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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetNorthwest Line Ecological Bananas Association
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No results found.The aim of this document is to describe and analyse the development of an organization of small family farmers in the Dominican Republic that was formed 26 years ago and which shows positive results in economic, social and environmental terms for the member families. Such successful experiences may serve as a reference point for designing public policy proposals, and act as a stimulus for producers in other regions, demonstrating that “it is possible to get ahead with one's own effort” and belief in one's peers, obtaining support from public and international entities that can provide advice in important fields for the organization’s performance, and continuously improving bargaining capacities with clients.In the region known as the Northwest Line, in the Dominican Republic, specifically in the zone comprising the provinces of Valverde and Montecristi, close to the Haitian border, Asociación Bananos Ecológicos de la Línea Noroeste (Northwest Line Ecological Bananas Association) – BANELINO – began operating in 1996. The association comprises small producers of the Cavendish banana variety; it has positioned itself as one of the main organic banana suppliers in the fair trade market, with Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International (FLO International ). -
Book (stand-alone)Monte Plata Pineapple Producers Association
Systematization of experiences
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No results found.The present document is a systematization of the business experience of an association of small farmers in the Dominican Republic; it aims to learn of and identify, in the entity’s organizational and management model, best practices that contributed to its growth. Sharing this kind of successful experience may serve as a reference point for designing public policy proposals, and be a stimulating factor for producers in other regions, demonstrating that it is possible to get ahead with one's own effort, belief in one's peers, obtaining support from public entities that can provide advice in important fields for the organization’s performance, and continuously improving bargaining capacities with clients. Monte Plata Pineapple Producers Association – ASOPROPIMOPLA – a non-profit organization, has been operating in the Municipality of Monte Plata since 2016. The main activity of the association is the production and sale of fresh pineapples, of the MD-2 variety, which began in 2017 and established its first sales agreements in the local and national markets at the end of 2018. The association has its own centre for collection, packaging and quality certification of products for distribution in national markets (supermarkets) and for export (to Europe, Israel and the United States of America), and has established sales agreements with the NicoFrutta and BSD Trópica buyers. In 2021, annual sales reached USD 830 000. -
BookletApía Association of Banana Farmers
Systematization of experiences
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No results found.Apía Association of Banana Farmers – ASOPLAPÍA has been operating in the Municipality of Apía, Colombia, since 1998. It is an association of small banana producers that has become one of the main suppliers of this product in the municipality (40 percent of Apía’s banana production comes from this association). When it was founded in 1998, its 20 members sold approximately 380 000 kilograms for USD 22 800, yearly, and in 2021, the sales of 106 members reached 1 073 100 kg, which translates into income of over USD 184 000 yearly. This is to say that in 24 years the association quadrupled the amount of fruit they sell. The members have participated in different types of markets, be it selling fresh fruit directly to consumers, to wholesalers, to agribusiness companies, and to supermarkets. They were then able to consolidate sales to stable and secure buyers, with whom they have been working for over five years. It is worth noting in this brief description that ASOPLAPÍA has a sound associative and business-like trajectory. In time, the association has achieved proper financial management under the responsibility of an accountant, and it has a considerable level of women’s participation (21 percent). Women also actively participate in decision-making spheres of the organization. Presently, ASOPLAPÍA offers a broad range of services for its members, such as picking up production at the farms for transportation (collection), a self-managed fund, education, savings, and technical assistance.
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