| ID: | 83954 |
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| Country: | Bolivia |
| Title: | Bolivia - Integral Strengthening Programme for the Camelid Value Chain in the Bolivian High Plateau (Pro-Camélidos) - October 2023 |
| Description: |
Verónica Calle Chuquicambi ist 23 years old, and she is the current local ethnic authority of the Chojñacota community in Bolivia. In her community, the people are mainly dedicated to livestock and focus on raising and selling llamas and alpacas. In 2016, the Plurinational State of Bolivia and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) signed a Financing Agreement for the implementation of Pro-Camelidos, to promote rural development, the reduction of food insecurity, vulnerability and poverty eradication. Verónica is part of the group of Pro-Camelidos participants with a shed on her family's property in Chojñacota. Verónica gets up early in the morning to herd the llamas up the hill, where they graze and feed on the pampas. She is a leader committed to the welfare of her community, facing challenges such as the lack of sheds in the past, which put the baby llamas at risk from the cold and the threat of predators such as foxes and pumas. Verónica coordinates with mothers and grandmothers from the Chojñacota community to prepare a community lunch. Every day, parents organize themselves in an area adjacent to the village school, located in the municipality of San Pedro de Totora in Oruro, Bolivia, to prepare food for the students. The diet of the people is based mainly on llamas and alpacas. "In the ayllu (family group in an indigenous community in the Andean region) they mostly live on livestock," Verónica says. |
| Size: | 11.91 MB; 6000 x 4007 pixels; 508 x 339 mm (print at 300 DPI); 1588 x 1060 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Show more details: | CARLOS SANCHEZ |
| Copyright: | ©IFAD/Carlos Sanchez |
| Categories: | New from Latin America and the Caribbean |
| URL: | ifad.org |
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