MainDB: Strategic initiatives of adaptation to CC make a small business agroexporter sustainable as well as its value chain

Title: Strategic initiatives of adaptation to CC make a small business agroexporter sustainable as well as its value chain
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NWPGeographicRegion: Caribbean and Central America
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Adaptation element: Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Climate observations; Education and training; Financial support; Monitoring and evaluation/M&E; Science and research; Technology support; Vulnerability assessment
Adaptation sector/theme: Agriculture; Food security; Biodiversity
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Country: Nicaragua
NWPDataSource: PSI
Description: Chile crop Tabasco variety in Nicaragua with drip irrigation and plastic mulch, which helps to keep moisture. All chili producers have irrigation systems, which enables them to cultivate during the rainy and dry seasons, with good agricultural practices, thanks to the support received from Chiles de Nicaragua, S.A. and to the alliances it promotes, and to the support received from the cooperation organism.
Sharing of knowledge led to more favorable credit, technical, productive and associative conditions for other producers.
All suppliers signed a contract in which they agreed upon a set of regulations and rules. This included: a pre-established buying price and the producers should install some kind of irrigation system (preferably drip irrigation). This enables the company’s agricultural cycle to be decoupled from the seasonality in precipitation. This allows the farmer to produce in the dry season, which indicates that the farmer is not influenced by the risk of flooding or dependency on rain-fed.
Plastic mulch technology is implemented to increase water efficiency by reducing evaporation losses.
The project became part of the USAID’s Program for Enterprises and Employment in Nicaragua for three years to strengthen the growth strategy for the company, which has been a key factor for boosting the company.
Cooperation was established with: Program Tecnología Agrícola Competitiva TECHNO LINKS (CIDA, MEDA and FOMIN). Besides, a guarantee fund with national microfinance companies was created with FAMA and FDL
The project participated in the Regional Project for Adaptation to Climatic Change for the Corporate Sector, fomented by IntegraRSE, GIZ and INCE, UnirRSE, among others, to analyze and identify the risks, opportunities and adaptation actions for CC, by using excellent tools and sharing experiences with other companies in the area.
The construction and implementation of three shaded houses led to the possibility of production under controlled conditions and reduced vulnerability extreme temperatures and phytosanitary impacts.
Transport security is provided by the pick-up service of the company.
There is an active application process for the certification of organic chili with controlled agriculture, the outcome of this process is expected at the end of 2013.
Increased regular visits of our technical team to our suppliers helps them in: a proper selection of the location for the crop, correctly transplant healthy and costly seedlings, supervising that the plots and ridges are well constructed to avoid flooding in the crop plantation area, that the irrigation system and plastic mulch are correctly installed and that data is collected in a correct manner.
A strategic plan was created for the period of 2012-2015. The goal is to improve glitches in the Estrategias Empresariales ante el Cambio Climático en Centroamérica.
Expected outcome: Provide all suppliers with water-efficient irrigation systems and plastic mulch to allow them to produce year round and reduce water use.
Provide training to all directors and engineers on the topic of climate change and the possible consequences to support decision making.
Provide 250 new producers, including 70 women, with drip-irrigation systems by year 2016, with funding through the guarantee fund with Techno-Link for chili crops with extensions up to 1.5 mz.
Three shaded houses producing by the end of 2013, located in Managua, Boaco and Somoto, starting with 45 thousand pounds of produce.
Promoted good agricultural and manufacturing practices, and corporate social responsibility in all the production chain, emphasizing awareness and training of the actors on CC.
Further information: For further information go to: 
https://www.facebook.com/EmpresasyEmpleoNicaragua
https://www.youtube.com/user/empresasyempleo
http://www.chilesdenicaragua.com
Find the case study summary here:
https://unfccc.int/files/adaptation/nairobi_work_programme/private_sector_initiative/application/pdf/chiles_nicaragua.pdf
NWPGeographicScope: National
Indicators of achievement: 2012/2013: 205 mz. producing (all supliers).
211 producers use the water efficient drip irrigation system now on farms varying from 0.5 mz up to 42 mz. 
Increase of produce from 11.000 to 18.000 pound/mz due to the use of the drip irrigation system and dry season production strategy.
Regular visits from the technical team to the suppliers increased in the last three years from two to five visits a month.
30% of the actual producers use plastic mulch, some 60 mz.
Establishment of trust: suppliers can show the contract in order to obtain credit for microfinance to invest system improvements.
Construction of three shade houses by 2013 and the use of zero pesticides, in Managua, León and Somoto.
Assist an additional 250 suppliers, of which 70 women by 2016.
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NWPPartner: Chiles de Nicaragua, S.A.
Purpose: The sustainability strategy, 2009 start-up year, is based on the necessary adaptation to climate change and was successful in reducing the production risks, like: droughts, floods, storms and damaged roads by heavy rainfall. Extreme weather events impacted the production chain before and natural events almost led to the bankruptcy of the company and its associate producers.
 
Besides this strategy a new project started to produce chili peppers using zero pesticides. This is achieved by the development of shade house and will reduce the vulnerability of the crop to the adverse effects of climate change. Furthermore, the possibility of an organic certification for the produce was examined.
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Created at 21/04/2016 11:46 by Roberto Felix
Last modified at 10/05/2022 22:17 by Nicholas Hamp-Adams
 
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