Transamazonica Connections - Building common goals for the livestock sector in Novo Repartimento (PA), Brazil

The Transamazonica Connections initiative seeks to understand what the conditions and demands are for fostering sustainable and prosperous livestock farming in the municipality of Novo Repartimento by employing a broad and participatory perspective of the economic groups involved in the chain.

After analysing the characterisation of the municipality using secondary data and profiles of producers in the municipality with data from interviews, three meetings were organised that involved a diverse audience from the private sector, public bodies, civil society and livestock farmers. The aim of the meetings was to identify the challenges and priority actions for developing a more sustainable activity in the municipality, with a view to creating the opportunity for an engaged group to form the Sustainable Livestock Forum.

This report presents the systematisation and discussion of the results obtained in the three meetings. Initially, the methodology developed by Oficina do Encontro, a company specialising in facilitating participatory processes for conducting meetings and agendas for activities is described. This is followed by details of the dynamics, guiding questions and the results from the three meetings. Finally, this report summarises the discussion from the perspective of the consortium of organisations leading implementation of the project, based on a technical and applied view of the content developed. It then presents the common priority objectives for developing a more sustainable and prosperous livestock sector in the municipality of Novo Repartimento, built collectively by the main players in the municipal beef chain.

For more information about the Transamazonica Connections initiative, contact Érika Monteiro, Principal Project Manager, at erika@proforest.net.