Latin America – Agroecology Training School in Condorcanqui, Amazonia, Peru
On 2 December, the three-day training course on "Agroecological Transition in Amazonian Systems", organised by the Servicio Agropecuario para la Investigación y Promoción Económica (SAIPE) (Agricultural Service for Research and Economic Promotion) and the COMPARTE Network concluded. The training was the first edition of the Agroecology Training School of Condorcanqui.
The topics covered conceptual elements, principles and dimensions of agroecology; design of Amazonian agroecological plots; soil management and soil fertility recovery; seed management; insect and disease management; agrobiodiversity management; solidarity economic circuits and Sistemas Participativos de Garantías (SPG) (Participatory Guarantee Systems). The workshop was facilitated by the executive secretariat of the Comparte Network – CPAL; it concluded by identifying the potential and challenges for agroecological management in Condorcanqui.
It was attended by representatives of the Condorcanqui Agrarian Agency, the Provincial Municipality of Condorcanqui, the District Municipality of El Cenepa and S.E.R.N.A.N.P., as well as teachers from the I.E.S.T.P. Fe y Alegría 74, and the SAIPE technical team. The president and two Virgen de Fátima Association of Indigenous Women Entrepreneurs members were also trained.
The participants highlighted the challenge of giving more excellent added value to agricultural and forestry production in the province to boost the local economy and ensure better remuneration for producers and processors in the area. It was emphasised that most of the products coming from the indigenous communities are organic and of high quality. The need to move towards food sovereignty in the province through agroecological production systems was also discussed, as current food systems are not resilient, and products coming from outside are often high in agrochemicals that cause serious diseases such as cancer.
To this end, public officials committed to implementing agroecology principles in the design and implementation of municipal projects. Participants from public and private entities also committed to replicating the knowledge acquired in their communities of engagement and redesigning the farms.
It is worth mentioning that this Agroecology Training School was created in the framework of the project on Food Sovereignty of the Awajún and Wampís peoples, implemented by SAIPE in alliance with the Fundación Taller de Solidaridad (Solidarity Workshop Foundation) and the support of the Generalitat Valenciana.
Source: jesuitas.lat
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