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Cultivá Bô Tchôn defending Environment

Thematic Area
Water, energy and Food
Location
Porto Novo
Application Areas
Agriculture
Scope

Entity

Description

The project "Cultivá Bô Tchôn defending Environment - Nucleus of Experimentation and Environmental and Environmental Demonstration of Casa do Meio" was jointly developed by the various local partners and was implemented in the year 2012, using a solar photovoltaic system of 24.8 kWp , installation of new agricultural parcels for crop rotation, training in various areas linked to their agricultural products, entrepreneurship and access to new information and communication technologies.

Objectives

  • Contribute to the sustainable rural development of the Casa Medio's farming community through the creation of sustainable mechanisms.

Results

Nucleus of Experimentation and Environmental and Agricultural Demonstration of the Casa do Meio equipped and functioning;
Point of Sale of Casa do Meio products;
Exhibition about the Casa do Meio created;
Access Point to Information created within the Core;
of the farmers involved in the Installation of Experimental Agricultural Fields;
Demonstrated Solar Apparatus installed and functioning;

Farmers trained in Sustainable Agricultural Practices;
Women trained in processing agricultural products.   

10 Youth Sessions on Renewable Energies;
10 Sessions for Women and Youth in Entrepreneurship and Accounting;
1 Launching Fair of the Nucleus;
6 Periodical Fairs.