Presentation of how high value agriculture and energy efficiency can result in poverty alleviation in Northeast Brazil.

1. Sustainable Agriculture: Transforming communities Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation October 17, 2008 Katherine D. LaGuardia Patrick J. D’Addario Fiorello H. LaGuardia Foundation for

2. DIRECTOR-GENERAL UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND REHABILITATION AGENCY (UNRRA), 1946

4. Gate’s Agriculture Agenda “ The foundation’s Agricultural Development Initiative is working with a wide range of partners to provide millions of small farmers in the developing world - most of whom are women -with tools and opportunities to boost their productivity, increase their incomes and build better lives for themselves and their families. The foundation invests in efforts across the entire agricultural value chain, from seeds and soil to farm management and market access.”

7. SOLAR PUMPING AND WATER STORAGE

8. RECYCLING PVC BOTTLES SEEDLING NURSERY MIXING NUTRIENTS

9. BEGINNING OF THE END OF POVERTY

10. SOLAR/GAS HYBRID DRYER BIODIGESTOR

11. SOLAR COOKER

12. TRAINING

13. THE FIRST BATCH

14. PEPPER FLAKES

16. BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE ( water, energy, and sanitation) PRODUCTION, MANAGEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES, OWNERSHIP, FAIR TRADE AND MCROCREDIT WITH LOCAL CONTROL EDUCATION, INFORMATION, AND ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS COMMUNITY DIMENSIONS OF SUSTAINABILITY

17. Identify Partners/Project Opportunities Building Markets from the Ground Up Conduct Pilot Projects Support Organizational Development Complete Commercial & Financial Chains Replication STAGE I Blue Moon Fund Fondazione Cariplo Others (Grants) STAGE II REEEP E-MDG-F Consorzio Etimos/LGF Guarantees Loans Equity Social Middleman Loans

20. Renewables Development Subnat’l Govts Consorzio Etimos Fond. Cariplo Fond. MdS Comp. Sanpaolo REEEP PFAN Milan Joao Pessoa, Brazil La Pintana, Chile Porto de Pedras Health Non-Ag Multi-laterals UN ECLAC UNCRD Inter- American Dev Bank LGF Ag Multilateral Magister EU ACP FAO IFAD Madagascar MOSAICO IEE, Brazil S 3 IDF, India E 3 V,India GEI, China