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● projectActive · local · 2020
Asomefama and Camharina: shrimp waste flour in Tumaco
Asociación de Mujeres Emprendedoras para un Futuro Amigable con el Medio Ambiente (Asomefama), made up mostly of women heads of household and victims of the armed conflict in Tumaco, founded by sisters Jacqueline and Yesy Sevillano.
illustrative atlas image · Pawel Czerwinski / UnsplashADAsociación de Mujeres Emprendedoras para un Futuro Amigable con el Medio Ambiente (Asomefama)ADAlianza de Bioversity International y CIAT (programa CircularEconomy4Colombia)JSJacqueline SevillanoYSYesy Sevillano
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01 The context
They recover shrimp exoskeletons and heads that used to be dumped into the Pacific and transform them into 'Camharina', a protein-rich flour (washing, seven-hour dehydration at 80°C, milling and packaging; ~800 kg of shells per month). They thus close a loop on a local fishing waste stream by turning it into a marketable food, with scientific and business support from the CircularEconomy4Colombia program.
02 How it works
method · Valorization of fishery waste (shrimp shell upcycling)method · Green entrepreneurship acceleration (CE4C circular economy bootcamp)method · Associative production with a gender focustool · Camharina flour packagingtool · Pulverizing mill and industrial blender (2024 equipment)tool · Dehydration/baking at 80°C
03 What it stands on
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EvidenceIn Tumaco, two sisters cook the future with shrimp shellsAlliance of Bioversity International and CIAT · 2025