected areas that ensure a good
representation of all ecosystems, low
conservation, public policies, legislation
and sectoral practices to reduce threats
and deterioration; while the international
perspective seeks to diminish and stop
the impacts of global threats and the
underlying causes of biodiversity loss.
Crops,
Livestock
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Reforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
In Colombia, WWF has established effective and lasting relationships and is
recognized and respected as a partner. Alliances with Private sector organizations,
government entities (environmental authorities, territorial entities, Ministries),
multilateral organizations, community organizations -both ethnic and peasant, other
ONG's and foundations-, make possible an exchange of knowledge that has the
ultimate goal of conservation and the improvement of the quality of life of women and
men, through the development of proposals and sustainable lifestyles.
WWF has assigned special importance to strengthening the capacities of key actors
and partners, launching comprehensive and interdisciplinary training proposals that
allow them to have skills, conceptual and methodological tools for the implementation
of actions that guarantee the conservation of biodiversity and improvement. of the
quality of life of humans.
Camara de comercio
de cúcuta
Private sector Medium http://www.cccu
cuta.org.co/
The Chamber is a private entity, non-profit
and territorial business representation, is
the entity with greater importance
representing different economic sectors.
The corporate purpose of the Chamber of
Commerce of Cúcuta is to keep the
Mercantile Register of companies,
individuals or legal entities that provide a
commercial service.
In addition to this, among the main
services provided by the Chamber is
conducting regional economic
development studies, providing support
through programs and projects that
provide support to companies and their
associations to improve their productivity
and competitiveness. These activities the
Chamber performs by means of; projects
with resources of national and
international cooperation, productive
partnerships, trade missions, participation
in fairs and national events, the
Chamber's Business Training Center, and
others that are developed jointly with
Bancoldex, Procolombia and Zeiky, which
aims to support for the development of
entrepreneurs in their jurisdiction. These
programs are developed from the
Management of Structuring and Project
Management, Competitiveness
Management and the Management of
Business Services.
Crops Rural
Development,
Value Chains,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers,
Commercial
Strengthening
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organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Asociación de
Productores de Cafés
Especiales de
Dosquebradas
Asocafè Manantial
Private sector Small www.asocafema
nantial.com
Organization formed by small coffee men
and women dedicated to the cultivation of
special high quality coffee with the
objective of a more fair price for their
product and thus improve their quality of
life.
Marketing of
special
coffee
Rural
Development,
Value chains
Our association has 198 producers of high quality coffee, where 40% are women and
60% are men, who have been trained and improved the techniques of production of
specialty coffees. Therefore, following the objective of our organization we are looking
for a strategic partner for the commercialization of the special coffee we are producing,
through 4 marketing points where the raw material used is produced by our coffee
growers eliminating intermediaries in the chain of value improving the income for them
and thus their quality of life.
Aloe Natural
Mountain
Private sector Micro www.aloenatural
mountain.com
Company dedicated to the transformation
of Aloe Vera, from selected stalks, we
process the Aloe Vera crystal, removing
the aloin (harmful to health) to then give it
a 5 ml Die, so we obtain our Aloe Vera
Dice in 3 Maracuya flavors, red fruits and
traditional in different presentations.
Agroindustry Value chains Our Aloe Vera Dice are an innovative and functional product, apart from feeding us
they help us to prevent diseases. In our value chain we highlight the associations in
which we acquire our raw material (pencas), they are led by small products and through
us their commercialization of the crop is guaranteed. We highlight the first position
obtained in the Destapa future of Bavaria, in the category of entrepreneur with our Aloe
Vera Dice.
WWF ONG Medium www.wwf.org.co WWF, is an international non-profit
organization, whose mission is the
conservation of nature and ecological
processes, species and ecosystems, the
promotion of the sustainable use of
renewable natural resources and the
reduction of pollution and excessive
consumption of resources and energy.
Established in 1961, WWF is the largest
international conservation organization in
the world, with more than 50 programs
and offices leading conservation actions
in more than 100 countries and a
membership of almost 8 million people.
Since 1964, WWF in Colombia began to
develop a series of conservation actions
in the region. But it was not until the
beginning of the 90s when he
strengthened his presence and projected
his work and his bets around the
protection of species, landscapes, and
environmental conditions, while seeking
the improvement of living conditions. of
the local communities, in three of the
most special areas of planet Earth: the
Chocó Darién, the Northern Andes and
the Orinoco and Amazon basins.
WWF approaches its work from three
levels: the local, the ecoregional and the
international, integrating the actions
developed in each one of them. At the
local level, it emphasizes conservation
processes and capacity building in
specific priority landscapes with social
participation; in the ecoregional, efforts
are being made to strengthen the systems
of protected areas that ensure a good
representation of all ecosystems, low
conservation, public policies, legislation
and sectoral practices to reduce threats
and deterioration; while the international
perspective seeks to diminish and stop
the impacts of global threats and the
underlying causes of biodiversity loss.
Crops,
Livestock
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Reforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
In Colombia, WWF has established effective and lasting relationships and is
recognized and respected as a partner. Alliances with Private sector organizations,
government entities (environmental authorities, territorial entities, Ministries),
multilateral organizations, community organizations -both ethnic and peasant, other
ONG's and foundations-, make possible an exchange of knowledge that has the
ultimate goal of conservation and the improvement of the quality of life of women and
men, through the development of proposals and sustainable lifestyles.
WWF has assigned special importance to strengthening the capacities of key actors
and partners, launching comprehensive and interdisciplinary training proposals that
allow them to have skills, conceptual and methodological tools for the implementation
of actions that guarantee the conservation of biodiversity and improvement. of the
quality of life of humans.
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Fundación KiaONG ONG Micro The KIAONG Foundation is an ethnic and
non-profit organization that accompanies
processes and community organizations
of Afro-descendant and Indigenous
peoples in the municipalities of
Buenaventura and López de Micay in the
departments of Valle del Cauca and
Cauca.
Crops,
Livestock
Rural
Development,
Sovereignty and
food autonomy..
This initiative has the purpose of improving the living conditions of the Afro-Colombian
and Indigenous communities of Buenaventura by strengthening the productive
capacities of its inhabitants, providing tools that improve their traditional production
techniques, which will strengthen their food sovereignty, this initiative contemplates a
training process to strengthen the capacities of the participants, the construction of
units for the breeding and reproduction of smaller species, in addition to the
establishment of a thermal chamber for the multiplication of local seeds in innocuous
conditions, resulting in two farms community experiments, an initial step in the process
of strengthening the farming vocation of these communities.
Universidad Industrial
de Santander
University or
another type of
research
institute
Large www.uis.edu.co The Industrial University of Santander is
an organization whose purpose is the
training of people of high ethical, political
and professional quality; the generation
and adaptation of knowledge; the
conservation and reinterpretation of
culture and active participation leading
processes of change for the progress and
better quality of life of the community.
Citric
subsector
ICT in Agriculture,
Value chains,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
Build the strategy for technology transfer based on the technological roadmap
approach that integrates the different knowledge, characteristics and dynamics of the
actors and the challenges of the citrus subsector in Santander; in order to improve the
competitiveness of the subsubsector in the internal and external markets, and the
development of collaborative innovation projects.
Universidad Nacional
de Colombia,
Facultad de Ciencias
Agrarias
University or
another type of
research
institute
Large www.unal.edu.c
o
We do teaching, research and extension
in agriculture
Crops ICT in Agriculture crops monitoring with GIS, remote sensors and local sensors
Universidad Nacional
de Colombia
University or
another type of
research
institute
Large www.unal.edu.c
o
Public institution of higher education with
national coverage.
Crops Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
The project will be developed in Colombia, department of Cundinamarca, in the
province of Rio Negro, an area that has been plagued by violence for more than 50
years, with high levels of poverty, technological backwardness and disarticulation with
high-quality markets. The purpose of the proposal is to give continuity to the project
developed by the University (UNAL) from 2016 to 2018 and aims to certify 80 farms of
small producers of panela (solid sweetener product of sugar cane) under the
certification scheme socio-environmental Rainsforest Alliance that allows, in addition to
the aggregation of value, the articulation with high quality markets.
Crops Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
The corregimiento San Cristóbal is located in the central-western area of the
Municipality of Medellín and is divided by the municipal seat and 17 lanes; It is located
in the strategic corridors of the Metropolitan Area of the Aburra Valley and the regional
corridors of the roads that connect the city of Medellín with the ports and production
and collection centers, which places San Cristóbal in a strategic location for expansion.
urban development of infrastructure projects. In addition, it has a wealth of water that
has allowed it to have a significant development in agriculture, especially in the
production of vegetables and legumes and which is complemented by the cultivation of
fruit trees, coffee and avocado, as well as swine, poultry and cattle.
However, according to the Local Development Plan - Corregimiento San Cristóbal
(2015) the agricultural activity in the corregimiento has deficiencies in the marketing
and intermediation chain due to the absence of productive and safe incentives for the
crops, which translates into low profitability rates, inadequate marketing channels,
increased intermediaries and disjointed organizational processes that do not allow
collaborative work in the market of agricultural products.
Taking into account the aforementioned context, the present project proposes a
sustainable management of the agri-food chain of vegetables in seven villages
(Boquerón, San José de la Montaña, La Ilusión, Pajarito, Naranjal, La Palma and La
Loma.) Of San correguimiento Cristobal (Municipality of Medellín), based on the
organizational articulation of the social actors present in the villages of influence; a
work that will be developed based on three specific objectives:
1) Articulate production, transformation and commercialization of products to improve
profitability (economies of scale)
2) Achieve organizational strengthening in the social actors of the project's influence
lanes located in the corregimiento of San Cristóbal - Medellín
3) Prepare a proposal for sustainable management of the agri-food chain of vegetables
in the corregimiento of San Cristóbal, Medellín.
What is to be achieved by managing the agrifood chain in a sustainable manner is to
improve the efficiency in the use of resources and with that, the promotion of
conservation and the protection of natural resources. In addition, it aims to strengthen
rural livelihoods as well as equity and rural well-being in order to establish responsible
and efficient governance mechanisms. The productive chains are an instrument for
Rural development, allowing to strengthen competitive and productive economic
activities that contribute to the well-being of the population involved, promoting the
reduction of poverty in the area.
The project "Agro-food chain of vegetables in San Cristóbal, Medellín (Antioquia)"
seeks to propose a sustainable management of the agri-food chain of vegetables,
based on the organizational articulation of the social actors present in the villages of
influence. The project will be carried out in 5 stages that will be developed in an
articulated way (sometimes simultaneously) and that include:
- Stage 1: agreement with the community.
- Stage 2: training to improve production conditions.
- Stage 3: improvement of production conditions for transport and packaging.
- Stage 4: strengthening of marketing channels.
- Stage 5: recycling.
The project "Agro-food vegetable chain in San Cristóbal, Medellín (Antioquia)", would
look for a partner in the United Kingdom for knowledge related to Value chains and
financial support that allows the execution of the different stages of the project.
Universidad Nacional
de Colombia sede
Medellín
University or
another type of
research
institute
Large www.unal.edu.c
o
The National University of Colombia is a
university entity with full autonomy linked
to the Ministry of National Education, with
a special regime, of a public nature and
belonging to the State. The Institution is
constituted by eight headquarters:
Amazonia, Caribbean, Bogota, Manizales,
Medellin, Orinoquia , Palmira, Tumaco.
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Crops Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
The corregimiento San Cristóbal is located in the central-western area of the
Municipality of Medellín and is divided by the municipal seat and 17 lanes; It is located
in the strategic corridors of the Metropolitan Area of the Aburra Valley and the regional
corridors of the roads that connect the city of Medellín with the ports and production
and collection centers, which places San Cristóbal in a strategic location for expansion.
urban development of infrastructure projects. In addition, it has a wealth of water that
has allowed it to have a significant development in agriculture, especially in the
production of vegetables and legumes and which is complemented by the cultivation of
fruit trees, coffee and avocado, as well as swine, poultry and cattle.
However, according to the Local Development Plan - Corregimiento San Cristóbal
(2015) the agricultural activity in the corregimiento has deficiencies in the marketing
and intermediation chain due to the absence of productive and safe incentives for the
crops, which translates into low profitability rates, inadequate marketing channels,
increased intermediaries and disjointed organizational processes that do not allow
collaborative work in the market of agricultural products.
Taking into account the aforementioned context, the present project proposes a
sustainable management of the agri-food chain of vegetables in seven villages
(Boquerón, San José de la Montaña, La Ilusión, Pajarito, Naranjal, La Palma and La
Loma.) Of San correguimiento Cristobal (Municipality of Medellín), based on the
organizational articulation of the social actors present in the villages of influence; a
work that will be developed based on three specific objectives:
1) Articulate production, transformation and commercialization of products to improve
profitability (economies of scale)
2) Achieve organizational strengthening in the social actors of the project's influence
lanes located in the corregimiento of San Cristóbal - Medellín
3) Prepare a proposal for sustainable management of the agri-food chain of vegetables
in the corregimiento of San Cristóbal, Medellín.
What is to be achieved by managing the agrifood chain in a sustainable manner is to
improve the efficiency in the use of resources and with that, the promotion of
conservation and the protection of natural resources. In addition, it aims to strengthen
rural livelihoods as well as equity and rural well-being in order to establish responsible
and efficient governance mechanisms. The productive chains are an instrument for
Rural development, allowing to strengthen competitive and productive economic
activities that contribute to the well-being of the population involved, promoting the
reduction of poverty in the area.
The project "Agro-food chain of vegetables in San Cristóbal, Medellín (Antioquia)"
seeks to propose a sustainable management of the agri-food chain of vegetables,
based on the organizational articulation of the social actors present in the villages of
influence. The project will be carried out in 5 stages that will be developed in an
articulated way (sometimes simultaneously) and that include:
- Stage 1: agreement with the community.
- Stage 2: training to improve production conditions.
- Stage 3: improvement of production conditions for transport and packaging.
- Stage 4: strengthening of marketing channels.
- Stage 5: recycling.
The project "Agro-food vegetable chain in San Cristóbal, Medellín (Antioquia)", would
look for a partner in the United Kingdom for knowledge related to Value chains and
financial support that allows the execution of the different stages of the project.
Universidad Nacional
de Colombia sede
Medellín
University or
another type of
research
institute
Large www.unal.edu.c
o
The National University of Colombia is a
university entity with full autonomy linked
to the Ministry of National Education, with
a special regime, of a public nature and
belonging to the State. The Institution is
constituted by eight headquarters:
Amazonia, Caribbean, Bogota, Manizales,
Medellin, Orinoquia , Palmira, Tumaco.
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Organization nameType of
organization
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size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
We transform organic waste from a problem of environmental management and public
health into organic fertilizer 100% friendly to the environment. It is intended to install
bags for the capture of methane gas generated by organic waste for electricity
production and thus be the first electrically self-sustaining composting plant in
Colombia.
Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
Create agricultural awareness in the communities of the Municipalities of the
Department of Meta and Colombia, on the management in this field, use and efficiency
in the sectors where it is most needed.
that are most affected by social changes.
sectors can be used.
the Department of Meta, on the importance and appropriation of the agricultural sector.
managing resources from the field, a sector with greater economic and social
projection.
Orgánicos del Caribe
SAS
Private sector Small www.organicosd
elcaribe.com
Orgánicos del Caribe® is an eco-friendly
Agroindustryl company. We offer
specialized environmental services in
organic waste to companies that generate
this type of waste within their production
or commercialization processes. We
provide environmental solutions through
the implementation of sustainable
processes of transformation of these
organic waste to convert them after a
process of technical disposal, from being
a problem of environmental management
and public health in a top quality organic
fertilizer called NUTRIABON for
agriculture and gardening.
Crops Environmental
Impact and / or
Reforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
CORAPAZ ONG Micro CORAPAZ is a Corporation for
agricultural development and
strengthening of PAZ, founded on July 16,
2016, with a view to Rural development,
with high expectations to generate greater
income to those peasant families who
have the ability to manage business in
their own lands, generating social-
economic awareness, with labor
independence.
Crops,
Livestock,
Aquaculture
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organization
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size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Tupale.co Private sector Micro pancoger.com We are an organization that develops
customized information systems to
support different projects and allow them
to create customized applications.
Crops Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value chains
Currently we are developing an idea that we call pancoger.com, it is an information
system that aims to describe the whole sowing process to have data from the
beginning and the end of the planting in Smalls huertas, with this we hope to be able to
strengthen Peasant markets have precise information on surplus planting. The
information system allows farmers and buyers to be aware of the products available for
sale in different terms and thus plan the purchase. It is also an exercise in citizen
science and we have designed a methodology that allows farmers to integrate their
family especially children in the process of information collection and monitoring of
planting.
Buenaventura
International
Cooperation Office
Public sector Medium www.buenavent
ura.gov.co
The office of international cooperation of
the Buenaventura district in an
organization that is dedicated to the
management of technical, financial and
humanitarian resources with the purpose
of improving the quality of life of the most
vulnerable communities in the local
territory, all this is sought to Through
alliances, agreements and other
mechanisms that allow joint work between
the parties.
Crops,
Livestock,
Aquaculture
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
AmONG the ideas of projects that we consider most relevant are the following:
Promotion of urban agriculture, vertical hydroponics, aquaponics, aquaponics, dual
purpose cattle raising and the creation of sustainable farms or ecovillages.
As an organism, we present the direct articulation with the potential beneficiary
populations of these project ideas and the institutions that represent them as strengths,
for this reason we are looking for a partner in the United Kingdom for innovative
exercises in everything related to Agriculture and the transfer of experiences. positive
that can strengthen and empower small farmers in our territory.
Green Cocoa S.A.S Private sector Micro ND Research and development in technology
applied to the cultivation and post-harvest
of cocoa, development of new products,
commercialization of export-type grain,
and technical support and representation
of SMEs or related enterprises in the fine
artisanal chocolate industry.
Crops,
Agroindustry
Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
development,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
In the company of the National Learning Service, we have started a research project on
the microbiological and physical-chemical characterization of cocoa. We focus on the
post-harvest in order to give the necessary added value to the cocoa bean so that it
meets the demands of the most demanding markets. Likewise, through research, it is
sought to characterize the cocoa bean according to its genetic origin for the different
industries such as food, pharmaceutical and aesthetic. We accompany the producer
technically and promote good agricultural practices and fair trade in order to achieve
sustainability and sustainability of the crop and the producer. We strive to be agents of
change, we support and encourage producers to become their own companies and
combat unfair trade and consolidate the cocoa culture.
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organization
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size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
Fondo Acción is developing a project that seeks to stop the engines of deforestation in
Caquetá and within its activities is the promotion of economic alternatives, livelihoods
and strategies of food sovereignty and this has supported sustainable livestock
reconversion processes. All of the above is done within the framework of a gender
approach. Many questions have arisen in the development of this project.
