| ID: | 75669 |
|---|---|
| Country: | Peru |
| Title: | Peru - Local Productive Development Project in the Highlands and Rainforest of Peru (Avanzar Rural) – August 2022 |
| Description: |
Uziela Achayap Sejekam, 31, is the mother of two children aged 12 and 10. She is the president of the Bosque de las Nuwas Association. She says that the main challenge they faced when they began their work, was the planting of medicinal plants, because it was considered standard practice for farmers was the use of tools such as shovels and machetes, with which they were not familiar with. “We couldn't do some physical work, and we didn't fumigate because it's not our custom, but we found our own ways, such as doing a small minka (a pre-Columbian collective work task that involves reciprocity and commitment) before starting work, to support each other,” she says. For her, the most important part of her work is to ensure the reforestation of the forest and the recovery of her ancestral traditions to set the path for her children, which is why she is grateful that, thanks to the support of the Avanzar Rural government program, they have been trained to be able to collect many more plants than they used to before. “Thanks to that, everyone will know that the Awajun women have created this product (infusions),” Uziela thinks. The Avanzar Rural Project is a priority in Peru’s Post-COVID 19 National Recovery Plan. It will improve family farmers’ productive capacity and access to markets in 101 districts of the Amazonas, Ancash, Cajamarca, Lima and San Martin departments. The project focuses on developing the competitiveness and resilience to climate change of family farmers, in particular women and youth, historically marginalized in economic decisions affecting rural communities. It also spreads the use of low-cost, efficient technologies for boosting productivity, accessing markets and mitigating climate change. Avanzar Rural will benefit 17,400 small agricultural producers organized in cooperatives, productive associations and their families, which represent a total number of 57,420 direct beneficiaries. |
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| Show more details: | Giancarlo Shibayama |
| Copyright: | ©IFAD/Giancarlo Shibayama/Factstory |
| Categories: | New from Latin America and the Caribbean |
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