| ID: | 4937 |
|---|---|
| Country: | Mexico |
| Title: | Mexico - Sustainable Development Project for Rural and Indigenous Communities of the Semi-Arid North-West - May 2008 |
| Description: |
Clemente Figueroa (70) and Betsaida Adanes Figueroa (3) in Bacuceachi in their household in Bacuceachi, Mexico. Rosario Figueroa and her family are part of a project that will be financed by IFAD to start an organic farm for the local Tarahumara Indians. Current estimates put the population of the Tarahumara in 2006 at between 50,000 and 70,000 people. Most still practice a traditional lifestyle, inhabiting natural shelters such as caves or cliff overhangs, as well as small cabins of wood or stone. Indigenous peoples are directly involved in more than one third of IFADs ongoing programmes and projects in the Latin American region. IFADs Sustainable Development Project for Rural and Indigenous Communities of the Semi-Arid Northwest endeavours to facilitate the conservation of natural resources in the region in addition to focusing on improving upon standards of living for vulnerable segments of the populations such as women and young people. |
| Size: | 703.44 KB; 4372 x 2906 pixels; 370 x 246 mm (print at 300 DPI); 1157 x 769 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Show more details: | Pablo Corral Vega |
| Copyright: | ©IFAD/Pablo Corral Vega |
| Categories: | none |
| URL: | www.ifad.org |
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