1. development of an applied research in systems of livestock reconversion in
degraded lands in the department with the greatest deforestation in the country.
2. what is the best model of productive development for the region (socio-ecosystem
analysis).
3. In two municipalities of the department (Solano and Cartagena del Chaira) people
produce a cheese that has no added value and contributes subsistence income to
families, we would like to support the development of products or products that provide
real opportunities for peasant families and logistics analysis and marketing of the
selected products,
Crops,
Livestock,
Aquaculture
Rural
Development,
Value chains
SOCIAL APPROPRIATION OF ECONOMIC AND AFFORDABLE TECHNOLOGIES
FOR THE SMALL PRODUCERS OF THE COLOMBIAN FIELD, ALWAYS THINKING
OF THE TRANSFORMATION OF PRODUCTS AND THE GENERATION OF ADDED
VALUE.
Fondo Acción ONG Small www.fondoaccio
n.org
Private foundation, of common interest,
non-profit, created in 2000
We facilitate, support and visibilize
significant change processes in two areas:
Conservation + Rural development
Sustainable: Preservation, protection and
sustainable use of natural resources,
biodiversity and ecosystem services in
rural areas
Childhood: Development and protection of
the most vulnerable children, with
emphasis on early childhood, with a focus
on rights and family
Livestock
SERVICIO NACIONAL
DE APRENDIZAJE
University or
another type of
research
institute
Large http://www.sena.
edu.co
Provide comprehensive professional
training to workers of all economic
activities, and those who do not require
such training, to increase national
productivity through this means, and
promote the expansion and harmonious
economic and social development of the
country, under the concept of
redistributive social equity. Participate in
technological, occupational and social
research and development activities that
contribute to the updating and
improvement of integral professional
training.
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organization
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size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Fedearroz has strengths in research and technology transfer in technical issues
associated with the development of varieties and agronomic management of the crop,
has focused on developing efficient practices for resource management, Pest and
Disease Management, precision agriculture application, management by environment,
climate change and associated services. It seeks to strengthen its capabilities, evaluate
new available technology that will help the farmer to be productive, sustainable and
competitive.
Identidad IoT Private sector Medium www.
identidadiot.com
At Identidad IoT, we help companies take
maximum advantage of data and
connectivity to generate innovative
services.
We are focused on creating IoT
management solutions which enable
organizations to digitally transform their
operations to take advantage of
interconnectivity and data recording.
Regardless of size or industry and
without the need for a major investment in
infrastructure, we provide companies with
the best IoT solutions and technological
innovations,
Identidad IoT is a subsidiary of Identidad
Technologies, a telecommunications
technology and services company that
manages over 1.5 billion minutes in
international calls and 300 million SMS
messages every year.
Crops,
Livestock,
Aquaculture
Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value Chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
We are interested in establishing contact with companies that provide the following
services and products.
- Devices, sensors and actuators (hardware) integrable to our Smart Environment, and
Precision Farming solutions
- LoWan connectivity providers and experts
- Providers of Data Analysis and Algorithms, focused on Precision Agriculture, and
Environmental Impact
- Academic researchers interested in developing high impact projects for the
agricultural sector and climate change mitigation.
FEDEARROZ
Federacion Nacional
de Arroceros
Private sector Medium www.fedearroz.
com.co
The guild association, of a private nature,
has as its object the defense and
representation of rice farmers at a
national level, targeting the producer,
promoting their technological
development, seeking economic
efficiency and greater competitiveness.
Crops Pest and Disease
Management, ICT
in Agriculture,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers,
climate change
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organization
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size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Universidad Nacional
de Colombia
University or
another type of
research
institute
Large www.unal.edu.c
o
The research groups of the National
University of Colombia are distributed in
all disciplines of knowledge.
Crops,
Livestock
ICT in Agriculture We propose a spatial knowledge infrastructure from multiple sources of information to
provide useful data to growers, associations and territorial entities. We are a research
group dedicated to the analysis of multivariate data.
SENA Public sector Large http://www.sena.
edu.co
EL SENA is a public establishment of the
National order and with administrative
autonomy, attached to the Ministry of
Labor of Colombia
Crops Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development,
Value chains, BPA
and Clean
Production
Implementation of Good Agricultural Practices, Sustainable Agricultural Production,
Clean Production To conquer new markets. Knowledge update on Localized Irrigation
and Production Models with Aquaponics
Agricultural
Surplus //
Loss and
Waste of
Food
Rural
Development,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
SACIAR Foundation, Food Bank: "A SOCIAL AND SUSTAINABLE MODEL AGAINST
THE PROBLEMS OF FOOD LOSS AND WASTE"
The logistic performance that has been had so far, confirms the need for the
construction of a winery that will be located in the Municipality of Rionegro (Antioquia -
Colombia), with spaces and areas suitable to carry out the processes and to make
more dynamic and timely delivery of donations to the beneficiaries and hundreds of
peasant families feeling part of the process of social transformation in the region of
intervention.
In addition, it will achieve a significant comfort and agility in the development of the
Recovery of Agricultural Surpluses and of the different processes in order to have
greater capacity for operation, logistics and storage of food products thus complying
with the regulations that are required to level of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP).
Fundación SACIAR,
Banco de Alimentos
Private sector Small http://saciar.org/ SACIAR Foundation - the first food bank
established in Colombia 19 years ago and
with headquarters in the Municipality of
Medellín - is a solidarity organization that
contributes to reduce hunger and
malnutrition with a policy of ZERO (0)
waste locally and regional. Legally, the
Institution is constituted as a
Humanitarian Institution -without profit
motive-, and of a private nature and its
corporate name is the SACIAR
Foundation, Banco de Alimentos.
The Recovery of Agricultural Surplus
(REAGRO), has had its work
uninterrupted since 2012 especially in the
subregion of Oriente Antioqueño,
Colombia's great food pantry. The
REAGRO Program has been led by
Fundación SACIAR with the aim of
replicating and scaling throughout the
country, since experience has shown us
that the worldwide trend in Food Banks is
to recover agricultural surpluses in the
sector primary reason why it has been
possible to extend the services of
reception of foods coming from this
sector, in front of the problematic of the
Losses and Waste of Foods.
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organization
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size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
We are focused on innovation, applied research and knowledge generation through
ICT projects that seek to increase the competitiveness and welfare of society,
members and customers.
In the agricultural sector we have experience implementing a proven ICT Social
Adoption Model (ICTSAM) in order to improve competitiveness of economic activities,
providing skills and digital inclusion scenarios for vulnerable communities, in strategic
economic sectors.
For several years we have been implementing this methodology in different
communities of artisanal fishermen of the country, fostering for them and their families
inclusive economic growth, reduction of poverty in the community, gender equality and
the economic empowerment of women.
We are seeking to establish lONG-term relationships with strategic allies, businesses
and academia in the United Kingdom that support and contribute to the development of
this type of innovation and social projects, to solve different problems of the agricultural
sector in regions of Colombia affected by the conflict and postconflict.
Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
We are currently consolidating a database of potential projects on which we are
interested to apply, the main issues are coffee and cocoa.
CINTEL (ICT
Research and
Development Center)
University or
another type of
research
institute
Micro www.cintel.org.c
o
The ICT Research and Development
Center CINTEL, is the Technology
Development Center of the industry of
Information and Communication
Technologies in Colombia, with wide
experience and recognition nationally and
in Latin America.
Our objectives include: the study and
analysis of emerging technology trends
and their dissemination and
implementation; providing spaces open to
all sector actors for discussion and
analysis of economic, market, social,
political and technology issues affecting
the industry development; promoting
projects of the sector’s interest; promoting
the use of specialized technical
assistance; and providing information on
ICT development in the country and the
world.
CINTEL is a non-profit corporation
founded in 1991, with mixed composition.
Crops,
Aquaculture,
Fishing
ICT in Agriculture
Universidad de los
Andes
University or
another type of
research
institute
Large www.uniandes.e
du.co
Universidad de los Andes is a Colombian
private university with its main
headquarters in Bogotá, and currently
based in the Caribbean. It is composed of
10 faculties, the Alberto Lleras Camargo
School of Government and the
Interdisciplinary Center for Development
Studies. It offers 39 undergraduate
programs, 25 specializations, 61 master's
degrees and 15 doctorates. Currently, the
institution has 14,600 undergraduate
students and 5,000 postgraduate
students, 703 undergraduate professors
and has more than 150 research groups
in Science, Technology and Innovation
and Creation.
Crops,
Aquaculture
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organization
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size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Universidad UNAD y
University of Ulster
Public sector Large https://www.una
d.edu.co/
UNAD University is a public university,
financed by the Colombian State and by
its own resources. The main headquarters
are located in the city of Bogotá
D.C.Cuenta currently with 75,000
students, of which 60,000 attend higher
education programs and 15,000 develop
the previous cycles of literacy, basic
primary and high school distance.
Improving
the health
and well-
being of
farmers.
ICT in Agriculture The objective of the project is to contribute to the improvement in the provision of
integral services of rural care and attention to the peasants of the country, through the
development of a pilot environmental intelligence laboratory.
Strengths: We have collaborations with European entities with great experience in the
development of devices for environmental intelligence.
As a research partner in the United Kingdom, we already have the University of Ulster.
We seek as technical and commercial partner the technology transfer of the intelligent
laboratory from the UK to Colombia.
Corporacion Kotsala ONG Small corporacionkots
Non-profit organization that watches over
the productive and environmental
progress of communities of peasants,
settlers, indigenous communities and
producer associations
Crops,
Aquaculture,
environment
al
Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
Productive projects in native fish and tilapia, entrepreneurship and associativity
AMUCAFE asociación sin
animo de lucro
Micro we are a group of women who dedicate
themselves to produce organic fertilizer
through a lombricultivo using as raw
material the coffee pulp of the plant of
ecological benefit of Belén de umbría
Crops Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
the strengths of the association is that we have a lot of raw material because in the
plant the coffee of 123 farmers who stop polluting their farms is processed, and we,
with our cultivation, benefit these wastes by converting them into a soil conditioner that
any farmer needs in any part of the world, that is why we think that a commercial
relationship with partners in the united kingdom is possible.
Universidad Nacional
de Colombia Sede
Medellín
University or
another type of
research
institute
Large http://www.unal.
edu.co
La Universidad Nacional de Colombia es
la más Large de Colombia.
Crops,
Aquaculture,
Fungiculture
and orellan
production -
Wireless
sensor
networks
and IoT
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture
Profesor Alcides Montoya C, de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Medellín,
Director del grupo de Instrumentación científica e industrial.
Hemos desarrollado una solución pensando en nuestro lema de "cero hambre, cero
pobreza y cero emisiones", donde instalamos tres unidades básicas para producción
de orellanas (fungicultura), aeroponía y acuaponía en áreas Smalls, usando redes de
sensores inalámbricos y conectando tecnología con producción de alimentos.
(http://agro21.org). Queremos participar en la convocatoria de Agri-tech, poniendo en
funcionamiento estas unidades básicas y enseñando a las mujeres afectadas por la
violencia en el país como producir alimentos para seguridad alimentaria y para
aumento de su rentabilidad.
Lo que estamos buscando es asociarnos con una empresa o Universidad para
presentarnos a la convocatoria y poder resolver problemas conjuntos en estas
unidades agrícolas familiares.
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organization
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size
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organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
INGELM
Environmental
Solutions SAS
Private sector Micro www.ingelm.co
m
We are a passionate company that works
for and for the environment, starting from
the basis of sustainable and sustainable
development through which we provide
our customers with the best solutions for
their requirements, implementing various
technologies and encouraging Rural
development with projects that support
the self-sustainable and sustainable
agriculture
Crops,
Livestock,
Aquaculture,
Agriculture
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
We are a group of young environmental and sanitary engineers who have the firm
intention of making possible the dream of sustainable development, hand in hand with
our knowledge we are sure that we are capable of developing projects that allow to
technify rural alternatives, thus increasing productivity and reducing the impact they
have on the environment. We are experts in impact evaluation and beyond that in
implementing solutions to mitigate and prevent these impacts.
Secretaria de
Desarrollo
Agropecuario
Risaralda
Public sector Large www.risaralda@
.gov.co
Agricultural Development in the
Department of Risaralda
Crops Rural development Agricultural Development and accompaniment to the producers of the Department
generating opportunities as part of the improvement in the quality of life of the peasant
sector
Crops,
Livestock
Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value Chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
The use of drones and spectral analysis are fundamental pieces for the implementation
of a Precision Agriculture, since it allows to detect phytosanitary and nutritional
problems before visible symptoms appear.
Our company has been a pioneer in Colombia in the application of spectral analysis in
Crops, which has allowed us to establish a good relationship with different associations
of rural women. Additionally, we are official distributors of Hyspex, a leading Norwegian
company in the manufacture of hyperspectral sensors.
We put at the disposal of the UK companies three outstanding strengths that can be
used for the implementation of innovative projects in the country:
- Our experience in the use of drones and spectral analysis for Precision Agriculture
developments in the Colombian Agro
- Our alliance with the leader in the manufacture of hyperspectral sensors in the world
- Our relations with associations of rural women
Black Square Private sector Small www.blacksquar
e.com.co
Black Square is a business initiative that
revolves around eight leading
technologies: Autonomous Unmanned
Vehicles, Spectral Analysis, Geographical
Information System, Computer Vision,
Machine Learning, Augmented Reality
and Private Communication Networks.
Our main business activity is the
execution of projects, either with our own
resources or in commercial alliances,
which involve one or a combination of
these technologies. Our interest is that
these projects mature in the future in
products and services that we can sell in
a standardized manner.
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organization
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size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Colombian Fair
Trading
Private sector Micro N/A We are a company dedicated to the
commercialization of agricultural products,
our operation is based on exercises of co-
responsibility between the final clients and
the producers, generating greater
participation in the aggregation of value
by the farmers and their families.
Crops,
Commercial
Management
,
Agroindustryl
Research
Rural
Development,
Value chains
The project seeks to establish an innovative model of commercial relationship with the
productive base and its organizations, based on quality and transparency in the
negotiation.
COMWARE Private sector Medium www.comware.c
om.co
Integrator of technological solutions and
within its product lines contains IoT
solutions for the agricultural sector
Crops,
Livestock
ICT in Agriculture IoT solutions for the development of agricultural initiatives in Colombia
Secretaria de
Desarrollo
Agropecuario
Public sector Large www.risaralda.g
ov.co
Secretaria de Despacho Gobernación de
Risaralda
Crops,
Livestock,
Aquaculture,
Comerce
Rural
Development,
Value chains
Rural development
Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value Chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers,
Formación a
productores
agropecuarios,
Asistencia Técnica
Increase in agricultural productivity with the incorporation of new technologies that are
easy to implement and adjusted to the reality of the peasant base.Secretaria de
Desarrollo
Agropecuario de
Risaralda
Public sector Large www.risaralda.g
ov.co
Lead the sustainable development of the
Agricultural Sector of the Department,
meeting the constitutional principles of
coordination, subsidiarity, intermediation
between the nation and the municipalities,
complementarity of municipal action,
competition and community participation,
seeking improvement of the profitability of
the sector through the development of
productive chains that contribute to
elevate the quality of life of the population
risaraldense
Crops,
Livestock,
Aquaculture,
Agribusiness
, Applied
Research,
Associative
Management
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organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Secretaria de
Desarrollo
Agropecuario
Public sector Large risaralda.gov.co Secretary of Dispatch Governation de
Risaralda
Crops,
Livestock,
Aquaculture
Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
Gestión del Rural development
Rural development management in the Department of Risaralda
Corporación
Dignificando
ONG Small www.facebook.c
om/CORPODIG
the consolidation of a more inclusive and
equitable rural environment, with more
innovative, productive and competitive
agro-industrial and agro-industrial
development, with the capacity to reduce
environmental deterioration in order to
increase the quality of life of women
producers in the sector rural.
Crops,
Aquaculture
Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Reforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
The Dignificando Corporation detects the common denominator in the territorial entities
of public order (87 municipalities of Santander) of not having qualified personnel for the
elaboration, management and execution of innovative projects and coherent to the
reality of the producers, especially in the rural sector; In this way and after many years
of walking with the organizations (Associations), especially from the department of
Santander, we initiated accompaniment processes to assertively respond to the needs
of the producers, becoming a friendly response for them since we have a clear
knowledge of the rural norms and public policies and perform processes of: 1.
Technical and socio-economic characterization of the properties, 2. diagnoses
according to the reality found and 3. formulation of these projects; fundamental and
consecutive stages, these finally lead us to generate Human Development projects
through adequate information systems for the planning and generation of high added
values; We contribute in this way to the quality of life of the rural population with
innovation, efficiency, competitiveness and sustainability of the activities linked to
agricultural and agro-industrial production in the socio-productive systems of the
different territories.
The projects we currently manage are:
1. "Implementation of ACUOPONIA systems that produce red mojarra and vegetables
under cover, with a built-in solar energy system and rainwater harvesting for the
DIGNIFIED WORK of rural women in the department of Santander" with
ASOMUTRADER (Association of women workers of Rural development) May 2018
2. "IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SOLAR LIGHT AS RENEWABLE AND CLEAN
ENERGIES TO IMPROVE THE PRODUCTIVE IRRIGATION SYSTEMS OF THE
EMPLOYERS OF THE FIELD" with ASOCAMGIR (Association of Peasants of the
Girón) February 2018
3. "IMPLEMENTATION OF 36 HOUSES ANTI-AFFILIATED MALLS TO SUPPLY
VEGETABLE MATERIAL WITH HEALTH AND QUALITY, IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
SANTANDER" with ASOVIFRUSAN (Association of Fruit Growers of Santander),
February 2018.
Of these three projects, we prioritized "Implementation of ACUOPONIA systems that
produce red mojarra and vegetables under cover, with a built-in solar energy system
and rainwater harvesting for DIGNIFIED work of rural women in the department of
Santander" with ASOMUTRADER (Asociación of working women of Rural
development). This is how we are looking for economic and research support from the
United Kingdom to implement ACUOPONIA plants, this being a sustainable production
system of plants and fish that combines the traditional Aquaculture, which is the
breeding of aquatic animals such as fish (Red Mojarra); with hydroponics, cultivation of
plants (churca lettuce and cherry tomato) in water in a symbiotic environment. In
Aquaculture, the secretions of the cultivated animals can accumulate in the water,
increasing its toxicity; On the other hand, in an aquaponics system, the Aquaculture
water, which functions here as a subsystem, feeds the hydroponic system, in which the
waste is decomposed into nitrites and then into nitrates by the nitrification bacteria.
These nitrates are then used by plants as nutrients, so it is possible for water to return
to the Aquaculture subsystem. Therefore, aquaponics is suitable for small agricultural
producers (RURAL WOMEN) with a view to taking advantage of local, regional,
national and international organic markets. This system of ACUOPONIA requires two
motor pumps each of 0.1 (Hp) horsepower, these move through solar energy
transformed into electrical by means of solar panels; we also highlight that the water in
the process is captured by the rainwater collection system.
