Terra di Valore - Innovation and inclusion of women and young people in agri-food value chains under a participative and cooperative model

The project aims to promote an inclusive and sustainable integral rural development in Cape Verde, getting over the central issues of the country, principally linked to the effects of climate change. The current proposal for intervention therefore looks forward to a participatory value chain approach on three components: 1. Management of natural resources 2. Production and market 3. Cooperative and associative organization with a gender perspective reflected in a specific result. This kind of approach, strongly participatory, is that of the "Climate Resilient Value Chains", an intervention based on the fruit and vegetable and dairy production chains. The target area are the islands of Santiago and Fogo, the two poorest regions of Cape Verde. The method is based on a gradual process of learning and growth opportunities in which small producers, including young people and women, can find employment and professional opportunities in the world of rural development, filling niche markets and responding to market demand.