Strengthening food security for peasant families with a focus on gender equality and environmental sustainability in the Peaña communities in times of health and environmental crisis. Phase 2

IPTK

Background Information

The project arises from the demands of the producer families of  the women and men of the 10 Peaña subcentralía communities. These demands were presented at a workshop held in December 2021 where the main problem was identified: the high prevalence of malnutrition in indigenous peasant families (where children, pregnant women and the elderly are prioritized). This project fosters physical and intellectual growth and aims to ensure a more promising future for coming generations by successfully confront the food and environmental crisis caused by the pandemic and the effects of climate change .

Location

Ocurí Municipality

Local partner

Tomas Katari Polytechnic Institute (TKPI)

Goals

Overall Goal: Contribute to the reduction of poverty and social exclusion in the peasant population from the Peaña communities of the Ocurí municipality, by empowering women to fully exercise their rights and achieving food security with a focus on gender equality and environmental sustainability when confronting  a pandemic.

Specific Goal: Enhance security with food sovereignty, local sustainable economic development and resilience to health, economic and environmental crisis in peasant families from the Peaña communities. This project aims to strengthen agro-ecological production capability, livestock management, leadership, entrepreneurship and women and mixed gender sustainable production economic initiatives with the balanced participation of local public and private actors having an impact on public policies.

Target population

(200 women and 180 men).

Project duration

Budget

Funding

TAU, Navarra Government (110.000€)

Activities:

  • Actions to enhance agricultural, horticultural and fruit production technologies. 
  • Construction of reservoirs, water tanks, spray irrigation, a district nursery, plot protection with lantines, including training for their installation, use and maintenance.
  • Leadership training for women. 
  • Training in healthy male masculinity.
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