ADRI promotes economic development in organized groups of men and women for the improvement of agricultural, horticultural and livestock production.
ADRI also promotes the recovery of native especies, providing technical assistance in the technification of their crops, such as: macro-tunnels, irrigation systems, training events at community level, and learning tours with small producers; creating alternatives of entrepreneurship through commercialization of surpluses as well as availability and access to food. Likewise, the knowledge of families for the management of agroforestry areas has been increased by introducing plants such as cocoa, coffee, bananas and fruit trees, reaching that 200 small farmer families acquire these practices and maintain with the planting of permanent crops an environmental and economic balance that allows them access to other foods.
Small farmers have been strengthened for crop diversification (pineapple, tomato, watermelon, potato, red pepper and jalapeño pepper), improving their food intake and linking their surpluses to local and departmental markets.
Small farmers families have received sweet potato and cassava cuttings for crop diversification and improved food intake; they have also been strengthened in the transformation of the product into flour as a value-added product for commercialization.
Small farmers families have received sweet potato and cassava cuttings for crop diversification and improved food intake; they have also been strengthened in the transformation of the product into flour as a value-added product for commercialization.
Families have received technical support to honey production in colony expansion and queen management during swarms; same number of families harvested more than 370 liters of honey per year, marketing their product at 118% profitability.
More than 1,250 families receiving seed capital under the SEFIC project also received technical assistance in managing their agricultural and livestock projects. The installed capacity of female producers was strengthened, from entrepreneurial topics up through harvest.
A greenhouse was built in the community of Tzuyul, Tucuru, Alta Verapaz with a capacity of producing 40,000 coffee seedlings. This will allow 18 families to reforest or plant 4.55 hectares with coffee and/or sell the seedlings.
25 dome-type solar dryers implemented, 4 dryers for chili producers and 21 dryers for allspice producers.
