Foundation Taiguey

Institute for Innovation in Biotechnology and Industry (IIBI) Trans-supported agriculture project

2 May 2008

Institute for Innovation in Biotechnology and Industry (IIBI) and the Foundation Taiguey signed a collaboration agreement in which the IBBI provide technical assistance for the development of Jams, Canned Sweet and pulps from fruit produced in the impact zone of Transagro Cienaga project, which seeks to create opportunities for income generation and assessment of environmentally sustainable agriculture through the creation of women's cooperative agro-processing craft.

Latest news related to this project:

• September 1 2008 - COODECI celebrates its Constitutive Assembly, a firm step for the progress of Cienaga!
• September 3 2008 - the Committees were formed and Credit Monitoring, as well as defined roles in the new directive COODECI!
• September 2 2008 - Gender Program, Agriculture and Rural Development in the Information Society pre-select our proposal between 231
• Aug 20 2008 - You're invited to the Constituent Assembly of the Cooperative for the Development of La Cienaga (COODECI)
• Jul 2 2008 - Community are trained at the School of Agricultural Offices, CIMPA, Santiago
• June 17 2008 - Visit of the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) in preparation for its next project COMP-supported agriculture.
• June 10 2008 - DELNET grants scholarship study "Local Development with a Gender Perspective"