Historia y perspectivas del modelo GGAVATT (Grupos Ganaderos de Validación y Transferencia de Tecnología)

In this document, the aim was to gather the experiences obtained with the GGAVATT model since its creation. The results, experiences, and impacts of the development and implementation of this model, reported in secondary sources, were evaluated. Five stages were identified: laying the foundations (1970 - 1982), model development (1983 - 1989), model validation (1990 - 1996), national expansion (1997 - 2007), and adaptation and survival (2008 - to date). Here present the results obtained in each of these stages and the participation in different projects associated with official programs in the different Mexican States. In all the projects where the GGAVATT methodology has been appropriately applied, the technical, economic, social, and ecological results have been positive. At this point, it is know the success factors that provide good results. Therefore, it has a strategy that could be very useful in improving the current situation of small and medium-scale livestock producers in Mexico.El objetivo del presente documento es revisar las experiencias obtenidas con el GGAVATT desde su formación. Para lo cual se llevó a cabo una revisión de fuentes secundarias que reportan resultados, experiencias e impactos del desarrollo e implementación del modelo. Se identificaron cinco etapas: de 1970-1982, poniendo los cimientos; de 1983-1989 formación del modelo; de 1990-1996 validación del modelo; de 1997-2007 expansión nacional; de 2008 a la fecha adaptación y sobrevivencia. Se presentan los resultados obtenidos en cada una de estas etapas y la participación en diferentes proyectos asociados a los programas oficiales del sector en diferentes estados del país. En todos los proyectos en donde la metodología GGAVATT se ha aplicado adecuadamente, los resultados técnicos, económicos, sociales y ecológicos, han sido positivos. Se conoce ahora cuales son los factores de éxito que proporcionan buenos resultados y se dispone de una estrategia que puede ser de gran utilidad para mejorar la situación de los pequeños y medianos productores pecuarios de México

LA ASOCIACIÓN ENTRE ONGs Y ACADEMIA EN LA LUCHA CONTRA LA POBREZA ALIMENTARIA

Poverty, a major national challenge, is a situation or lifestyle which arises as a result of the lack of resources to meet basic human needs, such as food, health and housing. In 2008, the Food Bank of Veracruz, A.C. (BAV) signed a cooperation agreement with the School of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Veracruz. Since then, workshops on dairy products making as well as workshops on meat products manufacturing has been taught and have had an impact on participants and communities nutrition. Whole milk received from donation was pasteurized and processed. Cheese and yogurt produced were integrated into the basic food baskets donated to beneficiaries. Almost 8000 families from 27 different neighborhoods in the Veracruz-Boca del Rio metropolitan area were benefited. Research has also been a component associated to these activities, for example, a pork sausage added with different percentages of textured soybean was tested, in order to increase its protein content and offer a better nutritive value product for human consumption. The collaborative effort is now seeking to empower people who participated in the previous workshops teaching them now courses on business projects, so they can be self-employed and become financially independent in the future. Several schools of the University of Veracruz are involved in teaching workshops for dairy and meat making products and in training these people to integrate an association that could help them to create and promote small businesses (SMEs). It is concluded that to solve complex problems, such as food poverty, a collaborative interdisciplinary approach linking several agencies of various kinds and different educational institutions is required. Such approach will optimize the strengths each one of the participants have and will maximize the chances of success