How do you do it: The national creation of honey bees (beekeeping) is an agriculture activity that obtains to unite the economic exploration with the preservation of the environment. The increase of apicultural grass contributes for the growth of the production, it prevents the forest fire, the hand of idle workmanship of the family promotes the use of the reserve areas also to maintain the man working in the field.

The AVIDOS farm is located in Sýo Bento do Tocantins, region of Bico do Papagaio (the Peak of the Parrot), it is a farm with potential for the development of the apicultural activity and derived of products of which had quality, mainly the varied and abundant flora (Cerrado Vegetation), favorable climatic conditions.

Innovation: The market for the apicultural products it shows promising, therefore demand exists, and therefore demand restrained in the State and in the Country also exists. The honey in the Tocantins is reaching in the retail, an average price of R$ 10,00 (U$ 4,00) while, while in the Wholesale, R$7,00 (U$ 2,50). A value well above of the Brazilian average that came reaching up to 2002/03, the cipher of R$2,00 in the Wholesale.

Based in this information, the AVIDOS elaborated this project ýPromoting Maintainable Development, Social Inclusion and Preserving the Environment" whose the objective is to invest in the Social Promotion of the capital stock and human, to buy equipment, to buy and to mount the processing equipment.

Impact: The implantation of this project will benefit 60 families directly of Sýo Bento do Tocantins ý TO, in a total of 180 people. As beneficiary indirect the City hall of Sýo Bento do Tocantins increasing of municipal taxes, the commerce in general, the service sector, the agricultural tourism, amongst others.

Ethical Action: One of the great challenges of the current governmentýs politics is to have more social programs that can maintain the man in the field, to fortify familiar agriculture and to diversify the production thus obtaining, to raise the familiar income.

The apicultural exploration becomes propitious in the AVIDOS Farm, therefore the same one is in Sýo Bento do Tocantins, with consisting bush and privileged region flora closed of gallery and river side vegetation that had still not suffered the extreme depredation from the men.

For demanding low investment, minimum risks, low cost of production, not perishable products and with quality, market in compatible ascension and with other activities of cattle agriculture.

Replication: a. To promote courses of qualification of local hand of idle workmanship; b. To create and to fortify the existing apicultural associations; c. To acquire the necessary material for the development of the apicultural activity; d. To guide the beekeepers in the identification of the internal and external consuming market; e. To promote the conservation and preservation of the environment through the control of forest fires and of the uncontrolled deforestation

Sustainability: We will use the participative methodology, with social mobilization and sensitization of the community on the importance of the apicultural and associative work. Training, workshops and, courses to qualify the community. Partnerships with public and private institutions will be celebrated.

Position in the Ethics Mosaic of Solutions:

Factor: Ignorance of consequences

Principle: Building ability to care, uphold values, and make

Contact Information:
Name: Jeff Teixeira - Executive Director
Organization: AVIDOS - Agua Viva Desenvolvimento Sustentývel
Mailing address: R. Nero Macedo, 777 Centro - Araguatins - TO
Country: Brazil
Email: avidos@avidos.org
Tel: 55 63 34742170 / 5563 84075333
Fax: 55 63 34742170
Website: http://www.avidos.org

Organization Size: We just have one perso working as a volunteer full time