Empowerment of non-timber forest product value chain actors in the Colombian Amazon Region

 

Implementing partner: Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones científicas (SINCHI)

Consortium partners: Natura Cosméticos LDTA
Implementation period: May 2023 - March 2024
 Sector: Just Rural Transition

 

In recent years, the awareness of sustainability and environmental impact has led to an increment for products that incorporate natural ingredients (NI). Based on prospection and market studies of NI demand, the Colombian government identified the NI sector as an opportunity due to the country’s vast biodiversity.

Colombian society has a critical need for projects aimed to enhance the performance of the national NI sector. The harvesting of natural resources, the processing of NI, and the formulation of new products, are expected to provide new employment opportunities that would boost Colombia’s economy. 

The project aimed to strengthen the NI chain in the Colombian Amazon region, enhancing its competitiveness and circularity through processes of innovation, technological development, and knowledge transfer. Strengthening the NI chain will contribute to the desired outcome of increased and sustained action on climate change. 

Click here to find out more about the project and its results.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Quotes website UK PACT-14-SINCHI project colombia quote

Project photos LATAM-14-Sinchi - Colombia Project-1

Long-term outcomes

  • The project compiled three manuals detailing best practices for the utilization of canangucha (Mauritia Flexuosa), copoazú (Theobroma grandinflorum), and sacha inchi (Plukenetia volubilis), to be distributed to producer associations. The aim was to communicate simple yet effective practices ensuring quality throughout the supply chain, enabling them to offer standardized high-quality products.
  • SINCHI prioritised monitoring of technology transfer to six associations: ACBA, AGROSOLIDARIA, ASOPROAGRO, COMGUAVIARE, ASMUCOCA, and ASOPARAISO. As a result, a total of 446.9 hectares are being used with the best cultivation practices. These hectares are distributed in harvestable forests for the production of non-timber forest products and in agroforestry arrangements. The use of best management practices not only increases productivity but also promotes sustainable and environmentally friendly practices.
  • Seven training sessions were conducted for producers from AGROIMPA, ASOPROCEGUA, ASOFRUMAYO, PURAMAZONIA, ASOPROAGRO, COMGUAVIARE, ASOPROMACARENA, and ACBA. These sessions covered good practices in harvest, post-harvest, fermentation, drying, and packaging of copoazú, sacha inchi, and non-timber forest products. The training included topics such as agroecological systems, good agricultural practices, and manufacturing practices. With over 150 participants, 33% were women.

About UK PACT

UK PACT (Partnering for Accelerated Climate Transitions) is a unique capacity-building programme. Jointly governed and funded by the UK Government’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) through the UK's International Climate Finance, it works in partnership with countries with high emissions reduction potential to support them to implement and increase their ambitions for tackling climate change.

 

EXPLORE

Quick Links

ukpact-navy-logo

© Copyright 2025     UK PACT Privacy Notice  Cookie Policy