Centro De Tecnologias Alternativas Populares

Name

Centro De Tecnologias Alternativas Populares

Legal name

Centro de Tecnologias Alternativas Populares

Website

https://cetap.org.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Agroecology and Family Farming Services

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (54162)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Carbon, Sustainability & Farm Certification Support (Agro-Environmental Advisory) (AFACABAL)

Keywords

• Agroecology services
• Family farming support
• Rural technical assistance
• Sociobiodiversity conservation
• Agricultural extension programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Passo Fundo, Rio Grande Do Sul

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Government partnerships and public agreements: Through agreements with municipal, state, and federal governments, CETAP develops projects that directly benefit family farmers, their communities, and urban consumers. This includes partnerships with MDA (Ministry of Agrarian Development and Family Agriculture) and other public bodies.
2. International cooperation projects: Through cooperation with international organizations, CETAP accesses resources to complement actions and strengthen exchange experiences.
3. Private partnerships and foundations: Partnerships with socially responsible companies and foundations enable implementation of projects that benefit society.
4. Donations: Donations from individuals and legal entities.

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

CETAP is a Brazilian nonprofit civil society organization that delivers agroecology-focused programs and services to family farmers, rural communities, and urban consumers. Its work spans sensitization and mobilization, technical training and capacity building, on-farm technical assistance, market linkage through the Circuito Agroecológico (organic food circuit), sociobiodiversity conservation, and inter-institutional cooperation funded largely by government grants and partnerships.

Product overview

CETAP is a non-profit organization (OSC) dedicated to promoting family agriculture and agroecology. Its service offering consists of institutional programs focused on five core areas: (1) promotion and conservation of sociobiodiversity, (2) ecological production support with women and youth protagonism, (3) commercialization and rural-urban approximation, (4) inter-institutional articulation and cooperation, and (5) institutional management and strengthening. These are delivered through three main activity types: sensitization, organization and mobilization; capacity building and continuing education; and technical assistance and monitoring. The organization also produces technical publications including meliponiculture circulars, agroforestry manuals, and educational materials on sustainable practices.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Promoção e conservação da sociobiodiversidade (Sociobiodiversity Promotion and Conservation Program) Program focused on promoting actions for the valorization and use of sociobiodiversity from a complementary perspective, targeting family farmers, indigenous and traditional communities, and partner organizations.
• Apoio à produção ecológica com protagonismo de mulheres e jovens (Ecological Production Support with Women and Youth Protagonism) Program to strengthen agroecological production and the protagonism of women and youth, promoting ecological agriculture for food quality, income generation, and sustainable development, targeted at rural women and young farmers.
• Comercialização e aproximação entre rurais e urbanos (Commercialization and Rural-Urban Connection) Program to strengthen regional strategies and spaces for supply and commercialization of ecological foods, promoting approximation between rural and urban populations and conscious consumption, targeted at family farmers, consumer groups, and institutional buyers (PNAE/PAA).
• Articulação e cooperação interinstitucional (Inter-Institutional Articulation and Cooperation) Program to strengthen civil society organizations (OSCs), especially CETAP, through network action to increase political incidence and ensure sustainability and governance, targeted at NGOs, farmer associations, and public partners.
• Gestão e fortalecimento institucional (Institutional Management and Strengthening) Program to strengthen CETAP's institutional capacity through articulation mechanisms, internal processes, human resources qualification, and communication management, targeted internally at CETAP staff and governance bodies.
• Circuito Agroecológico (Agroecological Circuit) Operated network of 10 stations (7 production and commercialization + 3 commercialization-only) across Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Paraná, and São Paulo, providing aggregation, processing, logistics, and market access for organic family-farming production, serving family farmers, consumer groups, and institutional buyers.
• Publicações e materiais técnicos (Technical Publications) Circulares Técnicas de Meliponicultura, agroforestry manuals, and educational materials on sustainable extractivism, native fruits, gender equity, and climate change, distributed to family farmers, technical teams, educators, and partner organizations.

Quantifiable outcome

• Weekly sales of 130 tons of organic food through the Circuit
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

