CONTEXTUALIZATION

As provided for in the Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Deforestation in the Amazon (PPCDAm), consolidating the axis of sustainable productive activities constitutes a priority driver for reducing deforestation and transforming the Amazon reality. Supporting local value chains and sociobiodiversity economies is not only crucial for forest conservation but also for promoting social inclusion of the populations that depend on it. This process requires a robust structure of economic incentives focused on integrating family farmers, Indigenous peoples, and traditional communities into public policies that encourage sustainable practices.

As reported in the document referring to the 5th phase of this plan, the implementation of the sustainable productive activities axis has faced challenges in PPCDAm execution, being the axis with the least progress since the early phases of the Plan. Nevertheless, its consolidation remains a central objective of PPCDAm, aligned with Objective 1 of its fifth phase, which provides for the development of public policies, promotion of the bioeconomy, institutional and productive innovation, technical assistance, and infrastructure strengthening. It also includes expanding access to and strengthening policies and programs for government procurement of agroecological and sociobiodiversity products, such as PAA and Sociobio Mais. However, advancing this consolidation requires overcoming structural bottlenecks, especially in logistics, processing, storage, sanitary compliance, and increasing access to markets and government procurement programs.

Considering that Conab’s scope of action is based on promoting food security, fostering family farming, and implementing sustainable productive activities and agricultural systems, with an emphasis on policies and programs aimed at food production—such as storage, supply, commercialization, and intelligence—along with support for family production, especially in the operationalization of PAA and Sociobio Mais, Conab stands out as a key actor in promoting sustainable productive activities in the Amazon.

THE PROJECT

Based on Conab’s institutional role and the strengthening of its operational capacity, this project aims to contribute to the development of sustainable productive activities based on the bioeconomy in the Amazon by strengthening socio-productive systems and expanding access to markets for food and products from sociobiodiversity and sustainable family farming in the Amazon, with an emphasis on addressing bottlenecks in logistics, processing, storage, sanitary compliance, and strengthening PAA and Sociobio Mais.

To achieve these objectives and overcome the identified bottlenecks, the project is structured into three components:

Component 1 – Socio-productive Support for Amazonian Organizations. The first and most significant component aims to support Amazonian organizations in structuring socio-productive systems for extractive and biodiversity-based activities of Indigenous peoples, traditional communities, and family farmers (PIPCTAFs), focusing on overcoming challenges related to logistics, processing, storage, sanitary compliance, and infrastructure to improve access to institutional and local markets. To this end, projects from individual organizations or networks will be supported through a public call to be launched by Conab, with a total amount of R$80 million allocated to selected projects.

Component 2 – Information System, Data Generation and Management. This component encompasses the strategy to improve the generation, systematization, and management of data related to sociobiodiversity productive systems. It includes actions related to reviewing and developing methodologies for data generation and the development of a platform for accessing data on sociobiodiversity productive systems.

Component 3 – Strengthening Conab’s Headquarters and Regional Offices in the Amazon. This component seeks to expand the operational capacities of Conab’s regional offices that implement its policies aimed at promoting sustainable productive activities, such as PAA and Sociobio Mais.

INTERVENTION LOGIC

The project falls under Component 1 – “Activities that keep the forest standing have economic attractiveness” – of the Amazon Fund Logical Framework, contributing to the following direct outcomes: 1.2 – Value-added agroforestry and biodiversity product chains expanded. 1.3 – Managerial and technical capacities strengthened for implementing economic activities based on sustainable use of the forest and biodiversity.