The expansion of the economic viability of the cooperative agroextrativistas: Contribution to an economy of forest walk

There is no denying the importance of the Amazon rainforest for the environment. To preserve them, it is necessary that their territory is being used in a sustainable way. The brazilian government has made great efforts to facilitate the occupation and sustainable, but also on the model of the occupation of sustainable development of the Amazon forest is almost impossible.

This is because:

• The communities of the Amazon to sell forest products, low prices, and shop more products from the city at a high
• Breeding and migration to the towns and cities are becoming more and more appealing;
• There is an increase in deforestation and an increase in the urban centers.

The Mandū believe that their contributions to the economy of the forest, on foot, pass through a viable integrated solutions to extend the viability of the business community.

The city authorities who benefit from the products of socio-biodiversity, are you able to slow down the deforestation or the regeneration of the forest around it, being considered by the Mandū such as arrays, agroforestry and regenerative properties.

Strengthening the strategic cooperative RECA CEPOTX and COOPCAO

In this regard, between September 20 and march 21, Mandū for Social Innovation, in partnership with the GiZ (German Agency for Development Cooperation), both fresh and Symrise, made a consultant for the co-operatives COOPCAO, CEPOTX, and RECA, in order to contribute to the enhancement of the yield of this cooperative agroextrativistas in the brazilian Amazon.

This advisory is part of the program developpp.de the BMZ (German Ministry for Economic co-operation and Development) and is a partnership between the Chalk and the business of Natura – brazilian manufacturer of cosmetics and Symrise – a global supplier of fragrances, and basic materials for cosmetics. The purpose of this partnership was to promote the development of value chains, socio-biodiversity, and to increase the income of local farmers who produce the raw materials in a sustainable way.

The agroextrativism occurs when activities, such as agriculture, the cultivation of fruit trees, fishing, etc., can be combined with the activities of the extractive industries, generating the so-called assembly of the complex systems of production, agricultural, hunting and gathering. A cooperative is an organization made up of members of a particular group, for economic or social objective to carry out, for the common benefit, the task.

The aim of the project was to provide assistance to co-operatives to diversify their production and in promoting technological innovation in the process of production and processing, and the development of new products. In addition to this, the aim was to: 

• To promote the new value chains, socio-biodiversity;
• To stimulate technological innovation in the processing and post-processing;
• To strengthen the management and development of the structure of the community-based organizations.

And in order to achieve these objectives, the project is included in the business plan, strategy and marketing for the analysis of the viability of socio-biodiversity products of the cooperative work.

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The work was attended by the following methods:

• Meeting for diagnosis of the turn's production Cooperative, and a collection of the information;and
• A study of the economic feasibility of scenarios, the present, and the expansion;
• Development of a Team: a study of the market, and the ramp-up of the marketing plan of the work;
• The identification of the opportunity for expansion and/or development of new products and services;
• The meetings of the co-creation of the national parliament;
• Education and textbook for an introduction to the economic viability;
• An analysis of the goals, and profitability: an analysis of the feasibility and viability.

The formation has been divided into:

1. The introduction of a new, content: content of the pills of the content of each week.
2. Deepening the practice and content-togethers components
3. The preparation of a plan of work, At the end of the classroom on a weekly exercises and additional practice of the content

The outfit also has 5 modules with the content on the sites, under the following themes:

1. Sound Financial Management Practices;
2. By increasing the profitability of the Business Community;
3. The calculation of costs, and setting prices. 
4. A study of Economic Feasibility;
5. Business plan Eu.

In addition, each of the cooperative and had a 3-hour mentorship with a focus on deepening its business plan and to answer questions.

1. The diagnosis of the turn Production co-Operatives.
2. Identify opportunities for increased profitability.
3. The preparation of a Work Plan and a Business Plan.

The economic feasibility study, were asked for the following information from each of the members:

• Fixed costs: a Survey of the costs of materials and services, and accounts for the energy, water, accounting, PROPERTY tax, and so on; compensation of employees; and depreciation and maintenance of building and equipment.
• Raw materials: a list of all of your purchases for the price of one unit.
• Variable cost: the average of the sales for each month; the yield in the production of revenue.
• Valuation: the inputs automatically, manual input tax, plenty of, a commission of sales to adjust the price to a minimum.
• An analysis of the goals, and profitability: an analysis of the viability of the business.

RECA (Reforestation, an Economic Project, and the densely populated)

The complex agro-industrial sector and the indicators of the diversity and productivity in place of the RECA in a class of co-operative agricultural, hunting and gathering in large scale, some of the biggest companies in Brazil.

