O Sustainable Network Project It was born with a clear purpose: to strengthen family farming organizations in Dom Eliseu (PA) and create bridges between those who produce and those who buy — connecting producers, markets and public policies to expand commercialization in a structured and lasting way.
Our focus is on generating income, regenerating the territory, and building a fairer economy—from the inside out, with those who live in the territory. To achieve this, we have structured the project around four Transformation Pillars:
1. Strategic diagnosis, Mapping producers, supply chains, and marketing opportunities;
2. Capacity Building for Markets, training 250 farmers and leaders — 50% women and young people — in management and market access;
3. Alliances that Generate Results, connecting associations and cooperatives to institutional and private markets and creating new marketing channels;
4. Impact and Legacy, with measurement of results and sharing of lessons learned for replication.
Across the board, the project prioritizes products with low environmental impact, fosters strategic supply chains in the region, strengthens local organizations, and promotes the inclusion of young people and women as key players in territorial transformation.
The project is implemented by Frontiers of Development Institute and carried out in conjunction with Partners for the Amazon Platform (PPA), with strategic partnerships of Suzano, Alliance Biodiversity & CIAT, who are joining forces to broaden the reach and effectiveness of actions in the territory.
IFD Map is a digital platform, the result of a partnership between the Instituto Fronteiras do Desenvolvimento (IFD) and the ERM Foundation. The platform was created out of the need to make visible and connect those who produce, those who market, and those who support family farming in the Dom Eliseu territory, in southeastern Pará.
The project addressed the main agroecological food chains in the Belém region and, together with local organizations, co-created guidelines for the fair and transparent marketing of these foods, as well as a platform with producer organizations from the state of Pará with the potential to supply COP30. It was carried out by the Institutos Fronteiras do Desenvolvimento and Regenera, with support from the Instituto Clima e Sociedade (iCS).
The Native Fruits project supported the conservation of the Atlantic Forest in the Paraíba Valley region by including native fruits in the school menu of the São Paulo state public school system. Conducted in conjunction with five municipalities in the state of São Paulo, the project promoted knowledge exchange and produced a publication to encourage the adoption of native fruits in the National School Feeding Program (PNAE). It was supported by TNC Brazil and carried out in partnership with the Fauser Institute, the Regenera Institute, and Mombora.
The project was developed between October and December 2020 and included the design, facilitation, and synthesis of multi-stakeholder dialogues to support Natura's advocacy strategy, within the context of the company's commitment to zero deforestation in the Amazon.
