It is a comprehensive model for development of modules technically advanced oil palm plantations and oil mills and palm kernel oil. Palmas de Comillas is a promoter and catalyst of this culture and industrialization in the region of Marqués de Comillas. This model adds to investors and local producers with technology, and most importantly, aims to be the first company in palm oil certified by the RSPO and sustainable international.

Chiapas Fund participates with 100% of the investment at an early stage in the year of 2010 and will place modules investments between investors, producers and manufacturers.

The aim is to develop 1,000 hectares minimum modules and at least 2 crude oil extraction plants. These modules model technology, efficiency and sustainability, it will transfer the same technology to more than 19,000 ha in planting process by ejidatarios producers in the region, in addition to association schemes incorporate the mining industry.

This project necessarily involves the reforestation of pastures, the demand for labor, and especially will generate a development and industrialization based on palm oil. Currently this region is high poverty and low human development indices.

Under this company catalyst is going to detonate additional investments in the region for more than $ 580 million, and will enable small farmers selling their produce at prices maladjustments and global standards, as well as access to inputs, training and the opportunity to partner in the industrial process.

It’s a vanilla planifolia tech plantation in partnership with 43 ​​families of ejidatarios in the buffer zone of the Lacandon Jungle. The project involves the reforestation of pastures with tutors and intensive cultivation of vanilla, combined with mesh-shade houses for the production of seedlings and pods in controlled systems. Additionally traditionally benefits the product for sale in pods or extracts. This is a project type Grass Roots Business Initiative for its environmental impact, social participation and administrative support technology and strategic partners.

Chiapas Fund holds a 45% of the project since 2005.

The objective of this project was to avoid predation of the forest, through a high-value crop and labor intensive control, full vanilla characteristics. Consider from the beginning the partnership with small producers and the use of technology.

Vanilla from the Lacandon generates more than 120 annual wages per hectare, regardless of wages in the pollination stage. The original project area was 43 hectares and has been consolidating in 13 hectares with irrigation technology, more than 5,000 m2 of house-shadow, and modules are being expanded to house 500 m2 shade in each plot. It has excellent quality plant material, as a technology partner to Agromod Group.

The company is restructuring its processes to the most advanced technology that is protected agriculture, and is moving this technology to each plot, and the equipment and the required investments are complemented by institutional programs of state government, federal and European Union.

Amusement theme park focused on tourism, located in the natural wonder Gully Canyon National Park. This investment was made with the highest standards of sustainability, and others to be a major attraction, complements and makes synergies with other tourist services of the entity. The park offers Amikuu contact with nature and animals native cultural attractions, adventure sports, and services for fun and comfort of visitors.

Chiapas Fund participates with 36.5% of this investment, and was responsible for the development of the idea to the prospecting of all capital with more than 20 local and national investors.

The aim of this company has been, increase tourism with world-class product, extend the stay of tourists in the state and generate business with other service providers such as hotels, boaters and tour operators and conventions. Other objects, equally important, is to support the rescue and conservation of the ecological and historical heritage, environmental education programs, reforestation campaigns and river cleaning, as well as for public investment management for wastewater treatment and control urban discharges.

Currently Amikuu Park has become a must for tourists view the Canyon Sink with safe and quality services. It has its own Marina Amikuu and operated boats equipped and certified for navigation in the majestic Canyon Sink.

Among the results are mind training more than 200,000 students statewide educational system with courses in environmental education, waste separation and recycling. There has been the purchase of equipment for cleaning the river and provides a panga over 40 tons for these purposes. They have built three treatment plants and systems have at least 3 more under construction.

The Gully Canyon National Park is one of the main attractions of Chiapas, is visited by more than 300,000 tourists a year, and is currently participating Amikuu more than 20% of that market.

Website: www.amikuu.com

Natural rubber plantation and production benefit centrifuged latex. It is the largest producer of latex centrifuging the country, based on surgical glove industry. It has advanced technology and high production clones, making it competitive in an international environment. Additionally, the company is developing foliage crops, tropical flowers and woods accurate.

Chiapas Fund participates with 22.6% of the capital since its founding in 1995.

The goal of this company was to promote rubber cultivation as an alternative high value for producers, with a national market covered by imports, and making the conditions of soil and climate of Chiapas.

Rubber plantations Palenque is an impact model by several factors. It is the largest employer in the northern insured and Jungle of Chiapas, has more than 350 employees, of which over 40% are women, 67% have as their main language indigenous mother tongue and 89% is less than 25 years of age. Provide training to all its employees, transportation support, and more than 200 people support them with room and board house. The average salary is more than 2.5 times the minimum wage. Currently developing adult education projects and child care, for the benefit of its employees and their families.

The project has reforested more than 2,000 acres, takes the understory and conserves soil, so has benefited from support from Prodeplan and Conafor.

They have tested clones of Malay and Brazilian technologies have been developed for stimulation of trees, and yields have tested more than 4,000 liters of field latex per hectare per year.

The company is also involved with vegetative material federal and state programs to promote the cultivation, so the plantings in 3000 is growing entity has more than 19,000 hectares. Rubber plantations and advisory supports Guatemala trainers smallholders.