Finally, we emphasize that rural women in the department of Santander need
innovative, efficient, competitive and sustainable processes to achieve Dignified Work
in their rural homes and in this way RE-DIGNIFY their living conditions generating
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT.
Secretaria de
Desarrollo
Agropecuario
Public sector Large www.risaralda.g
ov.co
Secretary of Dispatch Governation de
Risaralda
Crops,
Livestock,
Aquaculture
Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
development,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Reforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Corporación
Dignificando
ONG Small www.facebook.c
om/CORPODIG
the consolidation of a more inclusive and
equitable rural environment, with more
innovative, productive and competitive
agro-industrial and agro-industrial
development, with the capacity to reduce
environmental deterioration in order to
increase the quality of life of women
producers in the sector rural.
Crops,
Aquaculture
Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Reforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
The Dignificando Corporation detects the common denominator in the territorial entities
of public order (87 municipalities of Santander) of not having qualified personnel for the
elaboration, management and execution of innovative projects and coherent to the
reality of the producers, especially in the rural sector; In this way and after many years
of walking with the organizations (Associations), especially from the department of
Santander, we initiated accompaniment processes to assertively respond to the needs
of the producers, becoming a friendly response for them since we have a clear
knowledge of the rural norms and public policies and perform processes of: 1.
Technical and socio-economic characterization of the properties, 2. diagnoses
according to the reality found and 3. formulation of these projects; fundamental and
consecutive stages, these finally lead us to generate Human Development projects
through adequate information systems for the planning and generation of high added
values; We contribute in this way to the quality of life of the rural population with
innovation, efficiency, competitiveness and sustainability of the activities linked to
agricultural and agro-industrial production in the socio-productive systems of the
different territories.
The projects we currently manage are:
1. "Implementation of ACUOPONIA systems that produce red mojarra and vegetables
under cover, with a built-in solar energy system and rainwater harvesting for the
DIGNIFIED WORK of rural women in the department of Santander" with
ASOMUTRADER (Association of women workers of Rural development) May 2018
2. "IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SOLAR LIGHT AS RENEWABLE AND CLEAN
ENERGIES TO IMPROVE THE PRODUCTIVE IRRIGATION SYSTEMS OF THE
EMPLOYERS OF THE FIELD" with ASOCAMGIR (Association of Peasants of the
Girón) February 2018
3. "IMPLEMENTATION OF 36 HOUSES ANTI-AFFILIATED MALLS TO SUPPLY
VEGETABLE MATERIAL WITH HEALTH AND QUALITY, IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
SANTANDER" with ASOVIFRUSAN (Association of Fruit Growers of Santander),
February 2018.
Of these three projects, we prioritized "Implementation of ACUOPONIA systems that
produce red mojarra and vegetables under cover, with a built-in solar energy system
and rainwater harvesting for DIGNIFIED work of rural women in the department of
Santander" with ASOMUTRADER (Asociación of working women of Rural
development). This is how we are looking for economic and research support from the
United Kingdom to implement ACUOPONIA plants, this being a sustainable production
system of plants and fish that combines the traditional Aquaculture, which is the
breeding of aquatic animals such as fish (Red Mojarra); with hydroponics, cultivation of
plants (churca lettuce and cherry tomato) in water in a symbiotic environment. In
Aquaculture, the secretions of the cultivated animals can accumulate in the water,
increasing its toxicity; On the other hand, in an aquaponics system, the Aquaculture
water, which functions here as a subsystem, feeds the hydroponic system, in which the
waste is decomposed into nitrites and then into nitrates by the nitrification bacteria.
These nitrates are then used by plants as nutrients, so it is possible for water to return
to the Aquaculture subsystem. Therefore, aquaponics is suitable for small agricultural
producers (RURAL WOMEN) with a view to taking advantage of local, regional,
national and international organic markets. This system of ACUOPONIA requires two
motor pumps each of 0.1 (Hp) horsepower, these move through solar energy
transformed into electrical by means of solar panels; we also highlight that the water in
the process is captured by the rainwater collection system.
Finally, we emphasize that rural women in the department of Santander need
innovative, efficient, competitive and sustainable processes to achieve Dignified Work
in their rural homes and in this way RE-DIGNIFY their living conditions generating
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT.
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114
Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Pest and Disease
Management, ICT
in Agriculture,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Reforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers,
Investigación
Cooperative research projects in biotechnology, varietal improvement, Pest and
Disease Management, irrigation systems, irrigation programming, drainage systems,
ecophysiology, cliamtology, climatic variability, crop monitoring with images, use of crop
residues, new products to from sugar cane
Crops Pest and Disease
Management,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
Experience in research collaboration
The Agricultural Microbiology research group has several experiences with international
research cooperation with research’s groups from Europe such as the University of
Bielefeld and the University of Lausanne, for the development of microbial strategies
designed to improve nutrients uptake in plants through the use mixed inoculants such
as phosphate solubilizing microorganisms and arbuscular mycorhizal fungi.
Capabilities offered
Agricultural Microbiology research group has an infrastructure for the bioprospection of
microorganisms associated with plant growth promotion and biological control of
phytopathogens in key crops located at the postconflict areas in our country. Especial
emphasis in crops like rice and sugar cane for production of panela. We also have the
facilities and knowledge in the management and understanding of biological process
associated with the sustainable use of agriculture residues, especially those related
with rice straw. In this context we are interested in the development of functional
microbial consortia that facilitate those processes and the understanding of the role of
microbiomes associated with them.
Capabilities required
We are looking for research groups interested in the development of bioinformatic tools
for the study of plant microbiomes, as a strategy to measure the impact of a microbial
package designed to improve the plant growth and nutrient acquisition in crops such
as sugar cane and rice.
Cenicaña Private sector Medium www.cenicana.o
rg
Research center in the sector
Agroindustryl of sugar cane non-profit, of
private character, with three research
programs: varieties, agronomy and factory
processes
Crops
Biotechnology
Institute, Universidad
Nacional de Colombia
University or
another type of
research
institute
Large www.ibun.unal.e
du.co
The Biotechnology Institute (IBUN) is a
research institute that belONGs to the
Universidad Nacional de Colombia, the
biggest and most important public
University of our country. The IBUN is a
research institute that was founded by the
colleges of Engineering, Agronomy,
Health science and Natural Science,
which are the bases of the research
gropus that belONGs to the IBUN in áreas
of Agriculture, Health science and
bioprocess. As a consequence of our
research development, the IBUN has
contributed to the construction and
functioning of several pilot plants and a
Spin off associated with the agricultural
sector for the production of bio-inoculants
to be applied in the rice growing sector
and other crops. Our research group
named Agricultural Microbiology, have
been interested in the development of
strategies for the application of
microorganisms as plant growth
promotion and biological control of plant
diseases in strategic crops of our country.
Besides we are interested in the
understanding of the role of plant
microbiome in process such as plant
growth and bioconversion of plant
residues such as rice straw.
Corporación
Dignificando
ONG Small www.facebook.c
om/CORPODIG
the consolidation of a more inclusive and
equitable rural environment, with more
innovative, productive and competitive
agro-industrial and agro-industrial
development, with the capacity to reduce
environmental deterioration in order to
increase the quality of life of women
producers in the sector rural.
Crops,
Aquaculture
Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Reforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
The Dignificando Corporation detects the common denominator in the territorial entities
of public order (87 municipalities of Santander) of not having qualified personnel for the
elaboration, management and execution of innovative projects and coherent to the
reality of the producers, especially in the rural sector; In this way and after many years
of walking with the organizations (Associations), especially from the department of
Santander, we initiated accompaniment processes to assertively respond to the needs
of the producers, becoming a friendly response for them since we have a clear
knowledge of the rural norms and public policies and perform processes of: 1.
Technical and socio-economic characterization of the properties, 2. diagnoses
according to the reality found and 3. formulation of these projects; fundamental and
consecutive stages, these finally lead us to generate Human Development projects
through adequate information systems for the planning and generation of high added
values; We contribute in this way to the quality of life of the rural population with
innovation, efficiency, competitiveness and sustainability of the activities linked to
agricultural and agro-industrial production in the socio-productive systems of the
different territories.
The projects we currently manage are:
1. "Implementation of ACUOPONIA systems that produce red mojarra and vegetables
under cover, with a built-in solar energy system and rainwater harvesting for the
DIGNIFIED WORK of rural women in the department of Santander" with
ASOMUTRADER (Association of women workers of Rural development) May 2018
2. "IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SOLAR LIGHT AS RENEWABLE AND CLEAN
ENERGIES TO IMPROVE THE PRODUCTIVE IRRIGATION SYSTEMS OF THE
EMPLOYERS OF THE FIELD" with ASOCAMGIR (Association of Peasants of the
Girón) February 2018
3. "IMPLEMENTATION OF 36 HOUSES ANTI-AFFILIATED MALLS TO SUPPLY
VEGETABLE MATERIAL WITH HEALTH AND QUALITY, IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
SANTANDER" with ASOVIFRUSAN (Association of Fruit Growers of Santander),
February 2018.
Of these three projects, we prioritized "Implementation of ACUOPONIA systems that
produce red mojarra and vegetables under cover, with a built-in solar energy system
and rainwater harvesting for DIGNIFIED work of rural women in the department of
Santander" with ASOMUTRADER (Asociación of working women of Rural
development). This is how we are looking for economic and research support from the
United Kingdom to implement ACUOPONIA plants, this being a sustainable production
system of plants and fish that combines the traditional Aquaculture, which is the
breeding of aquatic animals such as fish (Red Mojarra); with hydroponics, cultivation of
plants (churca lettuce and cherry tomato) in water in a symbiotic environment. In
Aquaculture, the secretions of the cultivated animals can accumulate in the water,
increasing its toxicity; On the other hand, in an aquaponics system, the Aquaculture
water, which functions here as a subsystem, feeds the hydroponic system, in which the
waste is decomposed into nitrites and then into nitrates by the nitrification bacteria.
These nitrates are then used by plants as nutrients, so it is possible for water to return
to the Aquaculture subsystem. Therefore, aquaponics is suitable for small agricultural
producers (RURAL WOMEN) with a view to taking advantage of local, regional,
national and international organic markets. This system of ACUOPONIA requires two
motor pumps each of 0.1 (Hp) horsepower, these move through solar energy
transformed into electrical by means of solar panels; we also highlight that the water in
the process is captured by the rainwater collection system.
Finally, we emphasize that rural women in the department of Santander need
innovative, efficient, competitive and sustainable processes to achieve Dignified Work
in their rural homes and in this way RE-DIGNIFY their living conditions generating
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT.
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Propancol s.a.s Private sector [email protected]
Transformation of products derived from
panela, panela solida and powder
Agroindustry Value chains supply markets abroad based on products derived from panela
Propancol Private sector Medium https//www.ubik
a.com.co/es/-
endosquebrada
s-
risaralda/propan
col-sas-DF344
Company that works in the transformation
of panela into various products for human
consumption. Sale of panela in block and
powder.
Export of
the product
worldwide
ICT in Agriculture To be able to take the products to other countries and to technify the production plant.
As strengths we can mention: that we are a company that has no competition at the
product level and therefore is codified in supermarkets becoming one more of the
family basket; It is also a totally natural product; Another strength is that mothers are
given a job as head of household. There is also the idea of developing an inclusion
project for people with visual disabilities. With this company the farmers of our region
benefit because they are the suppliers of the raw material.
We are interested in partners in the United Kingdom that can complement our value
proposal either at the technical level, through the capture and processing of other
information, for example aerial or satellite, as well as agronomic information that allows
us to define effective plans based on the information that Lynks collects with his
solutions.
Pest and Disease
Management, ICT
in Agriculture,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Reforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers,
Investigación
Cooperative research projects in biotechnology, varietal improvement, Pest and
Disease Management, irrigation systems, irrigation programming, drainage systems,
ecophysiology, cliamtology, climatic variability, crop monitoring with images, use of crop
residues, new products to from sugar cane
Lynks Ingeniería SAS Private sector Micro www.lynks.com.
co
We offer technological solutions for the
efficient management of the water
resource in the agricultural sector,
through the capture in the field of
information through wireless sensors and
an IoT platform (Internet or Things), and a
BI web platform that through actionable
indicators allows to take better decisions
to impact field operations, specifically in
the efficient management of resources
(Water / Energy / ACPM), the efficient use
of irrigation assets (motor pumps) and the
effective management of personnel and
tasks.
Crops ICT in Agriculture
Cenicaña Private sector Medium www.cenicana.o
rg
Research center in the sector
Agroindustryl of sugar cane non-profit, of
private character, with three research
programs: varieties, agronomy and factory
processes
Crops
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Creemos Servicios
Integrados
Private sector Micro WE BELIEVE INTEGRATED SERVICES
S.A.S. is a micro company, created in
2017. We are constituted, but not yet
operations. The partners, as individuals
have experience in research and projects.
Crops Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
Our company formulated a project for the construction of a nursery for the germination
of ancestral seeds, taking into account controlled conditions. With organic products.
The objective is the improvement of the productivity in the region and the food security
of the peasant families. We would like to partner who has developed new technologies
for the germination of organic seeds. Become more efficient and productive - grow
greener and eliminate plastic in propagation.
Comercializadora
global import
Private sector Micro Company dedicated to the
commercialization of machinery and
agricultural supplies and ironmongers
Crops ICT in Agriculture Implement the agrotechnological development, with the purpose of improving the
productive processes, resulting in the improvement of the quality of the products of the
field, type export. All under high quality standards.
Universidad del
Rosario
University or
another type of
research
institute
Large www.urosario.e
du.co
The Universidad del Rosario seeks to
impart a solid ethical, humanistic and
scientific education that, together with
research and a suitable and demanding
teaching, allows this educational
community to form well-meaning people
and act for the benefit of society, with a
maximum sense of responsibility .
In 2020 we will be the first option for
students looking to learn to learn in a high
performance university community and
international vocation. We move borders
through research and the promotion of
equity and diversity. We deliver to society
the best citizens with a global vision and
we are protagonists of the Larges themes
of the country.
Crops,
Livestock
ICT in Agriculture The university has strengths in economic analysis (faculty of economics) and data
analytics (department of applied mathematics and computer science), and there is an
interdisciplinary team (Tic Tank) that brings together these areas with the faculty of law.
We are especially interested in applying projects that propose novel solutions to
existing problems, the results of which can be used to design new policies and
guidelines. We also have experience in web applications (full stack), which can be
used to capture and provide information to a wide user audience.
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value Chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers,
Virtual Community
Networks and
Platforms for
Solidarity
Transactions for
Markets local and
regional
Our institution is part of the Departmental Board of Reincorporation in Antioquia and of
the Submesses of Productive Projects, Environmental Conservation and Rural
Education. From this perspective, we began supporting several Territorial Renewal and
Training Spaces - ETCR, with ex-combatants and with the surrounding peasant
communities. It is necessary to strengthen other ETCR and peasant organizations in
which there is no State presence and non-compliance with agreements, with agro-
ecological production processes, ecological Livestock and sustainable Aquaculture and
forest conservation, for local food supply and for local marketing circuits , regional and
international. Peasant community organizational processes are strengthened through
community virtual networks where there is no internet access and with the creation of
Virtual Platforms of Commercial Solidarity Transactions
nutrition Human nutrition
and its impact on
health
Educar Consumidores is an organization that has a political prestige among decision
makers and in the CONGreso it is already beginning to have a growing demand for
advice on issues related to Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases - ENT. In academia, it
is recognized as a serious organization that produces quality empirical research and
produces useful information for political debates. It consolidated an interdisciplinary
technical team that begins to open up its field and to build work interrelationships with
academic, social and political peers. Development and launched a communication
campaign that impacted public opinion and began to produce effects in the debate on
healthy taxes and the impact on health of the consumption of sugary drinks. Educar
has a name and a recognition in the Colombian regions both at a community and
institutional level and begins to receive demands for support on issues related to food
health. Now we have systematized scientific information and turned into instruments of
public advocacy and popular communication and we have the political information for
the debate.
Educating Consumers has accumulated important experience in advocacy processes
in cONGreso, and currently has the infrastructure and contacts with the media with
whom a close cooperation relationship has been established.
CORPORACION
PARA LA
INVESTIGACION Y EL
ECODESARROLLO
REGIONAL - CIER
ONG Small www.corpcier.or
g
CIER is ONG and obtained its legal status
number 31380 from the Government of
Antioquia in 1982. Its mission is to build
with rural communities, especially with the
young peasants, Local Community
Systems of Science and Technology,
Sociopreneurial Entrepreneurship and
Rural Educational Models, capable to
generate the motivations, skills,
interactions and interdependencies
necessary to solve their problems with the
efficiency, commitment, solidarity,
organization and autonomy required to act
locally. These motivations, competences,
interactions and interdependencies
configure what has been called human,
harmonious and sustainable social
development - Ecodevelopment.
Crops,
Livestock,
Aquaculture,
Agroecosyst
ems
integrated to
the
conservation
of the forest
and its
biodiversity.
Recovery of
agrobiodiver
sity and
strengthenin
g of the
custody
communities
of seeds.
Strengthen
local and
regional
markets that
contribute to
the local
and regional
food supply.
Strengthen
community
initiatives of
agro-
ecotourism.
Strengthen
systems of
economy
and
solidarity
and
community
microfinance
Educar Consumidores ONG Small www.educarcon
sumidores.org
We work on consumer issues that affect
human and environmental health
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
fundacion para el
empleo y
participación
comunitaria
FUNDEPAC
ONG Micro Colombian ONG created 16 years ago,
with experience in the public sector, we
have worked with different vulnerable
groups. One of the objectives is to
support programs for the post-conflict,
advise peasants to boost their economy.
Crops Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
implement small hydroponic Crops, irrigated with rainwater, in an indigenous rural
community, with few economic resources, which has a shortage of this liquid, land not
suitable for Crops.
Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value Chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers,
Virtual Community
Networks and
Platforms for
Solidarity
Transactions for
Markets local and
regional
Our institution is part of the Departmental Board of Reincorporation in Antioquia and of
the Submesses of Productive Projects, Environmental Conservation and Rural
Education. From this perspective, we began supporting several Territorial Renewal and
Training Spaces - ETCR, with ex-combatants and with the surrounding peasant
communities. It is necessary to strengthen other ETCR and peasant organizations in
which there is no State presence and non-compliance with agreements, with agro-
ecological production processes, ecological Livestock and sustainable Aquaculture and
forest conservation, for local food supply and for local marketing circuits , regional and
international. Peasant community organizational processes are strengthened through
community virtual networks where there is no internet access and with the creation of
Virtual Platforms of Commercial Solidarity Transactions
CORPORACION
PARA LA
INVESTIGACION Y EL
ECODESARROLLO
REGIONAL - CIER
ONG Small www.corpcier.or
g
CIER is ONG and obtained its legal status
number 31380 from the Government of
Antioquia in 1982. Its mission is to build
with rural communities, especially with the
young peasants, Local Community
Systems of Science and Technology,
Sociopreneurial Entrepreneurship and
Rural Educational Models, capable to
generate the motivations, skills,
interactions and interdependencies
necessary to solve their problems with the
efficiency, commitment, solidarity,
organization and autonomy required to act
locally. These motivations, competences,
interactions and interdependencies
configure what has been called human,
harmonious and sustainable social
development - Ecodevelopment.
