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With a population of 10 million people, Bolivia remains among the poorest and most unequal countries in Latin America. Poverty incidence is 64% in rural areas and 41% in urban areas. Rural areas depend mainly on agriculture as livelihood basis. In order to generate additional income and reach food security, the poor in rural areas need to improve crop productivity and diversify production. To achieve this, Bolivia has formulated a broad strategy geared towards promoting a decentralized national agricultural innovation system under the leadership of the National Institute of Agricultural and Forestry Innovation (INIAF). The policy is clearly oriented at improving life and work quality for small and medium farming families.
To contribute to poverty reduction and improvement of the quality of life of farm families through the increase in income and employment, thanks to the availability and use of improved technologies and other innovations. Project’s Objective: The capacities of the National System of Agricultural and Forestry Innovation, and in particular INIAF’s, strengthened and contribute to increasing the productivity and sustainability of small and medium size farming families.
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Indirect Benificiaries
Principaux résultats antérieurs:
Since 2007, 9’900 farm families adopted innovations (new technologies, seeds, etc) and improved their income by an average of 54%. Social capital was created through broad innovation networks in four departments (31 municipalities). These allowed for (a) a better linkage of the producer families to markets, (b) a greater awareness and involvement of the local and departmental authorities in agricultural issues and value chains and (c) a generally more enabling environment and framework. Local stakeholders have increased their ownership of innovation processes: they invested US$ 2.1 million in 54 agricultural research and development projects, while SDC’s financing was of US$ 1.9 million.
