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Como resultado de la caída de los precios de la industria del café, los mercados de cafés diferenciados son vistos como una vía para superar la pobreza. Sin embargo, los mercados diferenciados son más difíciles de penetrar por la calidad de los alimentos agrícolas y los estándares que se deben cumplir, generando así nuevos problemas para los productores. Este estudio de caso se desarrolla para identificar la problemática que enfrentan los pequeños productores en la zona de Marcala, departamento de La Paz, Honduras, que impide acceder a los mercados diferenciados.

Esta historia destaca los desafíos de la deforestación y el cambio climático en el sur de Honduras y el impacto que ha tenido un proyecto innovador liderado por SNV Honduras y financiado por CORDAID y DANIDA para reforestar el área con Jatropha (piñón). Los resultados se ven no solamente en la mejora de las tierras previamente degredadas, sino también en la generación de ingresos para pequeños productores y en la reducción de gases de efecto invernadero a través de la producción de biocombustibles.   

This document summarises the systematisation of the project “Sustainable Biofuel Value Chain Development in an Existing African Oil Palm Plantation”, executed by SNV, WWF and HONDUPALMA, from October 2007 to March 2009, in El Negrito, Yoro, Honduras.

The purpose of the systemisation was to analyse the process followed in the design and implementation of the project and to identify the factors and key elements of: i) best agricultural practices (BAP) in production of African oil palm; ii) cleaner production (CP) in oil extraction and production plant; iii) bio-gas recovery project for the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), in order to replicate and enlarge this experience at national and regional levels so as to share the lessons learnt throughout the process.

• The first section presents a summary of the methodological process followed to carry out the systematisation of the project;
• The second section makes reference to the context in which it was developed;
• The initial vision project (concepts, objectives, expected results, central themes, methodology and participants) is described in the third section;
• The fourth section deals with the formulation, formalisation and execution of the process, focusing on three main subjects: Cleaner Production (CP),
• Best Agricultural Practices (BAP), and Clean Development Mechanism (CDM); and one cross cutting subject: Business Model with a Value Chain Focus;
• Finally, the document includes the lessons learnt from the phases and the main subjects of the project, from which recommendations were derived to improve the implementation of the planned activities and achievements.

This story relates the challenges of deforestation and climate change in Southern Honduras and the impact that an innovate project led by SNV Honduras and financed by CORDAID and DANIDA has achieved in reforesting the area with Jatropha. The project has achieved results not only in improving previously degraded lands, but also through generating income for small holder farmers and contributing to reduced greenhouse gas emissions through producing biofuels. 

This document summarises the systematisation of the project “Sustainable Biofuel Value Chain Development in an Existing African Oil Palm Plantation”, executed by SNV, WWF and HONDUPALMA, from October 2007 to March 2009, in El Negrito, Yoro, Honduras.

The purpose of the systemisation was to analyse the process followed in the design and implementation of the project and to identify the factors and key elements of: i) best agricultural practices (BAP) in production of African oil palm; ii) cleaner production (CP) in oil extraction and production plant; iii) bio-gas recovery project for the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), in order to replicate and enlarge this experience at national and regional levels so as to share the lessons learnt throughout the process.

• The first section presents a summary of the methodological process followed to carry out the systematisation of the project;
• The second section makes reference to the context in which it was developed;
• The initial vision project (concepts, objectives, expected results, central themes, methodology and participants) is described in the third section;
• The fourth section deals with the formulation, formalisation and execution of the process, focusing on three main subjects: Cleaner Production (CP), Best Agricultural Practices (BAP), and Clean Development Mechanism (CDM); and one cross cutting subject: Business Model with a Value Chain Focus;
• Finally, the document includes the lessons learnt from the phases and the main subjects of the project, from which recommendations were derived to improve the implementation of the planned activities and achievements.

If you would like to know more about scenario building, you can read an article (in Spanish) on the subject which appeared in Estrategia y Negocios in February 2009.

Climate change is one of the urgent environmental problems faces the world, especially in developing countries like Honduras. The impact of climate changes has varying degrees in terms of socioeconomic and natural systems and therefore present a danger to the poorest sectors that depend on their environment and natural means of subsistence living. To achieve the emissions reduction targets, developing countries can make use of flexibility mechanisms such as the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).

