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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetThe Plurinational State of Bolivia: Belgium's contribution through the Special Fund for Emergency and Rehabilitation Activities (SFERA) – Anticipatory Action window 2023
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No results found.The population of the Altiplano, mostly indigenous, has the highest poverty rate in the country, and relies on subsistence agriculture as its main livelihood (potato, quinoa, cañahua, barley, oats and alfalfa). This population is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change and faces recurrent threats such as drought, frost and hailstorms that negatively affect their agricultural livelihoods and food security. More than 2 800 communities and 486 000 families in six departments of the Bolivian Altiplano have been affected by these events. In this context, it is imperative to urgently implement anticipatory actions to mitigate climate-induced risks to the livelihoods and food security of the most vulnerable people. To contribute to the achievement of this objective, the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium contributed USD 344 412 to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), through the SFERA programme. Thanks to this generous contribution, FAO will support 6 500 vulnerable households dependent on family farming in the Bolivian Altiplano, with water harvesting storage and supply systems, feeding and animal health actions, as well as distribution of drought-tolerant seeds and agricultural inputs. -
ArticleOpportunities and limitations of non-wood forest products in the participatory guarantee systems of the plurinational state of Bolivia
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
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No results found.Non-Wood Forestal Products (NWFP) offer regular incomes for collectors, producers in developing countries and they are considered as a livelihood strategy at tropical areas. In this study, the use of tropical seeds to elaborate handicrafts is an example how these seeds are collected at the tropics, transformed and sold to final consumers. For this study, we selected the Value Chain Approach (VCA) to identify the involved actors, the values of collections, processing and consumption along the chains. These four tropical seeds value chains were: Abrus precatorius, Jacaranda mimosifolia, Chamaedora elegans, and Dypsis lutescens. The objective was to identify the opportunities and limitations of the NWFP in the Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS) which are acknowledged into the Law 3525/2007 for the Promotion of the Organic Agriculture at The Plurinational State of Bolivia. There are no previous studies on Participatory Certification for NWFP at national level. The study was located at the secondary forest of the Valle del Sacta UMSS-Tropico unit. This study took place from January to November 2013. The major results were: women are much more involved into the NWFP collection and processing tasks as well as in the consumption stage; Processors earn the twice than collectors due to the value adding tasks in order to produce a new product such as earrings, necklaces and others; the need to develop a NWFP seal through the PGS; the development of a tropical seed bank to supply the increasing demand during the whole year; and the need to involve a financial service provider with the two technical services such as the UMSS1 and CAPROECO2. The principal limitations were: the lack of ecologic information of the seed producing species; the lack of a custody chain in order to keep a control and monitoring of the activities along the chains; and the lack of market information for the real supply and demand. Keywords: Non-Wood Forestal Products, Tropical Seeds, Handicrafts, Value Chains Approach, Participatory Guarantee ID: 3481717 Systems -
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