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New Publication
Inventory of Official Policy Instruments
for Rural Enterprise Development
 This
reference tool to Colombia's official policy on agriculture
and livestock production was prepared within the framework
of the project "Institutional alliance to strengthen
the public-private system responsible for strengthening entrepreneurial
development in rural areas of southeastern Valle del Cauca",
financed by the European Commission Delegation for Colombia
and Ecuador.
The publication, only available in Spanish, aims to facilitate
the understanding and use of instruments pertinent to the
official policy on agriculture and livestock production by
rural development actors, especially final beneficiaries.
The document presents a framework of the national policy on
agriculture and livestock production and an organized portfolio
of policy instruments pertinent to agriculture, livestock
production, and rural development.
The guide is directed towards leaders of organizations of
small rural farmers, professionals, and technicians working
at public and private institutions, dedicated to support producer
organizations or groups and promote rural development, making
decision-making processes easier.
Download this publication
(1227 kb).
Contact: Carlos
Felipe Ostertag
Good Practice
Guide Series
 This
series of guides is designed to support agencies implementing
participatory agroenterprise development programs operating
within defined geographical areas. The following four are
on-line:
- Strategy Paper: A Participatory and Area-based Approach
to Rural Agroenterprise Development. Good Practice Guide
1
- A Participatory Guide to Developing Partnerships, Area
Resource Assessment and Planning Together. Good Practice
Guide 2
- Identifying Market Opportunities for Rural Smallholder
Producers. Good Practice Guide 3
- Participatory Market Chain Analysis for Smallholder Producers.
Good Practice Guide 4
More information
on and download of the guides.
Contact: Mark Lundy
New Manual
Market
Knowledge—The Compass for Innovation
 This
manual, only available in Spanish, is based on the experiences
of Colombian and Nicaraguan agroentrepreneurs who worked as
innovation agents in their own agroindustries, chains, and
communities, and managed to improve their production systems,
productive units, products, marketing, and even organization.
The manual aims to present the steps recommended to implement
the methodology of Innovation Agents in Rural Agroindustries
(GIAR, its Spanish acronym)
in a practical, simple, and dynamic manner, thus helping those
who want to improve their own agroindustrial chains and begin
the road toward value chains.
Download the complete
manual (in Spanish, 4323 kb).
Download the manual (in Spanish) by sections:
Portada
(301 kb)
Presentación
(143 kb)
Agradecimientos
(48 kb)
Contenido
(69 kb)
Antes
de empezar (106 kb)
Unidad
1. El punto de partida (1196 kb)
Unidad
2. Qué significa GIAR (462 kb)
Unidad
3. El camino que recorren los GIAR (1387 kb)
Unidad
4. Casos reales de GIAR (579 kb)
Unidad
5. Recomendaciones (421 kb)
Unidad
6. Cómo sistematizar una experiencia de GIAR (359
kb)
Anexos
(425 kb)
Contact: Érika
Mosquera and Jhon
Jairo Hurtado
Now On-line
2006 Annual Report
 See
the latest progress report of the Rural Agroenterprise Development
Project, which presents project research highlights during
2006, as well as detailed descriptions of its major activities.
Download the executive
summary (96 kb).
Download the report.
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Last update: 29 August 2008
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