The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, in agreement with AGROSAVIA, opens the call for cassava organizations and producers to be part of the Cassava Country Plan (Plan Yuca País) - Phase II

• The Cassava Country Plan phase II seeks to benefit cassava producer organizations in the Caribbean, Orinoquia, and Cauca, to continue strengthening the cassava value chain in Colombia
• High-quality planting material, multiplication infrastructure, demonstrative showcases, and technical workshops are some of the benefits of Phase II of the Plan.

 

Montería, Córdoba. July 14, 2023. The cassava value chain is of great importance for the food and socioeconomic security of countless rural communities throughout the national territory. In Colombia, a total area of more than 200 thousand hectares is reported, finding areas with this crop in all the departments of the five natural regions of Colombia. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, seeking to promote rural progress with a territorial approach and strengthen the productivity and competitiveness of agricultural products, has created the Cassava Country Plan Phase II that seeks to: Join technical, scientific, technological, financial, and administrative efforts to promote the strengthening of productive, commercial and processing capacities of the cassava productive subsector for fresh and industrial consumption in highly relevant nuclei, through innovation and the scaling of sustainable production strategies for the consolidation of agribusiness, the technological appropriation and the social benefit of the communities.

For this, Phase II will continue with the monitoring and consolidation of productive, commercial, and industrial processes of industrial cassava in the departments of Bolívar, Córdoba, and Sucre, in addition to initiating direct intervention in the cassava production areas for fresh consumption in the departments mentioned above, and expanding its intervention to Arauca, Atlántico, Cauca, Cesar, Magdalena, and Meta to improve productivity, among other aspects.

Potential beneficiaries of this project include the different actors in the cassava production chain, such as extension workers, agricultural technical assistants, industries, and producers from the departments of Sucre, Córdoba, Bolívar, Cesar, Magdalena, Atlántico, Cauca, Arauca, and Meta. The initiative has been extended to other productive nuclei, seeking to reduce unit production costs, increase crop yield and cultivation areas with sustainable management practices, and strengthen human capital in cassava production units.

 

Subject of the invitation

This intervention presents the following action segments to impact the obstacles faced by the chain development of the cassava subsector in the Caribbean (Sucre, Córdoba, Bolívar, Magdalena, Atlántico and Cesar), Orinoquia (Arauca and Meta) and Andean (Cauca) nuclei through the following actions:

 

1. Integrate small producers and different actors in the cassava value chain through recognizing market segments and broadcasting and disseminating technical knowledge to strengthen and consolidate the chain.
2. Promote the strengthening of capacities in producing and managing high-quality planting material through providing infrastructure, technical knowledge, and articulation with small producers.
3. Contribute to add value to cassava in rural communities by promoting local processing processes into animal feed products.

The selection of possible beneficiaries will be carried out according to the following activities:

Phase I: Registration of applicants and citation of face-to-face worktables for each prioritized municipality.

Phase II: Characterization of identified organizations.

Phase III: Presentation of the results of the beneficiary identification process.

Phase I: Registration of applicants and citation of face-to-face worktables for each prioritized municipality

 

3.1. Opening

This invitation will be published on all of AGROSAVIA's social networks, redirecting to the complete information and application that applicants on the Corporation's website, www.agrosavia.co, must complete from July fourteen (14), 2023.

 

3.2 Attendance to the face-to-face worktables

These will be carried out from July twenty-four (24) to August eighteen (18), 2023, according to the following information table:

Department	Municipality	Contact person per locality and contact mobile phone number
Atlántico	Luruaco	Ricardo Henríquez – 3173120985 Jorge del Toro – 3135892833
Atlántico	Repelón	Ricardo Henríquez – 3173120985 Jorge del Toro – 3135892833
Atlántico	Polonuevo (industrial cassava)	Ricardo Henríquez – 3173120985 Jorge del Toro – 3135892833
Bolívar	El Carmen de Bolívar (San Jacinto)	Hernando Araujo – 3215231537
Bolívar	Villanueva	Hernando Araujo – 3215231537
Bolívar	Arjona (Mahates)	Hernando Araujo – 3215231537
Magdalena	Nueva Granada	Julio Muñoz – 3213985835
Magdalena	Ariguaní (El Difícil)	Julio Muñoz – 3213985835
Magdalena	San Zenón	Julio Muñoz – 3213985835
Córdoba	Tierralta	Shirley Pérez – 3168682118
Córdoba	Planeta Rica	Shirley Pérez – 3168682118
Córdoba	Sahagún (Ciénaga de Oro, industrial cassava)	Shirley Pérez – 3168682118
Sucre	Ovejas	Hernando Araujo – 3215231537
Sucre	San Pedro	Hernando Araujo – 3215231537
Sucre	Sincé (industrial cassava) (Galeras and Betulia)	Hernando Araujo – 3215231537
Sucre	Corozal (industrial cassava)	Hernando Araujo – 3215231537
Cesar	La Jagua de Ibirico	María Ledezma – 3013148174 Juan Cubillos – 3015189179
Cesar	Pelaya or Becerril (Chimichagua)	María Ledezma – 3013148174 Juan Cubillos – 3015189179
Meta	Fuente de Oro	Javier Benito – 3123816374
Meta	Vistahermosa	Javier Benito – 3123816374
Meta	Granada	Javier Benito – 3123816374
Arauca	Tame	Héctor Sandoval – 3208013255
Arauca	Saravena	Héctor Sandoval – 3208013255
Cauca	Timbío	José Ives Pérez – 3224233701
Cauca	El Tambo	José Ives Pérez – 3224233701
Cauca	Buenos Aires (Industrial cassava)	Eberto Rodríguez – 3116133076

 

3.3. Request for clarification and/or information

Requests for clarification and/or additional information must be made through the institutional email haraujo@agrosavia.co from July fourteen (14) to August four (04), 2023, until 16:00 hours.

 

3.4. Answer for clarifications or additional information

Requests for clarification or additional information will be answered via email at haraujo@agrosavia.co until August 4, 2023, at 16:00 hours.

 

3.5. Call closure

The virtual application must be completed by filling out the form on the website www.agrosavia.co or sent to the email haraujo@agrosavia.co no later than August seven (07), two thousand and twenty-three (2023), until 16:00 hours. Applications that arrive after the date and time scheduled for the selection process closure will not be considered within this process.

Note: During the face-to-face worktables, physical registration for the Call can be made by fulfilling all the requirements.

 

3.6. Publication of results

The results will be published on AGROSAVIA's website on August 30, 2023.

 

Summary schedule:

Activity	Date and hour
Phase I-Registration and citation of face-to-face worktables
Opening of virtual applications	On July 14, 2023, time 07:30 hours
Face-to-face worktables in prioritized municipalities	From July 24 to August 18, 2023, until 16:00 hours
Request for clarification and additional information	From July 14 to August 4, 2023, until 16:00 hours
Answers for clarifications and additional information	Until August 04, 2023, until 16:00 hours
Closure of virtual applications	On August 7, 2023, until 16:00 hours
Closure	On August 18, 2023, until 16:00 hours
Phase II: Characterization of identified organizations	From July 24 to August 18, 2023, until 16:00 hours
Phase III: Presentation of results of the beneficiary identification process	On August 30, 2023, at 16:00 hours

For more information, access the following links according to your type of application:

For producer organizations: https://es.surveymonkey.com/r/SGWZ6RH

For non-associated producers: https://es.surveymonkey.com/r/SBBKRS5