Peru
The development of GM crops is to build-in resistance to insects and diseases, which in turn is expected to reduce the negative impact of agrochemicals on health and the environment. Research on genetic modification taking place in the Andean countries is predominantly focusing on plant health. Significant financial and human resources are being invested in research that will eventually bring...
Governments have largely given emphasis on the transfer of technology, paying little attention to farmer innovation and experimentation. The structural adjustment led to a breaking down of classical agricultural research and extension services, so that these services are now unable to address the needs of farmers living in marginal environments. Private research...
The use of natural resources near the city of Iquitos, in the Peruvian tropical Amazon basin, is far from sustainable. Due to the high demand from the city for products from the forest, as well as increases in population, life in the rural areas has become very difficult for the local people. The products which they used to extract for their own consumption, such as fish and bush meat, are...
ISRIC subcontracted three national soil institutions in Ghana, Philippines and Peru, to work in close cooperation with farmers and NGOs in the pilot areas on the task of soil management. The comparison and integration of views held by farmers and scientists about the soils was a major part of the project.
The objective was to contribute to a participatory process aimed at solving soil...
“Childhood and biodiversity in the Peruvian Andes” is a project that ensures the values of small-scale farmers’ communities who are under increasing pressure to modernize their livelihoods in an economic context that is increasingly dominated by market forces. Respect for and understanding of the values, skills and knowledge developed over generations are in danger of being...
Part of the worldwide biodiversity program DIVERSITAS, the Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment (GMBA) assesses the biological richness of high-elevation biota. GMBA’s focus includes the uppermost forest regions or their substitute rangeland vegetation, the treeline ecotone, and the alpine and nival belts. Providing more than description, the GMBA explains the causes of biological...
Conventional biodigesters were first promoted in Peru during the 1970s. At the time, the aim was to produce energy from livestock manure as an alternative to fuelwood consumption, which was contributing to rapid deforestation. However, many years of concerted efforts did not lead to any widespread adoption. There were many reasons for this: the biodigesters promoted were based on Chinese and...
The use of pesticides and agro-chemicals is one of Peru’s key environmental problems. Many rural development NGOs provide support to community organisations to improve managerial capacities in agriculture and in the conservation of agro-biodiversity. In most cases, these efforts have been localised, validating production systems based on specific local conditions which are not sufficient...
SNV Netherlands Development Organisation has over 15 years experience in providing technical assistance to partner organisations working to improve irrigation management in the northern and southern Peruvian Andes. Willem Kastelein co-ordinates these activities and, in this article, discusses some of the lessons and experiences gathered over the years.
This report is an output of IIED’s collaborative research project “Policy that works for biodiversity and poverty reduction” and is based on a literature review and three country case studies (India, Peru and Tanzania). It makes the connection between external policy, institutional and economic instruments and processes and the performance of community based initiatives for...
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