Crops,
Livestock,
Aquaculture,
Agroecosyst
ems
integrated to
the
conservation
of the forest
and its
biodiversity.
Recovery of
agrobiodiver
sity and
strengthenin
g of the
custody
communities
of seeds.
Strengthen
local and
regional
markets that
contribute to
the local
and regional
food supply.
Strengthen
community
initiatives of
agro-
ecotourism.
Strengthen
systems of
economy
and
solidarity
and
community
microfinance
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size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Fundacion
universitaria
autonoma de las
americas
University or
another type of
research
institute
Large Www.uam.edu.
co
The UAM is an institution of higher
education with a presence in Medellin and
Pereira with the mission of training people
for a more humane society with principles
of ethical quality commitment to research
and contributions to the community
through extension with its career in
veterinary medicine and animal
husbandry for the development of the
livestock sector
Livestock,
Aquaculture
Rural
development,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
Training to small and medium producers in different livestock production practices that
involve health protection to the environment and animal welfare and development of
projects related to genetic improvement and protein proteomics and transcriptomic
methodologies that can be applied to the livestock sector of the region
United Nations World
Food Programme
UN Agency Medium http://es.wfp.org/ The World Food Program (WFP) is the
largest humanitarian aid organization in
the world that fights against hunger all
over the planet.
Crops Value chains WFP strengthens second-level associativity by promoting food delivery processes,
improving post-harvest processes and accompanying logistics coordination to supply
markets, from the most dispersed territories. The main incentive for family farmers is
the price they receive for their products, since by eliminating the intermediation cycles,
they receive the value paid by the final consumer.
The development of agri-food systems is one of the main objectives of PMA, in this the
recovery of knowledge and ancestral production practices is promoted, favoring the
management of natural resources and adaptation to climate change.
The Planet Oxygen ONG, has as a strategic partner ESRI Colombia; all our products
are on the ARCGIS form leg (SIG) which is a software that serves to maximize the
benefits and optimize the yield of the crops, it is necessary to locate the Crops and the
equipment, in the right places. With Esri, you can integrate high resolution images, field
observations and have real-time data retronutrition, to make the most of your limited
resources, at any time. With GIS, use the projections of your production and efficiently
manage your land.
CORPORACION
PLANETA OXIGENO
ONG
ONG Small ingambientalyc
@hotmail.com
PlanetaOxygeno is a corporation; aimed
at the protection and environmental
development of the Norte de Santander
region and the country. Whose social
purpose is framed in environmental
protection in all aspects, promote
strategies to mitigate the effects of
climate change, develop sustainable
productive projects, development of
renewable energies, use of clean clean
technologies and promotion of
biodiversity, through guidance, training,
operational assistance and execution of
projects with victims of the armed conflict.
Crops,
Livestock,
Aquaculture
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
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organization
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size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
TACLLA - UNAL -
UCM
University
Research
Group and
Private
Company
Parthnership
Micro www.taclla.com TACLLA S.A.S. Leading company in
Colombia in the implementation of
unmanned aircraft technologies its use in
precision agriculture and spatial data
management for industrial applications.
Crops,
Livestock
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value chains
INFRASTRUCTURE OF SPATIAL DATA (IDE) TO STRENGTHEN PROCESSES OF
PLANNING, MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF AGRICULTURAL AND
LIVESTOCK PRODUCTIVE CHAINS
Crops Pest and Disease
Management,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
My interest is in the study of plant microbiomes to either discover and diagnose the
causes of plant diseases or to bioprospect for beneficial plant-associated endophytes.
In cassava for example, my group is interested in developing treatments for and
diagnosing the cause of frogskin disease of tubers - a significant problem in parts of
Colombia and one whose causal agents have yet to be identified after 40 years of
research. We are also hoping to develop growth promoting/nitrogen fixing microbial
inoculants to sustainably improve yields for small farmers - the area of highest recorded
cassava yields in the world is located in the department of Cauca, which we hope to
study in order to identify beneficial endophytes that can be applied to plants in less
productive parts of the country. Although both of these project ideas are in cassava, I
am excited to explore similar studies in other crops of national importance such as
chocolate, avocado, oil palm, potatoe, coffee, bannana, etc.
Universidad del Valle University or
another type of
research
institute
Large http://www.univa
lle.edu.co
Universidad del Valle is a Colombian
public university located in the Valle del
Cauca and considered the main institution
of higher education in the southwest of
the country. It has High Quality
Institutional Accreditation from the
Ministry of Education and 450 research
groups, ranking it as the largest research
center in the Colombian Southwest and
one of the most important in the country.
Its main campus is located in Cali
employing 1011 teachers and has
regional offices in the Valley and in
northern Cauca. In all its headquarters it
has more than 30,000 students of which
about 85% are undergraduate in 160
different academic programs and the rest
of the graduate in 92 different programs.
Jairo Pinzón Private sector Micro Professional in forest sciences and
sustainable development and
environment, with over 20 years of
professional experience in subjects
related to sustainable development. My
interest is to consolidate an initiative from
the Private sector, which allows
developing actions to face the challenges
derived from climate change and to
maximize the goods and services
generated from the intelligent forestry
management demanded by present and
future generations
Crops,
Livestock,
Marketing of
goods and
services
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value chains
Project idea: Consolidation of a business unit (technical, administrative and
commercial), oriented to the production of goods and services under the pillars and
objectives of sustainable development and with emphasis on action strategies to
contribute to mitigation and adaptation to change climate. The priority of field of action
is geared towards agroforestry production and sustainable management of forest
resources.
Strengths. Extensive experience in issues related to sustainable development and
knowledge of the opportunities that Colombia has to face climate change.
What do I look for from a UK partner? I am looking for a counterpart, that is able to
support the management of initial economic resources, required to start up the
business model. If this partner also has the will and interest to establish long-term
business relationships, it is preferable. I am looking for a partner with whom, to be able
to build and / or discuss and perfect, the best strategies to strengthen Value chains of
environmental goods and services, which lead to the sustainability of the processes.
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organization
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size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Grupo Pacíficoco SAS Private sector Small www.grupopacifi
coco.com
Angroindustryl social enterprise dedicated
to the processing and commercialization
of coconut products, which links the
producing communities of the Colombian
Pacific coast under the modality of fair
prices.
Crops y
prosecution
Value chains We seek to strengthen the value chain of coconut farming in the Pacific coast of
Colombia, which will benefit about 280 families located in production areas of illicit
Crops and armed conflict.
This strengthening includes efficiency in transport logistics, technological innovation in
processing, phytosanitary control in Crops and certification to enter new markets.
Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
We look for an ally that wants to work with organizations of Campesino, Family and
Community Agriculture, interested in understanding and supporting other ways of
conceiving local development from strategies that allow the conservation of
agrobiodiversity, the empowerment of communities, the use of sustainable productive
systems such as agroecology and the development or strengthening of short marketing
circuits such as local markets and local public purchases.
Red Nacional de
Agricultura Familiar
Red de
Organizaciones
de la Sociedad
Civil
Micro www.agriculturaf
amiliar.co
We are a network of more than 120
peasant, indigenous, Afro-descendant
agrarian organizations, rural women,
artisanal fishermen, cooperatives,
universities, ONG, faith-based
organizations, among other groups, who
decided to work jointly to promote family
farming in the country under the
Permanent Campaign "Sowing PEACE
with Family Farming".
Our Objective is to PROMOTE Family
Farming through the execution of network
strategies to strengthen the incidence and
the different organizational forms of social
appropriation of the territory towards the
construction of good living.
Our Campaign "Sowing Peace with
Family Agriculture" consists of four
strategies that summon each person,
collective and grassroots organization to
add and multiply actions for Family
Farming at neighborhood, rural, local,
municipal, departmental, regional,
national, and international.
Crops
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organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
We will work with an association of women coffee producers in Pitalito, Huila (largest
coffee producer in Colombia), who require support in the technification of their Crops
and treatment to decontaminate wastewater from coffee. We look for potential partners
to help us implement agriculture by site and also reduce environmental impacts from
the use of natural waters in coffee processing. Our main strengths are: The interest and
need of the group of coffee women, the Crops already established in more than 50
hectares, AMBILAB has a water and soil laboratory accredited in the NTC ISO / IEC
17025: 2005, and we have experienced professionals in the cultivation of coffee.
UNIVERSIDAD
NACIONAL ABIERTA
Y A DISTANCIA
University or
another type of
research
institute
Large https://www.una
d.edu.co/
The National Open and Distance
University (UNAD) is an autonomous
university entity of the national order, with
special regime, whose main objective is
open and distance education, linked to
the Ministry of National Education.
Our mission is to contribute to education
for all through the open, distance and
virtual learning environments, through
pedagogical action, social projection,
regional development and community
projection, inclusion, research,
internationalization and methodological
and didactic innovations, with the use of
information and communication
technologies to encourage and
accompany autonomous learning, a
generator of culture and entrepreneurial
spirit that, within the framework of global
society and knowledge, promotes
economic development , social and
human sustainable of the local, regional
and global communities with quality,
efficiency and social equity.
In this sense, we express our special
interest in establishing alliances and
agreements that allow progress in
formation and orientation processes that
contribute to Peace and social
coexistence.
we provide
education
and
technical
assistance
to improve
productive
processes
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Reforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
Currently, the university is promoting the development of agro-ecotourism projects in
areas affected by the armed conflict. We work hand in hand with peasant, indigenous
and afro-descendant communities throughout the country.
I enclose some activities of our agenda from the school of agricultural sciences -fathers-
and-of-the-environment.
https://noticias.unad.edu.co/index.php/unad-noticias/todas/103-escuela-de-ciencias-
agricolas-pecuarias-y-del-medio-ambiente-ecapma/2095-ciclo-de- conferences-de-libre-
participacion-centro-de-investigación-de-agricultura-y-biotecnologia-ciab-2018
AMBILAB SAS Private sector Micro www.ambilab.co AMBILAB is a Huilense company that
offers services, technology and
internationally accredited professionals
that allow us to develop ideas with a high
level of innovation to provide solutions to
the most pressing environmental
problems, generating confidence to our
clients with the services offered,
delivering reliable results and the best
quality, based on the commitment
towards a more sustainable country.
Crops,
Environment
associated
with
agricultural
production
Rural
Development,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers,
Precision
Agriculture and
Decontamination
of Agricultural
Processing Waters
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organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Futuros Rurales ONG Micro www.futurosrura
les.org
Foundation focused on the management
of knowledge and adaptation of new
technologies with communities of farmers
in Colombia. Currently we focus on the
use of GIS for precision agriculture and
climate change and the Development of
Web Software and Mobil (android / IOS)
to optinize the management of programs
and work in Crops de Colombia.
Crops Pest and Disease
Management, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value chains,
Management of
Institutional
Programs
We are interested in the reconstruction of Colombian agriculture in post-conflict times
from the development of capabilities that strengthen the industrialization of Colombian
agriculture with the adaptation of new technologies for a better positioning of Value
chains.
MAKAIA ONG Small www.makaia.or
g
Mission: We promote capacities for social
development from cooperation,
technology and innovation.
Vision: Each person and organization has
the information and knowledge to
increase opportunities that allow them to
transform themselves integrally and
transform their environment.
Crops ICT in Agriculture,
Value chains
We are interested in scaling up and replicating a project we have carried out together
with Lavazza, Microsoft, MinTIC, ALO & Partners, called: "Technological
transformation: improving the lives of coffee growers", whose objective is to improve
the capacities of coffee farmers in Mesetas, Meta (Colombia) ), as well as its
productivity, income and the value chain of coffee thanks to the improvement of rural
connectivity and the use and appropriation of technology and technological tools that
can be incorporated into their daily activities.
For now we work in Mesetas but we are open to take the project to other areas of
Colombia since the project is scalable and replicable.
Fundación REGIÓN
MUSEO
ONG Micro www.regionmus
eo.org
Foundation created for the promotion and
empowerment of peasant and indigenous
culture of the Lengupá region in the
department of Boyacá
Crops Value chains Our organization is in the phase of empowerment of citizenship and revitalization of
ancestral knowledge of the territory thanks to agreements with national research
centers focused on environmental research, product design of cultural tourism and an
alliance with an international center for the empowerment of community. The strength
of the Lengupá region lies in the preservation of 70% of its territory in forests, forests
and páramos. With ecosystems ranging from 500 to 3700 meters above sea level. In
addition to the indigenous knowledge culture in botany, ecosystem thinking and
territorial management
UNIVERSIDAD
NACIONAL ABIERTA
Y A DISTANCIA
University or
another type of
research
institute
Large https://www.una
d.edu.co/
The National Open and Distance
University (UNAD) is an autonomous
university entity of the national order, with
special regime, whose main objective is
open and distance education, linked to
the Ministry of National Education.
Our mission is to contribute to education
for all through the open, distance and
virtual learning environments, through
pedagogical action, social projection,
regional development and community
projection, inclusion, research,
internationalization and methodological
and didactic innovations, with the use of
information and communication
technologies to encourage and
accompany autonomous learning, a
generator of culture and entrepreneurial
spirit that, within the framework of global
society and knowledge, promotes
economic development , social and
human sustainable of the local, regional
and global communities with quality,
efficiency and social equity.
In this sense, we express our special
interest in establishing alliances and
agreements that allow progress in
formation and orientation processes that
contribute to Peace and social
coexistence.
we provide
education
and
technical
assistance
to improve
productive
processes
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Reforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
Currently, the university is promoting the development of agro-ecotourism projects in
areas affected by the armed conflict. We work hand in hand with peasant, indigenous
and afro-descendant communities throughout the country.
I enclose some activities of our agenda from the school of agricultural sciences -fathers-
and-of-the-environment.
https://noticias.unad.edu.co/index.php/unad-noticias/todas/103-escuela-de-ciencias-
agricolas-pecuarias-y-del-medio-ambiente-ecapma/2095-ciclo-de- conferences-de-libre-
participacion-centro-de-investigación-de-agricultura-y-biotecnologia-ciab-2018
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Agencia de a Pie Agencia de
prensa
Micro https://agenciad
eapie1.wordpres
s.com/
Communication agency that in one of its
aspects is interested in making visible the
possibilities of peacebuilding through
entrepreneurship in rural areas.
Crops Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
Rural development as a viable way of building peace.
Universidad de
Pamplona
University or
another type of
research
institute
Large www.unipamplo
na.edu.co
Public University of departmental order Crops Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
.
Urban Agriculture,
vertical farms -
Stock layers-
I am an agricultural engineer graduated in 1968 from the national university of
Colombia, I have been a professor at the same institution, I worked at the Ciat as head
of the Santa Rosa station, I have worked in technology adequacy, 20 years ago I live in
Canada.
Something more than 10 years ago I have combined my experience and my research
in the field of urban agriculture vertical farms - stock layers - and I have developed a
new technology in that field that will revolutionize the state of the art of the moment.
reducing substantially the initial and operating costs, main drawback in this kind of
exploitation.Despite this there is currently a flourishing and expansion in many
countries, The impact at world level is enormous. The concept of food safety is
perfectly understood. In principle as all farms of this type is the production of
vegetables such as leaves (lettuce, coriander, parsley, etc.) micro vegetables, sprouts,
green forrage, can later be oriented to other fields of agriculture such as vegetative
multiplication and plant health.
Attached information about the most advanced company in this kind of exploitation,
company to which I have the possibility to surpass;
http://aerofarms.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSrc9dE3A1k&t=61s
It is only six (6) that I have completed the implementation of this technology and I am
currently starting the search for an institution or individual as a partner as serious as
possible to finance this kind of projects because I personally do not dispose of own
resources. By pure chance I found this site and I consider it excellent the possibility that
they offer and I would like it to start in Colombia. There are many institutions and
organizations worldwide that have destined important money for research in this field.
As it is very understandable my technology is a very sensitive information and will be
subject to a confidentiality commitment in case of sharing it.
Crops,
Livestock,
Aquaculture
Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Reforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
Projects in science, technology and innovation with the research nurseries of the
university that work in different areas such as biology, Rural development, human
genome, tics development, tourism, among others. We would be very interested in
establishing contact with Scotland and the Scottish universities for the development of
joint projects. We are willing to put a contact person as an academic partner in
Scotland to develop these initiatives
Particular Private sector Micro I am a lonely researcher, I currently live in
Montreal.
Crops
Universidad del Cauca University or
another type of
research
institute
Large Www.unicauca.
edu.co
The University of Cauca was created in
Popayán as a Departmental University of
the third district by decree April 24, 1828.
It is a Higher Education Institution, of
national order, created in the origins of
the Republic of Colombia. It is a cultural
project that has a vital and permanent
commitment to social development.
Committed to La Paz territorial. The
University generates and socializes
science, technology, art and culture in
teaching, research and social projection.
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Fruexport Colombia Private sector Small Www.fruexport.
com
Consultancy on the implementation of
food safety standards.
Crops Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Food Safety
Improvement of production areas through the implementation of food safety standards
such as BRC and / or Globalgap
The idea has all the qualities to be an excellent project.
1) starts from the nutritional benefit of this fruit (high value of protein, antioxidants,
amino acids, calcium, vitamins), which gives the potential for commercialization.
2) Crops areas are directly affected by the conflict
3) have a high potential for the impersonation of illicit Crops
4) the communities that would benefit from the scope of the project are mostly
indigenous and Afro-descendant
5) With this project you could preserve virgin forests to give a contribution to the
environment.
Urban Agriculture,
vertical farms -
Stock layers-
I am an agricultural engineer graduated in 1968 from the national university of
Colombia, I have been a professor at the same institution, I worked at the Ciat as head
of the Santa Rosa station, I have worked in technology adequacy, 20 years ago I live in
Canada.
Something more than 10 years ago I have combined my experience and my research
in the field of urban agriculture vertical farms - stock layers - and I have developed a
new technology in that field that will revolutionize the state of the art of the moment.
reducing substantially the initial and operating costs, main drawback in this kind of
exploitation.Despite this there is currently a flourishing and expansion in many
countries, The impact at world level is enormous. The concept of food safety is
perfectly understood. In principle as all farms of this type is the production of
vegetables such as leaves (lettuce, coriander, parsley, etc.) micro vegetables, sprouts,
green forrage, can later be oriented to other fields of agriculture such as vegetative
multiplication and plant health.
