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Edition No. 8
The Export Promotion Agencies in Central America are a strong step toward the formation of ACAPEX
The American Alliance for Promotion of Exports, Acapex, presented a marketing strategy to promote sustainable products, in order to raise funds for international cooperation.
On October first, the representatives of the Associations for the Promotion of Exports of Nicaragua, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras signed an alliance called Acapex to make join efforts and present to member countries as a bloc to international demand and create an exportable supply that can be made in trade...
Sesame Project, Nicaragua
As a requirement for international market access for producers cooperative members that make up Nicaraocoop must ensure the quality of your product, so with the support of Ecomercados is being made the implementation of GAP, GMP and HACCP certification processing plant, have been made for this training workshop with producers cooperatives, which have shown great interest in implementing good agricultural practices on their farms.
The new processing plant Nicaraocoop is ready to begin...
Honey Project, Nicaragua
As a requirement for access to international markets beekeepers UCASA partners must ensure the quality of your product, so with the support of Ecomercados is being made the implementation of GAP (Good Beekeeping Practice) and GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) and certification of HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) of the plant collection and processing of honey to this training workshop has been made with producers of the cooperatives, which have shown great interest in...
Cocoa Project, Nicaragua
During the last quarter of the year saw improvements in the network of collection centers, which together account for 20 intermediate storage centers, thanks to a study done to balance the different processes carried out in these storage centers have the necessary conditions for a quality product required by the market. Additional improvements in the infrastructure of storage centers for training conducted in conjunction with Ritter Sport producers who are in charge of post-harvest process to...
"Improving the quality and marketing of chain and 5 APROCACAHO Cocoa based organizations." Honduras
The project has an industry-wide vision with a focus on the value chain of organic cocoa fair trade. This broad view corresponds to the need to motivate and strengthen the entire sector and actors work in concert to achieve progress and results needed at every link in the chain.
To date it has disbursed a total of approximately U.S. $ 46,000.00 equivalent to 67.23% of the total budget.
Activities: The steps and activities that arise in the project revolve around a single axis:
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"Improving the quality and marketing of the string processing of aloe (Aloe vera) in COMUCAP." Honduras
To date the project has focused on achieving established national experiences to generate working capital resulting in motivation of the members to meet production schedules with the highest quality to meet export markets. Also under certification standards necessary to improve the competitive positioning of products offered.
Such activities include:
• Participation in the International Fair of Organic Products Biofach 2009. This show was made with a budget of approximately $ 10,500...
"Improving the quality and marketing chain of cashew processing in CREPAIMASUL." Honduras
Contribute to improving incomes of cashew farmers and their families and thus their living conditions, promoting access to export markets for organic and fair trade by improving the quality of the supply and systems implementation assurance and quality control and improvements in post-sale service. Also, is expected to increase export volumes through the inclusion of new partners, who for reasons of market still not part of the initiative proposed by CREPAIMASUL.
The efforts and activities...