In an effort to combat the effects of Climate Change Programme, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and SNV, with support from the Secretariat Natural Resources and Environment (SERNA), made available this scoping study, evaluation and opportunities of the CDM sector in Honduras. The main objective is to strengthen the positioning of Honduras on the issue of Greenhouse Gases (GHG) emissions and the use of CDM development projects in the carbon market, also further optimization the capacity of the public and private sectors to access the carbon market and institutional strengthening on issues relating to procedures. This research is presented as a baseline study, mainly built on the results of a participatory process including stakeholders from different institutions related to CDM in Honduras.

Con el presente documento nos permitimos socializar las conclusiones finales de un estudio realizado por la Plataforma Ruralter a lo largo del año 2004 y 2005, sobre el tema de las Empresas Asociativas Rurales, en 7 países de Latinoamérica. El objetivo de este trabajo fue el identificar, en base a 35 estudios de casos de Empresas Asociativas Rurales exitosas, cuáles son los factores de éxito de estas experiencias, para aprender de sus prácticas y generar orientaciones que sirvan a todos los actores involucrados en sufomento, es decir los propios productores, propietarios de estas empresas, las entidades de fomento vinculadas a la temática (entidades del sector público y entidades privadas de desarrollo, ONGs, proyectos de cooperación y otros).
Este trabajo ha sido posible gracias a la iniciativa de la mesa de desarrollo económico de RURALTER liderada por INTERCOOPERATION y SNV en alianza con AGRARIA y ha involucrado a 35 empresas campesinas, varios consultores nacionales y varias entidades auspiciantes.
En la parte inicial del presente documento delimitamos algunas definiciones que sirvieron de partida para el estudio, luego miramos brevemente la metodología seguida en la que resaltamos el proceso colectivo de trabajo. En Ecuador, Perú, Bolivia y Chile se realizaron informes nacionales de un total de 32 casos estudiados y se incorporaron 2 casos estudiados en Centroamérica y 1 caso en Colombia, de lo cual hacemos una presentación. En la parte central se desarrollan las conclusiones regionales a las que llegó la mesa de trabajo responsable del estudio, incorporando elementos comunes que se pudo identificar a nivel regional. Al ser este un tema de especial in terés para muchos actores vinculados al desarrollo rural en la región, se incorporan algunas reflexiones finales que constituyen elementos de debate en los momentos actuales.

This document, written in Spanish, presents a feasibility study conducted by SNV of the introduction of a domestic biogas programme in Honduras.

The study concludes that there is a big potential for the production of biogas in Honduras, but the introduction of a domestic biogas programme does not seem feasible right away. The lack of payment in rural areas (most digesters are subsidized), the absence of detailed information on the geographical potential of biogas production, the absence of knowledge about the current fuel wood consumption and domestic energy costs for rural households, generate doubts about the potential success of a national program of domestic biogas. However, the study found items that should be taken into consideration in the near future to verify the feasibility or a program.

The study concludes with main recommendations in which is stated that it is recommended to conduct a study of one to two years, which clarifies and corroborate the geographical distribution of the potential market for biogas production, obtains more reliable information on fuel wood consumption, identifies target groups. Amongst others based on this extra information you could implement a project to support the construction of 150 biogas digesters in conjunction with the Association Honduran Coffee Producers (AHPROCAFE) and the Foundation Merendon. Further, the most adequate financial mechanisms need to be defined, as well as the payment capacity of potential beneficiaries and the availability of rural credit.

Este documento tiene como principal objetivo orientar a las organizaciones que trabajen con pequeñas y medianas empresas (PYMES) -empresas en diversos sectores de la economía, tales como los pequeños productores del sector agrícola, agroindustrial o forestal- a nivel centroamericano, para que puedan identificar oportunidades en el mercado de carbono para el desarrollo de proyectos de pequeña escala de mitigación de gases de efecto invernadero (GEI).

MEDIRSE es una guía de Responsabilidad Social Empresarial creada con la finalidad que empresarios Hondureños puedan tener una herramienta que pueda permitir a las pequeñas y medianas empresas evaluar su posición con respecto a la RSE.