Attached information about the most advanced company in this kind of exploitation,
company to which I have the possibility to surpass;
http://aerofarms.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSrc9dE3A1k&t=61s
It is only six (6) that I have completed the implementation of this technology and I am
currently starting the search for an institution or individual as a partner as serious as
possible to finance this kind of projects because I personally do not dispose of own
resources. By pure chance I found this site and I consider it excellent the possibility that
they offer and I would like it to start in Colombia. There are many institutions and
organizations worldwide that have destined important money for research in this field.
As it is very understandable my technology is a very sensitive information and will be
subject to a confidentiality commitment in case of sharing it.
Fruta
Dorada(productos a
base de chontaduro)
Public sector Micro GOLDEN FRUIT. It is a company created
from the need to take advantage of one of
the most nutritional tropical fruits we have
in rural areas affected by the conflict and
in addition to a huge potential both in
supplanting illicit Crops and in taking
advantage of it for the benefit of the
environment . Agroindustry is the solution,
through the innovation of the processing
of the FRUTA DORADA we have
developed products with added value with
excellent quality. Which have a great
export potential.
Crops linked
to
Agroindustry
Value chains
Particular Private sector Micro I am a lonely researcher, I currently live in
Montreal.
Crops
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organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Crops Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
We want to make a map that helps small farmers finding fertilizers and soil nutrients. Instruserv Private sector Small We are a small organization that helps
other institutions to investigate about their
interest area. We are a marketer, so we
look for laboratory instruments people
need and we import it.
Right now we are working with ASD, and
we have many applications in agriculture
for NIR, we are supporting some of those
applications and we are investigating too,
with the objective of help small farmers
finding right way to nourish the soil,
helping and making the nutrition proceess
be easier.
Secretaria de
Agricultura
Public sector Large Www.governaci
ondelValle.gov.c
o
Secretary of Agriculture Crops,
Livestock,
Aquaculture
Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value Chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
Agricultural Development for the Cauca Valley
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organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Characterization of the Production System of Oil Palm and Determination of the
Optimal Zones for the Establishment and Sustainable Development of the Production
System
Characterization of Cocoa - Banana Production Systems
Determination of suitable areas for the development of commercial forestry projects
Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value Chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers,
Agroecology
Technological scaling for the Rural development and territorial of the country, which
involves peasant, indigenous, Afro communities, among others. It seeks to support
institutional strengthening for food security and sovereignty, Rural development on
issues of integral development in the post-conflict, development of alternative energies
for isolated areas, integral management of water resources and land for agriculture and
for local communities, use of technologies for energy management with the use of local
resources and with differential communities, social appropriation of technologies and
social and technological innovations, strengthening of Value chains and economy
models in short circuits, integral use of promissory wild products with support for the
development of the wood chain, dignified rural housing and logistic and transport
models for the integration of products and the added value of them, development of
Value chains for medicinal products and extracts of plant origin, brand development
and product integration to the national chains s and international.
Fundación GEA ONG Micro Foundation for the Promotion and
Implementation of Science and
Technology in the Territorial
Development, "FUNDACION GEA", is an
organization nonprofit spirit, whose
primary target is the one to contribute with
sustainable the scientific and
technological development of Colombia,
like mechanism of preservation or
recovery of the environment and the
improvement of the quality of life of the
man. Our organization advances to
studies in different disciplines being its
specialty the farming ones, geoscience,
environment, enterprise development,
ordering and territorial development, and
applications of the
Georeferenced Information Systems GIS
and biotechnology, amONG other
disciplines
Crops Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural development
Universidad Nacional
de Colombia
University or
another type of
research
institute
Large http://unal.edu.c
o/
Institution of higher education Crops,
Livestock,
Aquaculture,
Agricultural
technologies
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Universidad
Autónoma de
Occidente
University or
another type of
research
institute
Small www.uao.edu.co IES Crops,
Sustainable
development
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
we seek partners into sustainable development and close-loop systems
Crops,
Livestock,
Aquaculture,
Forestry
Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Remote sensing,
vegetation
mapping, robotic
mapping
We are interested in developing technologies for multi-robot and multi-sensor (camera
and LiDAR) mapping of forests and crops. Additional to creating topographic/geometric
representations, we are interested in obtaining higher level semantic estimates, like
tree cover, terrain classes, biomass, vegetation maps, and many others according to
the perceived needs. Another application in which we are interested, and in which we
already have vast experience, is developing autonomous transportation systems for
both urban and rural environments.
Universidad
Autónoma de
Occidente (UAO)
University or
another type of
research
institute
Medium http://www.uao.
edu.co/
UAO is a research-and-teaching
institution based in Cali Colombia. With
my research group (Research group on
teleoperation and distributed control) and
the research seedbed in robotics that I
lead, we have a strONG interest in
developing machine learning and robotic
perception-based solutions to problems of
Colombian agriculture and forestry.
Universidad
Autónoma de
Occidente
Private sector Medium www.uao.edu.co The Universidad Autónoma de Occidente
is a private higher education institution. Its
mission is to integrate the intrinsic
functions of teaching alONG with
investigation and social projection into the
process of generating knowledge, thus
contributing to the forming of individuals.
Moreover, it is concerned with problem
solving issues at regional, national and
worldwide scales, all from an international
perspective.
Crops,
bioethanol
of residues
specially of
coffee
residues
Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
Historically during pulping process of the cherry coffee that is carried out in the coffee
farms in Colombia and several others countries in the world, a continuos and high
quantity of waste are generated. This residues pollutes in higher proportions the bodies
of natural water. It has been estimated that the pulp and mucilage contained in one
kilogram of cherry coffee can subtract all the oxygen to 5.7 cubic meters of water. This
produce its rapid putrefaction and therefore,
affecting the availability of water for its use and consumption. For this reason Entorno
Fundation with innovatived vision designed, built,
implemented and started a pilot plant for transform honey water to bioetanol, poultry
feed and organic fertilizer. This concept of biorefinery can be useful for the
development of rural communities throughout the area of influence of the Project.
However, Entorno Foundation, has had difficulties to optimize technically and
economically the processes of transformation of the honey waters into bioetanol so that
the yield in the plant is low, mainly in the fermentation and destillation stages. Thus a
new research is required to improving the availability of sugars to carry out the
fermentation process and to reduce the bacterial contamination of the must and
enrichment the ethanol in the destilate. Resolving this aspects, the idea it is realize the
transfer of this technology at rural comunities in postconflict zones that crop coffee.
With this transfer of technology we search lower the environmental impact of honey
water in rivers, valorize it into bioethanol, compost and poultry feed and increase
employment and quality of life, in organizated rural area
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
ASIACUN Asociación de
ingenieros
agrónomos
Micro We are an association of agronomists
whose objective is to contribute to the
development of the regions through
projects aimed at sustainable
development, food security and
agricultural production.
Crops Rural development We have many ideas within which is in Agroindustry: development of nutraceutical
pulps.
Use of drones images for the development of focalized fertilization.
Preparation of bio-inputs as alternatives for sustainable development.
organics tacón sas Private sector Micro We are a marketer of fresh organic
products. We promote the implementation
of GAP, agroecology and sustainable
development.
Crops Rural development Projects: productive projects that strengthen the associativity and technical assistance
of associations of organic producers.
Elaboration of pulp and by-products based on yacon.
Business strengthening for agricultural producers.
Transformation of
food of agricultural
and livestock origin
Technologies of minimum technological requirement to obtain high value-added
products from bovine, porcine, poultry and fish meats as well as support in procedures
for obtaining designations of origin for local products.
Crops,
Livestock,
Aquaculture,
Forestry
Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Remote sensing,
vegetation
mapping, robotic
mapping
We are interested in developing technologies for multi-robot and multi-sensor (camera
and LiDAR) mapping of forests and crops. Additional to creating topographic/geometric
representations, we are interested in obtaining higher level semantic estimates, like
tree cover, terrain classes, biomass, vegetation maps, and many others according to
the perceived needs. Another application in which we are interested, and in which we
already have vast experience, is developing autonomous transportation systems for
both urban and rural environments.
UNIVERSIDAD
NACIONAL DE
COLOMBIA
INSTITUTO DE
CIENCIA Y
TECNOLOGIA DE
ALIMENTOS ICTA
University or
another type of
research
institute
Large www.unal.edu.c
o
Research Institute Interfacultades of the
Bogota Headquarters of the National
University of Colombia dedicated to the
area of food in Science, Engineering and
Technology. Created in 1972 with the
support of the FAO and develops projects
generally in interdisciplinary mode with
the 8 floor teachers interacting with
professors from other Faculties
(Veterinary Medicine and Zootechnics,
Engineering, Sciences, Agricultural
Sciences and Medicine). The projects are
regional and national with a strong
component of technology transfer
reaching medium and small agricultural
producers providing alternatives for food
processing in products with higher added
value. The main sources of funding are
government entities (Ministries,
Government, City Halls) in addition to
Colciencias and other agencies such as
FAO.
Livestock,
Aquaculture,
Transformati
on of food of
livestock
origin
Universidad
Autónoma de
Occidente (UAO)
University or
another type of
research
institute
Medium http://www.uao.
edu.co/
UAO is a research-and-teaching
institution based in Cali Colombia. With
my research group (Research group on
teleoperation and distributed control) and
the research seedbed in robotics that I
lead, we have a strONG interest in
developing machine learning and robotic
perception-based solutions to problems of
Colombian agriculture and forestry.
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Crops,
Livestock,
Aquaculture
Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Reforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
The Mayor's Office is interested in Presenting to the United Kingdom Cocoa Producers
Organizations, coffee of the municipality for the establishment of alliances, for
commercialization and technology transfer or Knowledge Management to improve
productivity and competitiveness.
Alcaldía Municipio
Sardinata- Catatumbo
Public sector Medium http://www.sardi
nata-
nortedesantand
er.gov.co/
The municipality of Sardinata is one of the
11 municipalities that make up the
Catatumbo region in the department of
Norte de Santander, marked by violence
and armed conflict in recent decades.
Rural children and youth have
experienced the consequences of
violence in their communities,
Sardinata is a municipality with about
22,600 inhabitants, located in 19
neighborhoods of the urban head, 127
lanes and 6 corregimientos such as
Victoria, Luis Vero, San Martin de Loba
and the latter mercedes with a population
density close to 8000 inhabitants who
have suffered with great acuteness the
rigors of the armed conflict and the
incidence during decades of guerrilla
groups such as the Eln Farc, Epl and the
Incursion at the time of paramilitary
groups.
Account with productive organizations,
Cocoa, Coffee. Panela, Livestock.
We request information to know
companies of Embassy of the United
Kingdom in Colombia To establish
alliances for the Call.
Our company considers that with the implementation of alternative energies to fish
production systems with biofloc technology and articulated with aquaponics, it
constitutes a solution for the food security of vulnerable and recovering populations, as
well as an attractiveness for agricultural activities. tourism. We are currently executing
a pilot of this productive project, which, carried to a greater scale and densities, is a
solution to many needs of the population.
Fundación Con Vida ONG Micro www.fconvida.or
g
We have 21 years of experience in
environmental management in forestry
projects and productive and
environmental accompaniment to rural
productive projects. We have experience
in the administration of contracts with
International Cooperation entities and in
the articulation of entities for the
development of projects. Currently, we
are linked to the productive chain of the
Avocado and we are interested in the use
of surplus Cosecha for commercial
purposes.
Harvesting
of harvest
surpluses
Rural
Development,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
Our business aims to take advantage of the surplus of the Hass Avocado Harvest,
measured at 3% per year of the total production. Our development focuses on the
production of high-value edible and non-edible products from the skin, seeds and pulp
of the Hass avocado, seeking an integral use of the fruit and taking care of the growth
of this crop in the country. Our project is developed in the Municipality of Urrao,
Antioquia, a municipality that was recently affected by the conflict, and currently has
15% of the area registered for export in Colombia.
AGROPESCA NOVOA
SAS
Private sector Micro www.islasantael
ena.com
AGROPESCA NOVOA SAS, is an
operator agency of travel and tourism,
whose mission is to develop agrotourism
through the production and
commercialization of fishing and
agricultural species, in the region of the
Colombian Orinoquía; gradually
incorporating alternative energies into the
sustainable development of our projects.
We seek cooperation alliances with
entities, institutions, ONG, in such a way
that our immense tourist offer persists and
is optimized and mutually benefited.
Crops,
Aquaculture
Rural development
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
FINCA ELORZA ,
RANCHO VIDA
TRANQUILA
Private sector Small FARM DEDICATED TO THE DOUBLE
PROPISED LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION,
WITH A VIEW TO ESTABLISH
INTENSIVE LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION
PROCESS TO MAKE IT MORE
PRODUCTIVE USING LESS
HECTARES OF THE AREA
CURRENTLY AVAILABLE.
Crops,
Livestock,
BEEKEEPIN
G
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture
THE CURRENT PROJECTION IS DIRECTED TO THE INTENSIVE PRODUCTION
OF CATTLE OF CEBA, FOR WHICH IS OUR LONGER THE ACQUISITION OF
EQUIPMENT AND APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES FOR A MORE EFFICIENT
PRODUCTION.
cocoa production
and marketing
The project consists in carrying out the process of technical, administrative and
productive preparation for the development of the Cocoa line by the cocoa-producing
families associated with APROCAGSU, through the organizational and business
strengthening of the APROCAGSU Association, in the processes of the BPA (good
agricultural practices) in harvesting processes, post harvest, transformation generation
of added value to their products and marketing, so that the organization grows in an
integral development that allows it to venture into markets and continue with its
processes of increase in income of each partner and publicize our product new sales
markets
Crops,
Livestock,
Aquaculture
Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Reforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
The Mayor's Office is interested in Presenting to the United Kingdom Cocoa Producers
Organizations, coffee of the municipality for the establishment of alliances, for
commercialization and technology transfer or Knowledge Management to improve
productivity and competitiveness.
aprocagsu Private sector Small This association consists mainly of small
peasant producers dedicated to
agricultural and livestock activities such
as cocoa cultivation, Livestock and bread
catch, in these communities the sowing of
cocoa cultivation is predominant, as the
main productive activity of the families,
who have been able to of vulnerability and
victims of armed conflict by illegal groups
and the presence of illicit Crops, added to
the little and scarce presence of state
institutions. It is also worth highlighting
that the work with the families associated
with APROCAGSU in improving the
organizational part, the commercialization
and other socio-business aspects that
allow the organization to achieve the
objective of entering new market niches
and counteracting the negative effects of
intermediation .
Crops
Alcaldía Municipio
Sardinata- Catatumbo
Public sector Medium http://www.sardi
nata-
nortedesantand
er.gov.co/
The municipality of Sardinata is one of the
11 municipalities that make up the
Catatumbo region in the department of
Norte de Santander, marked by violence
and armed conflict in recent decades.
Rural children and youth have
experienced the consequences of
violence in their communities,
Sardinata is a municipality with about
22,600 inhabitants, located in 19
neighborhoods of the urban head, 127
lanes and 6 corregimientos such as
Victoria, Luis Vero, San Martin de Loba
and the latter mercedes with a population
density close to 8000 inhabitants who
have suffered with great acuteness the
rigors of the armed conflict and the
incidence during decades of guerrilla
groups such as the Eln Farc, Epl and the
Incursion at the time of paramilitary
groups.
Account with productive organizations,
Cocoa, Coffee. Panela, Livestock.
We request information to know
companies of Embassy of the United
Kingdom in Colombia To establish
alliances for the Call.
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
We are looking for the strengthening of the Cocoa and Chocolate production chain in
the Southwest of Colombia; taking advantage of the regional conditions for the
establishment of new Crops and industrialization of the cultivation of "Criollo" and
"Trinitarios" type cocoas of excellent quality
Tierra Grata ONG Micro www.tierragrata.
org
Social organization that provides
alternatives for
reduce the social inequality of households
guaranteeing access to the services
of energy, water and sanitation, through
of low-cost and easy social technologies
installation and friendly to the
environment, which through a process of
social intervention with participatory
methodologies that have an ethnic and
gender focus allows empowering
communities to be managers of their own
development.
Crops Rural
Development,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
We have three water, energy and sanitation action lines. For each of them we are
developing innovative solutions to improve the quality of life of rural families in
Colombia. One of the projects we are currently developing is a water treatment plant,
which works with solar energy, which allows storage, purification and distribution of
water.
We also have a dry bath, or composter that does not use water and we are working to
transform solid waste into fertilizers and fertilizers for commercialization.
cocoa production
and marketing
The project consists in carrying out the process of technical, administrative and
productive preparation for the development of the Cocoa line by the cocoa-producing
families associated with APROCAGSU, through the organizational and business
strengthening of the APROCAGSU Association, in the processes of the BPA (good
agricultural practices) in harvesting processes, post harvest, transformation generation
of added value to their products and marketing, so that the organization grows in an
integral development that allows it to venture into markets and continue with its
processes of increase in income of each partner and publicize our product new sales
markets
Asociación de
productores de
Cacao del Centro del
Valle
ONG Micro https://www.face
book.com/produ
cacao/
The Association of Cocoa Producers of
the Valle del Cauca Center is created in
2012 with the purpose of encouraging
farmers and families in the rural area of
the region to plant cocoa as an alternative
for economic support, giving them the
opportunity to improve day by day the
exercise; It also advocates for clean
agriculture, biodiversity, recovery of native
cocoa Crops, agro-tourism and traditional
and family agriculture that through the
added value given to their products and
services allows a fair and worthy
marketing to be shown in domestic
markets and external.
Crops,
Transformati
on into
products
derived from
the
production
of Cocoa
Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
aprocagsu Private sector Small This association consists mainly of small
peasant producers dedicated to
agricultural and livestock activities such
as cocoa cultivation, Livestock and bread
catch, in these communities the sowing of
cocoa cultivation is predominant, as the
main productive activity of the families,
who have been able to of vulnerability and
victims of armed conflict by illegal groups
and the presence of illicit Crops, added to
the little and scarce presence of state
institutions. It is also worth highlighting
that the work with the families associated
with APROCAGSU in improving the
organizational part, the commercialization
and other socio-business aspects that
allow the organization to achieve the
objective of entering new market niches
and counteracting the negative effects of
intermediation .
Crops
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
ASGROCAQUETA ASOCIACION
DE
PRODUCTORE
S
Micro No tiene Our association is a non-profit
organization, which consists of 25 families
wishing to promote the Aquaculture in an
innovative way with technology applied to
intensive cultivation in the Department of
Caqueta with
Aquaculture Value chains,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
We are an association of producers in the framework of the Amazon region, which
promote fish farming in intensive form of the line in Red Tilapia, wanting to improve
local and regional large-scale fish farming in order to turn this opportunity into a
development of the region
Environmental
Impact and / or
Reforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers,
Food Security,
Conservation and
Sustainable Use of
Agrobiodiversity
Exploratory research for the identification of promising but little or no use wild and
cultivated species native to the transitional and normalization zones, as well as the
surrounding areas under their influence, which can contribute to the improvement of the
food security of the communities that live there and that represent interesting
opportunities for agro-business.