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Partnerships

20 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Núcleo de Agroecologia do Alto Uruguai (NAAU)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition of organizations including CETAP, CAPA/FLD, UFFS, UERGS, IFRS, and URI Erechim that jointly promotes agroecology through events like the VII Seminário de Agroecologia do Alto Uruguai (SAAU).
• Rede Ecovida de AgroecologiacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork spanning Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, and Paraná that includes CETAP among its member organizations. CETAP provides technical support to families in Núcleo Planalto and Núcleo Alto Uruguai.
• ECOTERRA (Associação Regional de Cooperação e Agroecologia)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization hosting the Circuit station in Três Arroios and collaborating on commercialization strategies. Coordinator Andressa Aparecida Martins highlighted CETAP's advisory role since the beginning.
• Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul (UFFS)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFederal university partner in NAAU coalition, hosting event panels and participating in agroecology seminars.
• Universidade Estadual do RS (UERGS)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerState university partner in NAAU, providing venue for seminário and academic presentations.
• Instituto Federal RS (IFRS)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFederal institute partner in NAAU; involved in extension project analyzing honey samples from meliponicultores.
• URI ErechimminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity partner participating in NAAU coalition and agroecology events.
• Instituto Chão (São Paulo)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSão Paulo-based partner in Circuit commercialization network, part of the urban distribution strategy.
• Universidade de Passo Fundo (UPF)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal university with NEA-UPF (Núcleo de Estudos em Agroecologia) that participates in exchanges and events with CETAP.
• Associação de Apicultores e Meliponicultores de Nova Petrópolis (Nova Mel)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation hosting exchange visits for native bee processing techniques; shares knowledge on processing and commercialization of native bee honey.
• Cooperativa de Reciclagem RecibelaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRecycling cooperative in Passo Fundo receiving food donations from CETAP-connected farmers; provides meals for approximately 70 people daily from surplus produce.
• Rede de Hortas Comunitárias do UruguaiminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUruguayan network of community gardens participating in exchange visit to learn about urban agriculture and agroecology practices.
• Rede de Agroecologia (Uruguai)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUruguayan agroecology network participating in international exchange with CETAP.
• Rede de Sementes (Uruguai)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUruguayan seed network participating in international exchange.
• Rede de Mulheres Rurais (Uruguai)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUruguayan rural women's network participating in exchange focused on agroecology and gender equity.
• Universidade Federal do Pampa (UNIPAMPA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFederal university leading the Rede de Bioinsumos project, with CETAP as partner for northern Rio Grande do Sul region.
• Centro VianeiminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLead organization for 'Da Terra à Mesa' project with CETAP, Cepagro, Cemear, and AS-PTA as executors.
• CepagrominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization in 'Da Terra à Mesa' project promoting and strengthening agroecological production systems.
• CemearminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization in 'Da Terra à Mesa' project.
• AS-PTAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization in 'Da Terra à Mesa' project; historically involved in CETAP's founding.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Rede Ecovida de Agroecologia: Rede Ecovida is a network of agroecological organizations across RS, SC, and PR in which CETAP is itself a member. As a peer, it is the most structurally similar coordinating entity, certifying agroecological production and linking family farmers to markets in the same geography.
• ECOTERRA (Associa\u00e7\u00e3o Regional de Coopera\u00e7\u00e3o e Agroecologia): ECOTERRA is a Passo Fundo-region family-farmer cooperative that hosts a Circuit station for CETAP. As a peer, it operates in the same agroecology/commercialization space, working with the same farmer base in overlapping RS municipalities.
• CAPA (Centro de Apoio ao Pequeno Agricultor): CAPA is a Pelotas/RS-based NGO providing agroecological technical assistance to family farmers in southern Brazil, with overlapping NAAU coalition membership and parallel programs to CETAP. Highly comparable in mission, geography, and delivery model.
• Centro Vianei: Brazilian NGO active in southern Brazil agroecology and family farming, listed as a direct Da Terra \u00e0 Mesa co-executor with CETAP. Operates similar training, technical-assistance, and policy-influence programs targeting small family farmers.
• Cepagro (Centro de Estudos e Promo\u00e7\u00e3o da Agricultura de Grupo): Cepagro is a Santa Catarina-based NGO working on agroecology, family farming, and food security with a similar coalition-of-NGO and government-partnership model to CETAP. Documented partner on the Da Terra \u00e0 Mesa project.
• AS-PTA (Assessoria e Servi\u00e7os a Projetos em Agricultura Alternativa): AS-PTA is a Brazilian family-agriculture NGO with a near-identical mission to CETAP (agroecology, family-farmer technical assistance, policy advocacy) and is itself a documented CETAP partner in the Da Terra \u00e0 Mesa project. Comparable scale, geography, and program structure.

Emerging players

• Heifer International Brasil: Heifer International Brasil is an international NGO working with smallholder family farmers on sustainable agriculture and rural livelihoods in Brazil, with overlapping program areas (training, market access, biodiversity) but different geographic concentration and funding sources.

Others

• Funda\u00e7\u00e3o Banco do Brasil (FBB): FBB is the major financial backer of CETAP's R$ 3.8M Circuit investment and a broader funder of family-agriculture projects across Brazil. Included as an OTHERS peer because it is the dominant funding ecosystem player, not a direct operational competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

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