The RECA-is a settlement in the decade of the 80's, located in Porto Velho, Rondônia, brazil. It was to be for the purpose of reforestation, and to keep to the woods, to implementing Systems, Agro-forestry, which all the members to gather the products of socio-biodiversity of the Amazon and other plants for their livelihood.

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It has an agro-industrial complexes in the improvement of its products and in its history has used a number of partnerships that led him to become a reference in the region and raise you a nice return on a yearly basis.

In the cultivation of Agroforestry System (agro-forestry) in the RECA, there are more than 40 species of trees and plants and fruit trees, timber, and medicinal properties. It features production from tree fibers, copal, dragon's blood, rambotã, rubber, and some other species, the one that allows you to deal with the quality of large and small quantities. They sell their produce at its 1,000 acres, and processing of more than one million pounds of the fruit

• More than 450,000 pounds of the pulp of the cupuaçu
• More than 180,000 pounds of pulp from the acai berry
• Of the more than 100,000 pounds of almonds, dried nuts, brazil
• The 10,000 pounds of oil from the nuts of brazil
• About 120,000 pounds of almonds and cupuaçu (fermented and dried
• Over 40,000 pounds of butter, cupuacu
• An estimated 90,000 pounds of palm-heart of palm kernels
• More than 30,000 pounds of the seed of a palm flat to the treated
• 2,000 pounds of oil, andiroba oil

In analyzing the profitability of, and the relevance of each line of products, has been identified in the oil of the nut, and the pulp of the acai berry products are the most cost-effective and of the pulp, cupuacu butter, are the products that are most relevant to the composition of the revenues of the RECA in 2019.

The business plan aimed at the expansion of operations of the products.

In the scenario of expansion of Reca, we had the introduction of a new product, making it possible to access to new markets, increased use of the goods are stopped and the distribution of fixed costs.

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With all the new products, the panel of profitability and is updated while keeping the oil from the nut, with the highest yield, and the pulp of the acai berry lyophilized form and is to be frozen, there's a second great expansion of the crop.

COOPCAO – the Cooperative of Cocoa Farmers in the Organic

The COOPCAO is a co-operative singular (which is constituted by a minimum number of 20 individuals or entities located in the Pacajá PA), which carries out the marketing of the collective, of the cocoa. 

Your Business Plan is aimed at the implementation of the processing line of the babassu palm, with a focus on the production of activated carbon.

In the context of the expansion COOPCAO, there is a new production process, the introduction of the line of the processing of the babassu palm, with a focus on the production of activated carbon. In this way, you can add a value to all the co-products of the babassu palm, in order to assess the costs of production, and thereby to raise a higher-margin products, and the most profitable. Here, the focus is on the product, babassu oil, and of the greatest interest to trade. To facilitate the sale of co-products, which previously had no relevance to the company's total revenues, and the oil remains with the highest profit margin, which has boosted the profitability of the company. 

CEPOTX (The cooperative centre for the Production forms part of the Trans-amazon and the Xingu)

The CEPOTX is a co-operative center of organic farming, which is located in the Altamira-PA), who is in charge of the marketing collective, almonds and cocoa, organic cooperatives are unique and processing of cocoa butter. 

The costs and prices of every products that has been able to carry out a cost-benefit analysis, and the relevance of the product. It should be noted that the most cost-effective and more relevant to the era in the university's export and processing of the cocoa butter seemed to be the least possible.

Your business plan is aimed at the implementation of a processing line for the cocoa powder, and today, a by-product of waste, and it gives a lot of potential revenue for the company.

In the context of the expansion CEPOTX, there is a new manufacturing process. For the complete processing of the kernel of the cocoa, in the form of the aggregate amount of all of your co-products, if you have a need for a refinement of the production line, which has been done by improving the production capacity from the receipt of raw material to the final product, as well as the purchase of the machinery that is needed (mesh sieve, circular, crusher and mill, crusher. The use of a by-product torta de cacao allows you to the apportionment of the costs of production of the final product (butter). There is a reduction in the cost of production, and with a greater scope – higher cost-efficiency.

The arrangement of the fixed costs and a 10% increase in the price of the kernel, of course, the yield has fallen compared to the previous scenario, but the return of the cocoa powder was a bit making it the most viable along with the butter.

It is concluded that, through the work carried out by the Mandū for Social Innovation, in partnership with the GIZ (German Agency for Development Cooperation), both fresh and Symrise, with all 3 of the cooperatives are mentioned in the course of the 6 months of the project, it was possible to achieve the goal of providing assistance to the cooperatives, the diversification of their production, as well as how it has contributed to the increase in the cost-effectiveness of the same.

Get to know the RECA: https://www.projetoreca.com.br/