Crops Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture
The community of corregimiento 8 rural area of Buenaventura-Valle del Cauca, have
been victims of the armed conflict, among other problems; Therefore, in order to
promote food security in this area, it is intended to develop the agricultural project of
pancoger and to promote the sustainability of it, will transform the typical products of
the region that have been cultivated.
This project is relevant to develop it since it would generate employability and
sustainability for families in this community that has been forgotten, stigmatized and
excluded. Therefore to give them this opportunity, we would contribute to the
development of this population, providing them with opportunities to get ahead.
Universidad Nacional
de Colombia
University or
another type of
research
institute
Large http://www.unal.
edu.co
Largest public university and research
capacity in Colombia
Crops,
agrobiodiver
sity
Fundación ecológica
y económica
iluminando el futuro
(FUNDEILU)
ONG Large www.fundeilu.w
ordpress.com/
We are an organization that promotes the
management and execution with
transparency of infrastructure projects,
basic sanitation, improvement of rural
roads in rural areas, higher education,
innovation and inventiveness, the
application of technology in processes
and sustainable actions with the
environment. We walk in coherence with
the objectives of the millennium for the
disappearance of extreme poverty.
Tierra Grata ONG Micro www.tierragrata.
org
Social organization that provides
alternatives for
reduce the social inequality of households
guaranteeing access to the services
of energy, water and sanitation, through
of low-cost and easy social technologies
installation and friendly to the
environment, which through a process of
social intervention with participatory
methodologies that have an ethnic and
gender focus allows empowering
communities to be managers of their own
development.
Crops Rural
Development,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
We have three water, energy and sanitation action lines. For each of them we are
developing innovative solutions to improve the quality of life of rural families in
Colombia. One of the projects we are currently developing is a water treatment plant,
which works with solar energy, which allows storage, purification and distribution of
water.
We also have a dry bath, or composter that does not use water and we are working to
transform solid waste into fertilizers and fertilizers for commercialization.
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Buenaventura-Valle del Cauca, despite being a port city where 60% of Colombian
foreign trade is mobilized, has one of the highest unemployment rates nationwide;
Therefore, the foundation for social development and environmental protection has the
idea of a "Prawns In Pond" project, which provides the opportunity for men and women
who are heads of household, who are in vulnerable conditions, to do part of this project.
AgroindustrySachaom
ega Col S.A.S.
Private sector Micro Www.sachaome
gacol.com
We manage the production chain of
Sacha Inchi and its derivatives
Crops Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Reforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
Fair marketing abroad
Environmental
Impact and / or
Reforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers,
Food Security,
Conservation and
Sustainable Use of
Agrobiodiversity
Exploratory research for the identification of promising but little or no use wild and
cultivated species native to the transitional and normalization zones, as well as the
surrounding areas under their influence, which can contribute to the improvement of the
food security of the communities that live there and that represent interesting
opportunities for agro-business.
Fundación Para El
Desarrollo Social Y
La Protección Del
Medio Ambiente
ONG Medium https://www.face
book.com/Fund
aci%C3%B3n-
Para-El-
Desarrollo-
Social-Y-La-
Protecci%C3%
B3n-Del-Medio-
Ambiente-
6593965409056
91/
the foundation for social development and
environmental protection, is a responsible
organization committed to society, helping
people in a vulnerable situation to
improve their lives and their community,
all in coherence with environmental
protection.
We work with children, youth, families and
communities, to provide them with the
necessary tools so that they can take
responsibility for their lives and their
environment. Through education, health,
and employment, taking into account
environmental preservation, all in order to
help improve their living conditions so that
they are able to develop their full potential
and take an active and responsible part in
society.
Aquaculture Rural
development,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Reforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
Universidad Nacional
de Colombia
University or
another type of
research
institute
Large http://www.unal.
edu.co
Largest public university and research
capacity in Colombia
Crops,
agrobiodiver
sity
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Taller el cafetero Private sector Micro organization dedicated to the
maintenance and manufacture of
equipment for the agricultural sector.
Crops,
Aquaculture
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
One of the projects in which we are interested in working with the support of the United
Kingdom is in the automatic production of a special coffee dryer, with the use of
renewable energies and with continuous monitoring of the process
Corporación para
Investigaciones
Biológicas
University or
another type of
research
institute
Small www.cib.org.co The CIB is a research institute with 48
years of history. One of its areas of focus
is agricultural and environmental
biotechnology. Its mission is the
generation of new knowledge,
technological development and training of
researchers.
Crops Pest and Disease
Management,
Value chains
From the generation of scientific knowledge it has been possible to positively impact
productive sectors such as avocado, cocoa, coconut and banana. Different research
projects have led to developments with great potential for the aforementioned
Agroindustries.
FUNDACION PARA
EL DESARROLLO
SOCIAL DE LA
COSTA ATLANTICA
ONG Small fundescat@hot
mail.com
Nonprofit organization, whose purpose is
to develop productive projects in the
agricultural sector, to improve food
security for small farmers (as).
Crops Rural development Improvement of the productivity of the corn crop in the South Atlantic -Colombia using
irrigation and improved varieties.
Nurseries
with native
species to
reforest for
destruction
of the native
forest.
Implementati
on of fishing
associations
(trout).
Creation of
botanical
garden.
Theater
workshops
to involve
the
community
in general.
Training in
different
fields,
technology.
Organic
crops
Medicinal
plants and
others
Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
Our projects are focused on agriculture. We have the natural resources for the
development of the project. We have qualified personnel to achieve the development of
the proposed projects. Therefore, we look for a partner that can help us, provide us
with advice and financing. That is interested in the care of natural resources, ecological
tourism and the development of vulnerable communities.
Fundación semillas
de paz Alcides
jimenez
Fundación sin
ánimo de lucro
Micro We are a foundation Non-profit which
seeks community development of the
vulnerable areas of the country affected
by the conflict. We seek to improve the
quality of life of the people who inhabit
these regions. We also seek gender
equality and especially that women have
greater empowerment.
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
ICT in Agriculture The project to produce for export and for national consumption, dehydrated maONG,
we know this is a solution for the conservation of the large quantities of fruit production
in the region, the solution that was found with the fruit is a conservation process , one
of the most desirable fruits for both, Colombians and international consumers. Making
a transformation of its natural state so that it can precisely prolONG the shelf life of this
exotic fruit and It can take better advantage of the natural properties. You can find this
fruit available at any time of the year. Having the final product the idea is to potentiate
its consumption by opening new markets in countries where this fruit can not be find or
at least not with the quality that is in Colombia.
Nurseries
with native
species to
reforest for
destruction
of the native
forest.
Implementati
on of fishing
associations
(trout).
Creation of
botanical
garden.
Theater
workshops
to involve
the
community
in general.
Training in
different
fields,
technology.
Organic
crops
Medicinal
plants and
others
Rural
Development,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
Our projects are focused on agriculture. We have the natural resources for the
development of the project. We have qualified personnel to achieve the development of
the proposed projects. Therefore, we look for a partner that can help us, provide us
with advice and financing. That is interested in the care of natural resources, ecological
tourism and the development of vulnerable communities.
FUNDACION
TRANSFORMANDO
REGION
Private sector Micro The foundation was created in 2009. Our
fundamental objective is planning and
execution local, regional, national and
international projects of socio-economic
investment, through creativity and
innovation, grouping business processes
in the public and private sector and
contributing to the quality of life of the
community who lives in it to obtain a more
just and equitable society, a highly
qualified and qualified human resource to
provide a service with quality, a sense of
social commitments, a spirit of service
and a respect for the human being and
the entities that claim it the service.
Build a plant
of
Production
and procees
dehydrated
maONG
Fundación semillas
de paz Alcides
jimenez
Fundación sin
ánimo de lucro
Micro We are a foundation Non-profit which
seeks community development of the
vulnerable areas of the country affected
by the conflict. We seek to improve the
quality of life of the people who inhabit
these regions. We also seek gender
equality and especially that women have
greater empowerment.
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137
Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
finca los guayabos Private Sector Micro It is a Small farm where there is cattle
raising, and cultivation such as yucca,
banana and corn
Crops,
Livestock,
Aquaculture
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
Livestock sustainable
Corporation business ONG Micro corposhadaiblog
spot.com
is an organization that works for the
development of rural youth, is interested
in developing a productive proposal in
fruits and aromatics
Crops Rural development produce and market tropical fruits and aromatic plants for women and young
Asovice Private Sector Small Asovice Defender of rights. Humans. Crops Rural development Strengthen us And be able to develop. Ours Crops Doyenne. Sweet panela
Project for the dairy sector in Bogotá city - region
Corporación
VALLENPAZ
ONG Medium www.vallenpaz.
org.co
The Vallenpaz Corporation is a non-profit
entity that has been working for 18 years
for the integral development of rural
communities in the Colombian Southwest.
Basing their work on an accompaniment
that seeks the self-management of
peasant groups offering them the
possibility of developing talents at a
productive level with a focus on clean
agriculture with emphasis on the
conservation of the environment,
business strengthening and improvement
of product marketing. We are interested in
collaborating with other entities in bringing
innovative technologies to the field, to
improve the standard of living of the
communities we serve
Crops,
Livestock,
Aquaculture
Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
development,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
It is very important for us to facilitate the access of our farmers to innovative
technologies that offer us to improve their income, fight pests and limiting diseases with
the use of environmentally friendly technologies, access to possibilities to improve the
quality of their agricultural products or increase value to make them more competitive
in the market. Our communities are small farmers with an average planting area of 1 ha
or less, women and people who are victims of the armed conflict in our country who
seek to sustain themselves and project a life plan within the new post-conflict
conditions. We invite companies or research entities to make a joint effort for these
communities, offering a differential value that makes them competitive and helps them
achieve their dreams.
Secretaria Distrital de
Desarrollo Económico
Public sector Medium http://www.desa
rrolloeconomico.
gov.co/
District entity that manages and executes
economic development policies, aimed at
strengthening competitiveness, business
development, employment, the rural
economy and food supply, through the
design and implementation of effective
strategies that lead to the generation and
improvement of income of people,
businesses and the improvement of the
quality of life of the inhabitants of the city.
Livestock Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value Chains,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
ICT in Agriculture,
Credits and
agricultural
insurance
Our flagship project is currently AgroSpatial, which is a web service oriented to the
monitoring and management of Crops data, supported with satellite technology (remote
sensors) and data of various kinds and sources (census data, data taken in the field,
digital models of elevation, among others). Through the service it is possible to carry
out descriptive, diagnostic, predictive and prescriptive analyzes of the data related to
the Crops and that are being taken continuously and historically, all in order to optimize
production, in addition to providing support for access credits and agricultural insurance.
Agrospatial fits the needs of customers and their Crops. It integrates, stores and
therefore allows analyzing data through the use of business intelligence techniques and
tools, thus satisfying the improvement of income and food security in the regions,
allowing sustainability. It is interoperable with satellite imagery data that allows the
integration of field data. and satellites to carry out an exhaustive analysis, providing
information that allows identifying the evolution of Crops, adopting optimal agronomic
actions and mitigating risks.
Within the strengths of the working group can be counted the fact of being composed
of professionals with high experience in information technology integrating the solutions
to the geographic component.
Edna Piedad Cubillos Caicedo (CEO)
Extensive experience in the public and private sectors at managerial levels and large-
scale project management.
Adrian Alejandro Gonzalez Rodriguez (CTO)
Teaching Researcher in the area of Information Technology and communications with a
geospatial approach. Winner of Hackathon Agro and NASA Col.
Francisco Sarmiento (Director of Innovation)
Extensive experience in programming and development, based on geospatial
solutions, as well as spatial data processing based on the cloud. Efficient application of
the Big Data concept and data mining methodologies.
Gelberth Amarillo (Development Director)
Extensive experience in the management and administration of conventional and
spatial databases, development of Information Systems and web and Android
applications.
Julio Cesar Rodriguez Gomez
Business Administrator, with experience in management and coordination of
technological projects, business ideation and business consultancy in its incubation
and acceleration phase.
Crops,
Aquaculture
Plague and
disease
management,
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value Chains,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
DEVELOPMENT OF RESISTANT CACAO PLANTATION SPECIES FOR THE
CULTIVATION OF THE VULNERABLE POPULATION OF THE COLOMBIAN PACIFIC
GEOMAP SAS Private Sector Micro http://geomap.c
om.co/
Company with extensive experience in
consulting and auditing in all types of
activities related to the field of geomatics
such as; Remote Sensing, Cartography,
GIS, Topography and GNSS supporting
infrastructure projects, cadastre, territorial
management, agro and environment with
great potential in the technological
component, directing their services to the
development of geographic web solutions,
making spatial information management a
potential for our clients' businesses;
development and implementation of
customized Information Systems
integrating open and georeferenced data,
thus generating integrated applications.
One of the projects developed is
Agrospatial, the winning idea of the
Hackathon Agro 2016 carried out in Cali,
it is an innovative idea based on science
and technology with which we wish to
participate in the current call.
Crops
Fundación Para el
Fomento, Desarrollo
y Potencialización de
Proyectos
Innovadores del
Pacífico Colombiano
"FUNDACION
CHONTO CIMARRON"
ONG Small www.fundacionc
honto.com
"Chonto Cimarrón" Foundation is a non-
profit organization that provides high
quality Technical Assistance in
Agricultural Assistance to small and
medium producers in the rural sector, we
are based on technical innovation in the
delivery and passion of the best team of
human talent. We have the National
Registry of Bidders of Rural Technical
Assistance Services and approval of the
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development.
Our excellence and commitment has
allowed us to consolidate good relations
with entities of the public sector and
private of the regional order who support
their contribution to the development of
the rural area, in its progress, use and
performance.
Corporación
VALLENPAZ
ONG Medium www.vallenpaz.
org.co
The Vallenpaz Corporation is a non-profit
entity that has been working for 18 years
for the integral development of rural
communities in the Colombian Southwest.
Basing their work on an accompaniment
that seeks the self-management of
peasant groups offering them the
possibility of developing talents at a
productive level with a focus on clean
agriculture with emphasis on the
conservation of the environment,
business strengthening and improvement
of product marketing. We are interested in
collaborating with other entities in bringing
innovative technologies to the field, to
improve the standard of living of the
communities we serve
Crops,
Livestock,
Aquaculture
Pest and Disease
Management,
Rural
development,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
It is very important for us to facilitate the access of our farmers to innovative
technologies that offer us to improve their income, fight pests and limiting diseases with
the use of environmentally friendly technologies, access to possibilities to improve the
quality of their agricultural products or increase value to make them more competitive
in the market. Our communities are small farmers with an average planting area of 1 ha
or less, women and people who are victims of the armed conflict in our country who
seek to sustain themselves and project a life plan within the new post-conflict
conditions. We invite companies or research entities to make a joint effort for these
communities, offering a differential value that makes them competitive and helps them
achieve their dreams.
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
monimas Private Sector Micro production and research Crops Plague and
disease
management
biopesticide production
monimas Private Sector Micro production and research Crops Plague and
disease
management
biopesticide production
FUCCE Private Sector Small Www.fucce.com
.co
FUCCE is a non-profit foundation where it
trains children, women and the elderly in a
situation of vulnerability, in commune four
of Soacha, where it has its center of
studies and school, additionally works
with education in different fields
Crops Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
The community in commune four of Soacha does not have to eat, and often not even
where to sleep, they have their canned ranches and live in the land, the FUCCE
foundation has created projects in the area such as sustainable Crops of quinoa on the
slopes of the River and the area of the lake where there is only waste and desolation
trying to turn that area into a productive place for the Community where with Quinoa
other forms of employment and life are generated, unfortunately the lack of resources
has prevented us from growing in this process .
ICT in Agriculture,
Credits and
agricultural
insurance
Our flagship project is currently AgroSpatial, which is a web service oriented to the
monitoring and management of Crops data, supported with satellite technology (remote
sensors) and data of various kinds and sources (census data, data taken in the field,
digital models of elevation, among others). Through the service it is possible to carry
out descriptive, diagnostic, predictive and prescriptive analyzes of the data related to
the Crops and that are being taken continuously and historically, all in order to optimize
production, in addition to providing support for access credits and agricultural insurance.
Agrospatial fits the needs of customers and their Crops. It integrates, stores and
therefore allows analyzing data through the use of business intelligence techniques and
tools, thus satisfying the improvement of income and food security in the regions,
allowing sustainability. It is interoperable with satellite imagery data that allows the
integration of field data. and satellites to carry out an exhaustive analysis, providing
information that allows identifying the evolution of Crops, adopting optimal agronomic
actions and mitigating risks.
Within the strengths of the working group can be counted the fact of being composed
of professionals with high experience in information technology integrating the solutions
to the geographic component.
Edna Piedad Cubillos Caicedo (CEO)
Extensive experience in the public and private sectors at managerial levels and large-
scale project management.
Adrian Alejandro Gonzalez Rodriguez (CTO)
Teaching Researcher in the area of Information Technology and communications with a
geospatial approach. Winner of Hackathon Agro and NASA Col.
Francisco Sarmiento (Director of Innovation)
Extensive experience in programming and development, based on geospatial
solutions, as well as spatial data processing based on the cloud. Efficient application of
the Big Data concept and data mining methodologies.
Gelberth Amarillo (Development Director)
Extensive experience in the management and administration of conventional and
spatial databases, development of Information Systems and web and Android
applications.
Julio Cesar Rodriguez Gomez
Business Administrator, with experience in management and coordination of
technological projects, business ideation and business consultancy in its incubation
and acceleration phase.
GEOMAP SAS Private Sector Micro http://geomap.c
om.co/
Company with extensive experience in
consulting and auditing in all types of
activities related to the field of geomatics
such as; Remote Sensing, Cartography,
GIS, Topography and GNSS supporting
infrastructure projects, cadastre, territorial
management, agro and environment with
great potential in the technological
component, directing their services to the
development of geographic web solutions,
making spatial information management a
potential for our clients' businesses;
development and implementation of
customized Information Systems
integrating open and georeferenced data,
thus generating integrated applications.
One of the projects developed is
Agrospatial, the winning idea of the
Hackathon Agro 2016 carried out in Cali,
it is an innovative idea based on science
and technology with which we wish to
participate in the current call.
Crops
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
AMFRUMCOL ASOCIACION
DE
PRODUCTORE
S DEL
MAGDALENA
Small NO TIENE WE ARE AN ASSOCIATION
DEDICATED TO THE PRODUCTION
AND COMMERCIALIZATION OF FRUIT
(BANANAS, BANANA, ZAPOTE,
MELON, PAPAYA, MAONG, LEMON,
ORANGE, GUANABANA, GUAYABA,
TAMARINDO) IN THE DEPARTMENT
OF MAGDALENA.
