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The QUIRON Project: Integrating Conservation, Social Inclusion, and Renewable Energy

The QUIRON Project aims to solve income generation problems, improve quality of life, and conserve natural processes and biodiversity through the integration of renewable energy, adequate technology, and biodiversity management. Generating quick, diversified, and steady income for rural families, the project focuses on cash crops like alfalfa and vineyards, as well as forest production with native species. This innovative approach combines technology and sustainable development, promoting social inclusion and a better common future.

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The QUIRON Project: Integrating Conservation, Social Inclusion, and Renewable Energy

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  1. IDEAAS TTHE QUIRON PROJECT Integrating conservation, social inclusion and renewable energy Fábio Rosa, IDEAAS Sílvia Ziller, Instituto Hórus

  2. THE QUIRON PROJECT Goals: • Solve problems of income generation • Introduce a steady cash flow to the families • Improve the quality of life • Bring a new future perspective to the people and rural families • Improve the local environmental quality (water, waste management, biodiversity) • Productive use of energy

  3. THE QUIRON PROJECT EQUATION: • Energy + Adequate technology + Biodiversity Management + Processes of social development = Income Generation + Better quality of life + Conservation of natural processes and biodiversity = Better common future

  4. THE QUIRON PROJECTRenewable energy This component is provided by STA SOLAR

  5. THE QUIRON PROJECTIncome Generation The goal is to provide: • Quick income generation (short term) • Diversified origins of family cash flow (medium term) • Steady family cash flow (long term)

  6. THE QUIRON PROJECTIncome Generation

  7. THE QUIRON PROJECTIncome Generation Projected Income (month) Period (year)

  8. THE QUIRON PROJECTAlfalfa • High nutrition for cattle • Cultivated all over the world • High concentration of protein, 22-25% • High productivity, up to 20,000 kg/ha/year • Average capacity for 54 kg milk/day • Lack of supply • Uses family labor • Uses small agricultural areas

  9. THE QUIRON PROJECTAlfalfa Revenues • Costs of production/ha - US $ 835 • Average productivity – 13,500 kg/ha/year • Gross revenue US $ 2,250 • Operational profit US $ 1,815/year after 4 years

  10. THE QUIRON PROJECTVineyards • Small areas in rural properties which are not subjected to any other uses • Uses family labor • Establishes agricultural programs compatible with property area and number of people in the family • Roots people to their properties • Reduces rural exodus • Reduces poverty belts around urban areas

  11. THE QUIRON PROJECTVineyards

  12. THE QUIRON PROJECTVineyards • Region selected due to soil, climate, and available technology • Market in development • Lack of supply for local wine producer • Production of grapes for fine wines and juice

  13. THE QUIRON PROJECTVineyards Costs and production Implementation: US $ 8,367 Production: year 1 – 3,000 kg/ha year 2 – 8,000 kg/ha year 4 and on – 18,000 kg/ha

  14. THE QUIRON PROJECTVineyards Revenues • year 1 – US $ 1,000 • year 2 – US $ 2,700 • year 4 and on – US $ 6,000 Net benefit • US $ 3,170 Relation of investment/benefit = 1:2  High profit

  15. THE QUIRON PROJECT Forest production with native species

  16. THE QUIRON PROJECT Forest production with native species 1 Survey of species per potential of use 2 Survey of carpenters and saw mills 3 Preferred species x available species • Selection of areas • Soil analysis • Fences • Training and planting • Register • Review • Pruning

  17. THE QUIRON PROJECT Forest production with native species • Luehea divaricata • Parapiptadenia rigida • Psidium cattleianum • Schinus molle • Schinus therebinthifolius • Myrocarpus frondosus • Cupania vernalis • Peltophorum dubium • Ocotea puberula • Jacaranda micrantha • Cedrela fissilis • Erythryna crista-galli • Ficus monckii • Grápia • Patagonula americana • Inga uruguensis • Tabebuia crysothrycha • Tabebuia roseo-alba • Chordia trichotoma • Caesalpinia ferrea • Prunus brasiliensis • Enterolobium contortisiliquum • Eugenia uniflora

  18. THE QUIRON PROJECT Forest production with native species • Modeling native species Louro freijó Ipê-roxo

  19. THE QUIRON PROJECT Forest production with native species • Economic evaluation • Planting costs • Seedlings (6700 trees/ha) • Labour • Reviewing • Transportation of seedlings • Ant control • Irrigation • Organic fertilizer • Other equipment • Fences • R$ ~ 3.500,00 • 60% seedling cost

  20. THE QUIRON PROJECT Forest production with native species Economic evaluation Values in US dollars, based on 1 hectare

  21. THE QUIRON PROJECT Forest production with native species If 5 hectares are planted, 1 per year, the model generates annual income.

  22. THE QUIRON PROJECT Outcome • Diversity in income sources • Short, medium and long term action • Compatibility with environmental conservation • Innovative in combining technology and sustainable development

  23. THE QUIRON PROJECT Thank you! Fábio Rosa, IDEAAS Sílvia Ziller, Instituto Hórus BRAZIL

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