Crops Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers,
COMERCIALIZATI
ON
WE ARE INTERESTED IN COMMERCIALIZING THE PULP OF FRUIT THAT WE
PRODUCE FOR WHICH WE NEED TO HAVE RESOURCES ACQUIRING THE
MACHINERY TO CARRY OUT THE INDUSTRIAL PROCESS AND PERMIT
DOCUMENTS TO ACHIEVE MARKET OUR PRODUCTION
Corporación
Colombiana de
Investigación
Agropecuaria
AGROSAVIA
Public sector Large http://www.corp
oica.org.co
Agriculture research and technology
transference to colombian farmers
Crops Plague and
disease
management
secure advice to rubber crop farmers, rubber disease management, plant perennial
crops epidemiology
FUNDEPA Private Sector Micro epsagro.fundep
Foundation dedicated to the realization of
Agro-social projects
Crops,
Livestock,
Aquaculture,
social and
cultural
Plague and
disease
management,
Rural development
We are professional technical advisors
Cananguchal Private Sector Micro Roast milk producers Livestock Value Chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
Industrialize with added value for packaging and marketing
Some possible ideas are related to the closing of rural urban gaps for the promotion of
an integral development of the territory, the generation of dignified employment
conditions for the actors of the rural sector, the restoration and ecosystem
conservation, the reconstruction of the fertility profile of the soils, the modernization of
the local productive systems (productivity and competitiveness (infrastructure,
processes and capacities)), the efficient use of water resources (low consumption
irrigation systems for Crops as tomato) and the use of alternative energy systems for
the aquatic processes (oxygenation with mechanisms powered by solar energy) and
agricultural production for the mobilization of irrigation systems.
As strengths we can mention the leveraging of processes from the territorial vocation, a
network of allies at national, regional and local level, direct work with the productive
bases, integration of the productive social, private and commercial sector, trajectory in
the development of projects in the rural, productive and gender, promotion of
responsible and circular economies, promotion of production processes and local
consumption, permanent territorial presence, among others.
Red De Agencias De
Desarrollo
Economico Local De
Colombia
Private Sector Small www.redadelco.
org
The National Network of Local
Development Agencies of Colombia - Red
Adelco is a private nonprofit entity that
works for territorial development from the
local approach and construction and
under the principles of co-responsibility,
transparency, commitment and solidarity.
It integrates ten (10) Local Economic
Development Agencies - ADEL existing in
the country, which are located in the
departments of Antioquia, Arauca,
Boyacá, Cauca, Cesar, Chocó, Nariño,
Santander and Valle del Cauca, each
agency has bets productive based on the
characteristics of the territory, seeking
with them to contribute to integral
development, citizen participation,
sustainable productive development and
income generation for the welfare and
good living of local communities.
Crops Rural development
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Some possible ideas are related to the closing of rural urban gaps for the promotion of
an integral development of the territory, the generation of dignified employment
conditions for the actors of the rural sector, the restoration and ecosystem
conservation, the reconstruction of the fertility profile of the soils, the modernization of
the local productive systems (productivity and competitiveness (infrastructure,
processes and capacities)), the efficient use of water resources (low consumption
irrigation systems for Crops as tomato) and the use of alternative energy systems for
the aquatic processes (oxygenation with mechanisms powered by solar energy) and
agricultural production for the mobilization of irrigation systems.
As strengths we can mention the leveraging of processes from the territorial vocation, a
network of allies at national, regional and local level, direct work with the productive
bases, integration of the productive social, private and commercial sector, trajectory in
the development of projects in the rural, productive and gender, promotion of
responsible and circular economies, promotion of production processes and local
consumption, permanent territorial presence, among others.
Red De Agencias De
Desarrollo
Economico Local De
Colombia
Private Sector Small www.redadelco.
org
The National Network of Local
Development Agencies of Colombia - Red
Adelco is a private nonprofit entity that
works for territorial development from the
local approach and construction and
under the principles of co-responsibility,
transparency, commitment and solidarity.
It integrates ten (10) Local Economic
Development Agencies - ADEL existing in
the country, which are located in the
departments of Antioquia, Arauca,
Boyacá, Cauca, Cesar, Chocó, Nariño,
Santander and Valle del Cauca, each
agency has bets productive based on the
characteristics of the territory, seeking
with them to contribute to integral
development, citizen participation,
sustainable productive development and
income generation for the welfare and
good living of local communities.
Crops Rural development Some possible ideas are related to the closing of rural urban gaps for the promotion of
an integral development of the territory, the generation of dignified employment
conditions for the actors of the rural sector, the restoration and ecosystem
conservation, the reconstruction of the fertility profile of the soils, the modernization of
the local productive systems (productivity and competitiveness (infrastructure,
processes and capacities)), the efficient use of water resources (low consumption
irrigation systems for Crops as tomato) and the use of alternative energy systems for
the aquatic processes (oxygenation with mechanisms powered by solar energy) and
agricultural production for the mobilization of irrigation systems.
As strengths we can mention the leveraging of processes from the territorial vocation, a
network of allies at national, regional and local level, direct work with the productive
bases, integration of the productive social, private and commercial sector, trajectory in
the development of projects in the rural, productive and gender, promotion of
responsible and circular economies, promotion of production processes and local
consumption, permanent territorial presence, among others.
Red De Agencias De
Desarrollo
Economico Local De
Colombia
Private Sector Small www.redadelco.
org
The National Network of Local
Development Agencies of Colombia - Red
Adelco is a private nonprofit entity that
works for territorial development from the
local approach and construction and
under the principles of co-responsibility,
transparency, commitment and solidarity.
It integrates ten (10) Local Economic
Development Agencies - ADEL existing in
the country, which are located in the
departments of Antioquia, Arauca,
Boyacá, Cauca, Cesar, Chocó, Nariño,
Santander and Valle del Cauca, each
agency has bets productive based on the
characteristics of the territory, seeking
with them to contribute to integral
development, citizen participation,
sustainable productive development and
income generation for the welfare and
good living of local communities.
Crops Rural development
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Plague and
disease
management,
Rural
development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value Chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers,
Use of organic
waste on farms
Strengthen and expand the ECOMERCADO project, this involves expanding the
network of producers and consumers of organic products, for which we need to have
technical assistance and improvement of facilities and processes on the farms of small
producers, seeking to certify them according to the rules to be more competitive , for
now we do it with our accompaniment, SENA in some issues, and we have with the
farmers' suppliers a reliable pact to supply quality products. Have interactive virtual
tools to show and evidence our efforts, achieve advertising in the local media radio and
television. We want to systematize part of the experience and make publication to
motivate other communities to take similar actions, to strengthen our clients with
strategies that strengthen the network. Having support in logistics for the development
of events that we have been positioning to build good practices and sustainability, as
well as responsible consumption.
Crops,
Agroindustry
ICT in Agriculture,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
We are looking for a partner of the United Kingdom for a territorial development project
to strengthen the local capacities in the administration of the Value Chains of
agricultural and forestry resources that articulate actors, generate income and other
employment opportunities different from the megaminería that threatens the
environmental sustainability and the quality of travel of the inhabitants of the
municipality of Córdoba, in the department of Quindío. Our entity ECOCALIDAD is
supporting the community and in that process a "Territorio Nuestro" cooperative was
created to ensure participation and governance. The project is committed to the mayor,
entrepreneurs, craftsmen, producers and the educational community and also the
departmental government is also supporting the community in this initiative. The
municipality was highly affected by the guerrilla and the objective is to re-activate the
local economy and integrate it into regional development
ECOHUMUS SAS Private Sector Small https://www.face
book.com/ECO
HUMUS-SAS-
1424753458313
77/
ECOHUMUS SAS aims to produce and
market certified organic fertilizers and
provide technical assistance service,
professional services on issues such as
advice and support in the design and
implementation of sustainable
environmental and productive projects.
We are leaders in the region with
promotion of organic products, we have
an ECOMERCADO project that
articulates the commercialization of
products of more than 30 peasants that
we advise and accompany and 10
microenterprises with environmental
responsibility, it is done organic Tuesday
and Friday for 4 years.
We promote the realization of
congresses, seminars, pedagogical
workshops in order to contribute with the
construction of an environmental culture
with effective actions in the region.
Likewise we have two programs that are
positioned in partnership with the Casa
del Libro Total in San Gil for the
campaign of "planting and adopting a
plant", which is articulated with
educational institutions, and
Conversatorio "Ecological and Organic
Rescue", where They make visible
projects and local experiences in order to
make visible and support entrepreneurs'
efforts, live events are transmitted by
facebock like. We are also struggling with
the farmers for the campaign to rescue
the seeds for their conservation is carried
out once a year we have 2 versions.
We have the radio program
Ambientalizando that promotes
environmental awareness and serves as
a space to make visible sustainable
experiences, in the community radio
station La Cometa, 107.2 FM live at 5:00
p.m. and retransmission on Wednesdays
from 1 a.m. to 2 p.m.
We have cooperation agreement and
support with SENA and the University
Foundation of San Gil UNISANGIL, for
the development of joint activities and
projects and we are making arrangements
to formalize an agreement with the
Universidad Santo Tomás and
Universidad Agraria de Colombia.
In addition, on April 29 we were
nominated among the 500 best
companies that have contributed to the
development of Santander Colombia,
ranking among the 10 best in the category
of good practices and sustainability that
we recognized for the work that is being
developed in the region.
Also on June 11, we were selected
among the ranking of 500 winning
companies of the Green Latin America
2018 awards, in the production and
responsible consumption category, we are
preparing to receive the award.
Crops,
Marketing of
organic
products,
Education
CORPORACIÓN
ECOCALIDAD
ONG Micro WE ARE AN ORGANIZATION THAT
SUPPORTS COMMUNITIES FOR THE
GENERATION OF BUSINESS
CAPABILITIES Agroindustrial
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Plague and
disease
management,
Rural
development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value Chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers,
Use of organic
waste on farms
Strengthen and expand the ECOMERCADO project, this involves expanding the
network of producers and consumers of organic products, for which we need to have
technical assistance and improvement of facilities and processes on the farms of small
producers, seeking to certify them according to the rules to be more competitive , for
now we do it with our accompaniment, SENA in some issues, and we have with the
farmers' suppliers a reliable pact to supply quality products. Have interactive virtual
tools to show and evidence our efforts, achieve advertising in the local media radio and
television. We want to systematize part of the experience and make publication to
motivate other communities to take similar actions, to strengthen our clients with
strategies that strengthen the network. Having support in logistics for the development
of events that we have been positioning to build good practices and sustainability, as
well as responsible consumption.
ECOHUMUS SAS Private Sector Small https://www.face
book.com/ECO
HUMUS-SAS-
1424753458313
77/
ECOHUMUS SAS aims to produce and
market certified organic fertilizers and
provide technical assistance service,
professional services on issues such as
advice and support in the design and
implementation of sustainable
environmental and productive projects.
We are leaders in the region with
promotion of organic products, we have
an ECOMERCADO project that
articulates the commercialization of
products of more than 30 peasants that
we advise and accompany and 10
microenterprises with environmental
responsibility, it is done organic Tuesday
and Friday for 4 years.
We promote the realization of
congresses, seminars, pedagogical
workshops in order to contribute with the
construction of an environmental culture
with effective actions in the region.
Likewise we have two programs that are
positioned in partnership with the Casa
del Libro Total in San Gil for the
campaign of "planting and adopting a
plant", which is articulated with
educational institutions, and
Conversatorio "Ecological and Organic
Rescue", where They make visible
projects and local experiences in order to
make visible and support entrepreneurs'
efforts, live events are transmitted by
facebock like. We are also struggling with
the farmers for the campaign to rescue
the seeds for their conservation is carried
out once a year we have 2 versions.
We have the radio program
Ambientalizando that promotes
environmental awareness and serves as
a space to make visible sustainable
experiences, in the community radio
station La Cometa, 107.2 FM live at 5:00
p.m. and retransmission on Wednesdays
from 1 a.m. to 2 p.m.
We have cooperation agreement and
support with SENA and the University
Foundation of San Gil UNISANGIL, for
the development of joint activities and
projects and we are making arrangements
to formalize an agreement with the
Universidad Santo Tomás and
Universidad Agraria de Colombia.
In addition, on April 29 we were
nominated among the 500 best
companies that have contributed to the
development of Santander Colombia,
ranking among the 10 best in the category
of good practices and sustainability that
we recognized for the work that is being
developed in the region.
Also on June 11, we were selected
among the ranking of 500 winning
companies of the Green Latin America
2018 awards, in the production and
responsible consumption category, we are
preparing to receive the award.
Crops,
Marketing of
organic
products,
Education
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
As an Association, we want to open our commercialization of coffee in green,
parchment dry and roasted and ground, guaranteeing the quality, traceability of the
products and the uniformity of our processes with environmental sustainability.
Don Juan Organic
SAS
Private Sector Micro www.donjuanor
ganics.com.co
Don Juan Organics is a Colombian
company dedicated to the Angroindustry
and the production of healthy foods.
Our focus is on clean, organic and
sustainable production.
We believe that we can play an important
role in boosting the Angroindustryl sector
in Colombia, also helping to conserve the
environment and contributing to the
development of a rural middle class in the
country.
Likewise, our food production focuses on
healthy foods, 100% natural and without
chemical additives, prepared with raw
materials that we ourselves produce or
supervise their clean and organic
production.
Crops,
Generation
of Added
Value to
Agricultural
Products
Plague and
disease
management,
Rural
development,
Value Chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
We have a self-sustaining agricultural and livestock project that can be assembled in
small lots (2.5 hectares) by peasant families. We call it "Organic Productive Units." The
main crop is the Sacha Inchi, but this is associated with other Crops according to the
vocation of the land in the area and smaller species. Our participation as a company
provides the technical assistance to establish and maintain the crop, as well as the
purchase of everything produced by the production unit. We are looking for a partner in
the United Kingdom to develop distribution channels for emerging products such as
sacha inchi oil, sacha inchi protein meal, sacha inchi toasted nut, frozen organic
tropical fruits and nuts.
ASOCIACIÓN DE
PRODUCTORES DE
CAFÉ DE ALTA
CALIDAD CUCHILLA
DEL SAN JUAN
ONG Small Asociación
cuchilla del san
juan
Association of 123 small coffee producing
families of the municipality of Belén de
Umbría Risaralda, we have a 100%
ecological agro industrial plant. unique in
the world, there is coffee in cherry and is
processed uniformly until dry parchment
coffee is obtained, which is exported to a
Canadian customer, we also have
marketing of the finished product (roasted
and ground coffee) and we have a quality
laboratory . we have received support
from public and private entities to carry
out this beautiful project, within the
organization a committee of women was
created which are responsible for
transforming coffee pulp into organic
fertilizer through worm beds and thus take
advantage of derivatives of our main
product.
It is a productive association focused on
the benefit of the community and
conservation of the environment, in
constant growth.
Crops,
Agroindustry
Rural
development,
Value chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Crops Plague and
disease
management, ICT
in Agriculture
In recent years, Geomap has been working on the AgroSpatial platform, which offers a
service oriented to the monitoring and management of crop data, supported with
satellite technology and data of various kinds and sources (census data, data taken in
the field, digital elevation models, among others), whose idea arose from the
Hackathon Agro carried out at the University of San Buenaventura in Cali in 2016 and
of which Geomap was the winner (http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/CMS-
16536934 ). The prize was represented in a validation of AgroSpatial in the United
Kingdom, with training in satellite applications in Catapult (Oxford) and in the
development of business models in the School for Startups (London), as well as the
follow-up by the British embassy in Colombia to continue growing.
Currently, through the platform it is possible to perform descriptive and diagnostic tests
of a crop area defined by the user and work is being done to provide predictive and
prescriptive services for weed control, application of fungicides, disease control and
differentiated application of fertilizers for different types of crops. The main source of
satellite data comes from NASA and ESA, specifically from the Landsat and Sentinel
missions, and we are working to integrate data from commercial missions such as
those from Planet and Airbus. The main objective is to make use of all the data related
to the crops, of which historical records are kept and that are being taken continuously
and permanently, all in order to optimize production and minimize costs and risks, in
addition to provide support to access loans and agricultural insurance, applying for
these techniques and innovative methods for the treatment of Big data, through Spatial
Analysis, Spatial Statistics and Data Mining.
One of the strengths of Geomap is that it is integrated by diverse professionals with
extensive experience in GIS, Remote Sensing, Spatial Statistics, Spatial Databases,
development of secure web platforms, Geoservices, development and start-up of
business models and with knowledge well grounded In several programming languages
such as R, Python, Java, HTML, CSS, Groovy and PHP, but above all with a great
passion and love for what it does and a desire to potentiate the Colombian agriculture
and empower its farmers for this changing and challenging world.
What we are looking for from a partner in the United Kingdom is that it can provide us
with various fields such as those from spectrography, soil chemistry, among others, but
especially climate data, in order to have a way to validate our spatio- temporary
predictive models and likewise improve them continuously. We are also interested in
partners that can provide with relevant local, national and international market
information with a global reach to not only make small, medium and large farmers to
improve their crop yield, but also help them reach global markets.
GEOMAP SAS Private Sector Small http://geomap.c
om.co/
Company with a wide experience in
consulting and audit in all types of
activities related to the field of geomatics
such as remote sensing, cartography,
GIS, topography and GNSS supporting
infrastructure projects, cadastre, territorial
management, agriculture and
environment, with great potential in
technological systems, orienting its
services to the development of
geographic web solutions, making the
management of spatial information to
potential for the business of our
customers.
Don Juan Organic
SAS
Private Sector Micro www.donjuanor
ganics.com.co
Don Juan Organics is a Colombian
company dedicated to the Angroindustry
and the production of healthy foods.
Our focus is on clean, organic and
sustainable production.
We believe that we can play an important
role in boosting the Angroindustryl sector
in Colombia, also helping to conserve the
environment and contributing to the
development of a rural middle class in the
country.
Likewise, our food production focuses on
healthy foods, 100% natural and without
chemical additives, prepared with raw
materials that we ourselves produce or
supervise their clean and organic
production.
Crops,
Generation
of Added
Value to
Agricultural
Products
Plague and
disease
management,
Rural
development,
Value Chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
We have a self-sustaining agricultural and livestock project that can be assembled in
small lots (2.5 hectares) by peasant families. We call it "Organic Productive Units." The
main crop is the Sacha Inchi, but this is associated with other Crops according to the
vocation of the land in the area and smaller species. Our participation as a company
provides the technical assistance to establish and maintain the crop, as well as the
purchase of everything produced by the production unit. We are looking for a partner in
the United Kingdom to develop distribution channels for emerging products such as
sacha inchi oil, sacha inchi protein meal, sacha inchi toasted nut, frozen organic
tropical fruits and nuts.
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146
Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
frutas y verduras rio
dulce
Private Sector Small Agroindustrial and livestock Crops,
Livestock
Plague and
disease
management,
Rural
development,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
experience, growth, market and financing
Rural
Development, ICT
in Agriculture,
Value Chains,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
The objective of this initiative is to help improve the access of fish producers in two
municipalities victims of the armed conflict in Antioquia, through the generation of a
high biological value end product enriched with polyunsaturated fatty acids from a
vegetable raw material, which in addition to granting nutritional benefits in the
consuming population, it becomes an alternative to improve the competitiveness of the
fish chain and the quality of life of local producers. Likewise, it seeks to cover the local
demand for fish consumption for the entire population, especially the child population
and pregnant mothers. It also aims to encourage the direct involvement of women in
the transformation and generation of added value of fish products, thus promoting
participation in more inclusive Value Chains.
As research professors at the National University of Colombia, we have strengths in
aspects of production, identification of problems and solutions of the sector, closeness
to the victim communities and that are in the process of recovering their productive and
social autonomy.
We are looking for a partner with interests in improving competitive and sustainable
aquaculture production systems, and bring Rural development with gender equality in
populations victims of the Colombian conflict.
Crops Plague and
disease
management, ICT
in Agriculture
In recent years, Geomap has been working on the AgroSpatial platform, which offers a
service oriented to the monitoring and management of crop data, supported with
satellite technology and data of various kinds and sources (census data, data taken in
the field, digital elevation models, among others), whose idea arose from the
Hackathon Agro carried out at the University of San Buenaventura in Cali in 2016 and
of which Geomap was the winner (http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/CMS-
16536934 ). The prize was represented in a validation of AgroSpatial in the United
Kingdom, with training in satellite applications in Catapult (Oxford) and in the
development of business models in the School for Startups (London), as well as the
follow-up by the British embassy in Colombia to continue growing.
Currently, through the platform it is possible to perform descriptive and diagnostic tests
of a crop area defined by the user and work is being done to provide predictive and
prescriptive services for weed control, application of fungicides, disease control and
differentiated application of fertilizers for different types of crops. The main source of
satellite data comes from NASA and ESA, specifically from the Landsat and Sentinel
missions, and we are working to integrate data from commercial missions such as
those from Planet and Airbus. The main objective is to make use of all the data related
to the crops, of which historical records are kept and that are being taken continuously
and permanently, all in order to optimize production and minimize costs and risks, in
addition to provide support to access loans and agricultural insurance, applying for
these techniques and innovative methods for the treatment of Big data, through Spatial
Analysis, Spatial Statistics and Data Mining.
One of the strengths of Geomap is that it is integrated by diverse professionals with
extensive experience in GIS, Remote Sensing, Spatial Statistics, Spatial Databases,
development of secure web platforms, Geoservices, development and start-up of
business models and with knowledge well grounded In several programming languages
such as R, Python, Java, HTML, CSS, Groovy and PHP, but above all with a great
passion and love for what it does and a desire to potentiate the Colombian agriculture
and empower its farmers for this changing and challenging world.
What we are looking for from a partner in the United Kingdom is that it can provide us
with various fields such as those from spectrography, soil chemistry, among others, but
especially climate data, in order to have a way to validate our spatio- temporary
predictive models and likewise improve them continuously. We are also interested in
partners that can provide with relevant local, national and international market
information with a global reach to not only make small, medium and large farmers to
improve their crop yield, but also help them reach global markets.
UNIVERSIDAD
NACIONAL DE
COLOMBIA
University or
another type of
research
institute
Large www.unal.edu.c
o
The National University of Colombia
promotes equal access to the Colombian
educational system, provides the largest
range of academic programs, competent
professional and socially responsible
form. It contributes to the elaboration and
resignification of the nation project,
studies and enriches the cultural, natural
and environmental heritage of the country.
As it advises on scientific, technological,
cultural and artistic issues with academic
and investigative autonomy.
Aquaculture
GEOMAP SAS Private Sector Small http://geomap.c
om.co/
Company with a wide experience in
consulting and audit in all types of
activities related to the field of geomatics
such as remote sensing, cartography,
GIS, topography and GNSS supporting
infrastructure projects, cadastre, territorial
management, agriculture and
environment, with great potential in
technological systems, orienting its
services to the development of
geographic web solutions, making the
management of spatial information to
potential for the business of our
customers.
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
The visibilized projects are oriented to:
PEACE PLANTERS - Farmers and transformers of the papachina: 1. Provision of an
industrializing machine of the papachina 2. Provision of a kitchen for the transformation
of the potato.
HARVESTING KNOWLEDGE-ACABAC: 1. Technification of cocoa drying and
preparation of organic fertilizer. 2. Adaptation of the kitchen for the transformation of
cocoa into chocolate.
The Puerto Aguadulce Foundation is currently developing a project with ACDIVOCA-
USAID, called alliances for reconciliation, in which resilience, dialogue, trust and
respect are strengthened in farmers.
They are also provided with technical assistance. However, it is necessary to
strengthen these enterprises to improve their production and commercialization.
FUDACIÓN PUERTO
AGUADULCE
ONG Small www.puertoagu
adulce.com
By Act No. 001 of January 20, 2012
General Assembly, registered in the
Chamber of Commerce on January 24,
2012 under No. 575 of the book, the entity
named Puerto Aguadulce Foundation was
constituted; as founding partners it has
The Sociedad Puerto Industrial
Aguadulce S.A, BOSCOAL and
Operadores Portuarios S.A, Compañía de
Puertos Asociados (COMPAS).
The Puerto Aguadulce Foundation has as
Vision "To be a leading foundation in the
development of sustainable programs and
projects, through community research and
development, health, education, income
generation, housing, sports-recreation-
culture, to contribute to the improvement
of the quality of life of the inhabitants of
the 6 Community Councils of the area of
influence of the project and other
inhabitants of the Municipality of
Buenaventura. "
The Aguadulce Foundation's mission is
"Management and social inclusion, work
that develops through programs and
projects in community research and
development, health, education, income
generation and employment, housing,
sports-recreation-culture, in the 6
Councils Community members of the
area of influence of the project and other
inhabitants of the Municipality of
Buenaventura. "
Leadership, quality, sustainability, impact
and solidarity are values that the
Aguadulce Foundation has as its
fundamental actions in the activities it
carries out to achieve two objectives:
• Contribute to the improvement of the
socio-economic conditions of the
communities of the community councils
Bajo Calima, Citronela, Córdoba-San
Cipriano-Santa Helena and the population
of Buenaventura in general and socially
intervene in matters that are additional to
the commitments of prior consultation
from Puerto Aguadulce
• Develop a social intervention in addition
to the prior consultation commitments of
SPIA, based on the management of
external resources.
The Foundation has as social intervention
programs: Community Research and
Development, Health, Education, Income
and Employment Generation, Housing,
Culture, Sports and Recreation.
The beneficiary population of this project
is located in the rural area of
Buenaventura, in the community councils
of black communities of Bajo Calima,
Citronela, Córdoba-San Cipriano-Santa
Helena
Through our intervention we develop
actions of economic inclusion, social
inclusion and restoration of livelihoods, in
order to increase confidence, overcome
past conflicts, recover customs and
ancestral knowledge that were
fragmented by the conflict.
Crops Rural development
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
The visibilized projects are oriented to:
PEACE PLANTERS - Farmers and transformers of the papachina: 1. Provision of an
industrializing machine of the papachina 2. Provision of a kitchen for the transformation
of the potato.
HARVESTING KNOWLEDGE-ACABAC: 1. Technification of cocoa drying and
preparation of organic fertilizer. 2. Adaptation of the kitchen for the transformation of
cocoa into chocolate.
The Puerto Aguadulce Foundation is currently developing a project with ACDIVOCA-
USAID, called alliances for reconciliation, in which resilience, dialogue, trust and
respect are strengthened in farmers.
They are also provided with technical assistance. However, it is necessary to
strengthen these enterprises to improve their production and commercialization.
Corporación CETEC ONG Small Cetec is a non-profit non-governmental
organization that, in a subsidiary way,
provides training, advisory and technical
support services to grassroots
organizations of vulnerable rural
communities, in the following areas:
• Conformation and strengthening of
community organizations, with emphasis
on the ethnic and gender dimension
• Strategic planning, monitoring systems,
monitoring and evaluation of economic
and social development projects
• Technical, financial and environmental
design of agricultural production initiatives
• Agricultural and livestock production
systems and chains
• Property planning
• Processing Angroindustryl
• Access to efficient markets and
integration with companies in the formal
sector
• Access to promotion credit
• Constitution and administration of
associative companies of production,
transformation and commercialization
• Methodology for the treatment and
peaceful transformation of conflicts
• Involuntary resettlement with
observation of international standards
Crops,
Proyectos
pecuarios,
porcicola,
angroindustr
y
Plague and
disease
management,
Rural
development,
Value Chains,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
Cetec has expertise and experience in advising, theoretical and practical training and
implementation of diversified production systems, environmentally and economically
sustainable, based on the joint formulation between technical advisors and the family of
the producer of property designs that seek to optimize the use of space productive
available. In economic terms, the goal of income per farm, regardless of its size, is the
generation of at least 3 SMLV (minimum income per family), which given the conditions
of land availability of small producers implies privileging high production strategies.
profitability and little demand in terms of areas. We propose to strengthen the
productive linkages of cane-panela, yucca-starch, chickens of eONGrde, with the
objective of increasing the income of families of small producers affected by the conflict
in Colombia, with special emphasis on projects led by rural women.
FUDACIÓN PUERTO
AGUADULCE
ONG Small www.puertoagu
adulce.com
By Act No. 001 of January 20, 2012
General Assembly, registered in the
Chamber of Commerce on January 24,
2012 under No. 575 of the book, the entity
named Puerto Aguadulce Foundation was
constituted; as founding partners it has
The Sociedad Puerto Industrial
Aguadulce S.A, BOSCOAL and
Operadores Portuarios S.A, Compañía de
Puertos Asociados (COMPAS).
The Puerto Aguadulce Foundation has as
Vision "To be a leading foundation in the
development of sustainable programs and
projects, through community research and
development, health, education, income
generation, housing, sports-recreation-
culture, to contribute to the improvement
of the quality of life of the inhabitants of
the 6 Community Councils of the area of
influence of the project and other
inhabitants of the Municipality of
Buenaventura. "
The Aguadulce Foundation's mission is
"Management and social inclusion, work
that develops through programs and
projects in community research and
development, health, education, income
generation and employment, housing,
sports-recreation-culture, in the 6
Councils Community members of the
area of influence of the project and other
inhabitants of the Municipality of
Buenaventura. "
Leadership, quality, sustainability, impact
and solidarity are values that the
Aguadulce Foundation has as its
fundamental actions in the activities it
carries out to achieve two objectives:
• Contribute to the improvement of the
socio-economic conditions of the
communities of the community councils
Bajo Calima, Citronela, Córdoba-San
Cipriano-Santa Helena and the population
of Buenaventura in general and socially
intervene in matters that are additional to
the commitments of prior consultation
from Puerto Aguadulce
• Develop a social intervention in addition
to the prior consultation commitments of
SPIA, based on the management of
external resources.
The Foundation has as social intervention
programs: Community Research and
Development, Health, Education, Income
and Employment Generation, Housing,
Culture, Sports and Recreation.
The beneficiary population of this project
is located in the rural area of
Buenaventura, in the community councils
of black communities of Bajo Calima,
Citronela, Córdoba-San Cipriano-Santa
Helena
Through our intervention we develop
actions of economic inclusion, social
inclusion and restoration of livelihoods, in
order to increase confidence, overcome
past conflicts, recover customs and
ancestral knowledge that were
fragmented by the conflict.
Crops Rural development
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Arbeláez & Asociados
SAS
Private Sector Micro Private Sector Company located in
Montelíbano - Córdoba interested in
developing an agro-industrial project.
Angroindustr
y
Rural development The Angroindustryl project that is to be assembled would be the first to be developed in
the Córdoba region, where there are hard-working, hard-working people with a high
spirit of personal improvement. Regrettably, it was very hit by guerrillas and
paramilitaries. However, we do not lose hope of achieving a high level of economic
growth, especially driven from the field.
Universidad Nacional
de Colombia
University or
another type of
research
institute
Large www.unal.edu.c
o
Unal Crops Plague and
disease
management
Insect plant relationships, chemical ecology, biocontrol, traps
Crops,
Developmen
t of
Agroecologic
al Projects
and
Alternative
Energy
Plague and
disease
management,
Rural
development,
Value Chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
Development of Agroecology to protect and conserve Tatama National Natural Park,
achieve the quality of life of small producers, add value to organic products and
appropriate the different Value Chains, production, marketing and transformation.
Asociación Centro de
Gestión Alto San
Rafael
ONG Small http://gestionyde
sarrollorural.blo
gspot.com/
Ong, without profit. Second level. With
emphasis on Rural development and
settled in the buffer zone of the Tatama
National Natural Park. Municipality of
Apia. Risaralda.Colombia
Corporación CETEC ONG Small Cetec is a non-profit non-governmental
organization that, in a subsidiary way,
provides training, advisory and technical
support services to grassroots
organizations of vulnerable rural
communities, in the following areas:
• Conformation and strengthening of
community organizations, with emphasis
on the ethnic and gender dimension
• Strategic planning, monitoring systems,
monitoring and evaluation of economic
and social development projects
• Technical, financial and environmental
design of agricultural production initiatives
• Agricultural and livestock production
systems and chains
• Property planning
• Processing Angroindustryl
• Access to efficient markets and
integration with companies in the formal
sector
• Access to promotion credit
• Constitution and administration of
associative companies of production,
transformation and commercialization
• Methodology for the treatment and
peaceful transformation of conflicts
• Involuntary resettlement with
observation of international standards
Crops,
Proyectos
pecuarios,
porcicola,
angroindustr
y
Plague and
disease
management,
Rural
development,
Value Chains,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
Cetec has expertise and experience in advising, theoretical and practical training and
implementation of diversified production systems, environmentally and economically
sustainable, based on the joint formulation between technical advisors and the family of
the producer of property designs that seek to optimize the use of space productive
available. In economic terms, the goal of income per farm, regardless of its size, is the
generation of at least 3 SMLV (minimum income per family), which given the conditions
of land availability of small producers implies privileging high production strategies.
profitability and little demand in terms of areas. We propose to strengthen the
productive linkages of cane-panela, yucca-starch, chickens of eONGrde, with the
objective of increasing the income of families of small producers affected by the conflict
in Colombia, with special emphasis on projects led by rural women.
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Value Chains The Save the Seed initiative aims to investigate and develop a natural, powerful raw
material in omegas, vitamins and proteins for the cosmetics and food industry. We are
currently processing the fruit of a tree called Cacay from the Colombian post-conflict
zones (Amazonia and Orinoquia). The objective is to articulate small producers of
indigenous and peasant communities with European markets eager to consume
products of plant origin that contribute to their health and well-being. In this way, we are
structuring a value chain of small producers that contributes to the conservation of
Colombian biodiversity through the cultivation and care of trees native to the region,
protecting native species and discouraging deforestation, capturing carbon, improving
food security. local communities and marketing a powerful product for human welfare.
Crops,
Developmen
t of
Agroecologic
al Projects
and
Alternative
Energy
Plague and
disease
management,
Rural
development,
Value Chains,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation,
Production, Plant
and / or Animal
Improvement,
Seed Producers,
and / or Fertilizers
Development of Agroecology to protect and conserve Tatama National Natural Park,
achieve the quality of life of small producers, add value to organic products and
appropriate the different Value Chains, production, marketing and transformation.
Save the seed Private Sector Micro No aplica Our organization promotes the cultivation
of a tree called Cacay whose fruit to be
processed, we obtain an oil very rich in
omega 6 and 9, as well as vitamin A and
E. This tree is native to the Orinoquia and
Colombian Amazonia and is in good
shape. wild in forests and farms. We are
generating alliances to work hand in hand
with the communities to plant the trees
and stop their felling. In this way, our
initiative is to promote the cultivation of
Cacay trees as a viable economic activity,
generating fair income for farmers and
their families and preventing further
deforestation. Our enterprise aims to:
· Work with small producers to improve
their rural income, today in
day we have an alliance with a Vichadeña
association
· Involve indigenous communities in the
project
· Improve biodiversity conservation
· Protect native species and encourage
deforestation
· Quantify the carbon capture of each of
the producers
involved in the project
· Improve the security of food security of
the communities
local
· Market the product in international
markets
· Investigate and develop new products
from other fruits
amazonian
Crops
Asociación Centro de
Gestión Alto San
Rafael
ONG Small http://gestionyde
sarrollorural.blo
gspot.com/
Ong, without profit. Second level. With
emphasis on Rural development and
settled in the buffer zone of the Tatama
National Natural Park. Municipality of
Apia. Risaralda.Colombia
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Organization nameType of
organization
Organization
size
Website
organizationBrief description of the organization
Area (s) of
interest
Areas of focus of
the organization
/project
Brief description to share with potential partners in the United Kingdom. (For
example: project ideas, strengths within the organization, what you are looking
for in a partner in the United Kingdom, etc.)
Universidad de
Caldas * Facultad de
Ingenierías
Public sector Large www.ucaldas.ed
u.co
Higher Education Institution, Accredited of
high quality.
Agroindustry
of
musaceas
(plantain
and banana)
Value Chains 1) EVALUATION OF THE BEHAVIOR AND BIOACCESSABILITY OF
MICROCAPSULES OF MODIFIED STARCH OF MUSÁCEAS AS WALL MATERIAL
AND ANTHOCYANINS AS A REFERENCE NUCLEUS.
2) USE OF MAONG SEED AS A NON-CONVENTIONAL STARCH FOR STARCH.
Easynube LTD Private Sector Micro www.easynube.
co.uk
Cloud Solutions, IA, Bigdata Crops,
Livestock,
Aquaculture
ICT in Agriculture Use IT tools to improve the performance of Crops
Within the Colombian Polytechnic Jaime Isaza Cadavid university institution; the
research group Fitotecnia Tropical is registered, which in its line of research
"Resistance and Disease Management", seeks to conduct studies for bioprospecting
purposes, on new methods to counteract plant diseases, in order to mitigate the
environmental impact caused by conventional chemical management methods and
expanding the frontier of knowledge.
Politécnico
Colombiano Jaime
Isaza Cadavid
Public sector Medium http://www.polite
cnicojic.edu.co/
The Colombian Polytechnic Jaime Isaza
Cadavid is a public university institution,
attached to the Departmental Government
of Antioquia and founded in March 1964.
It offers higher education at the technical,
technological and professional levels
through an offer of undergraduate and
graduate academic programs in different
areas of engineering, administration,
agricultural sciences, audiovisual
communication, sports and recreation. Its
academic offer includes courses in
continuing education and non-formal
education.
Crops,
Bioprospecti
ng
Plague and
disease
management,
Environmental
Impact and / or
Deforestation
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