Andean Potato Park
Etudes de cas C0279
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| Date | janvier 2008 |
| Agence | Asociacion ANDES (Peru) and Asociation of Potato Park Communities |
| Agence de distributeur | IIED/DGIS Others |
| Type de projet | Implemented by agency |
| Circonstance | aire protégée communautaire paysage productif |
| Couverture géographique | Peru |
| Localité | Mountain valley near Pisaq, Cusco, South-eastern Andes |
| Foyer de biodiversité | Mountain ecosystem |
| Foyer de développement | 6 local communities |
| Buts de conservation | Conservation, sustainable use and adaptive management of agrobiodiversity and mountain ecosystems |
| Buts de réduction de pauvreté | Develop and implement local poverty reduction strategies based on local concepts of well being (to strengthen local food systems and economies based on equitable NRM) |
Résumé
This project involves participatory action–research with six Quechua farming communities in a micro-centre of origin of potato diversity to strengthen local food systems, collective NRM and rights. The research is conducted through local learning groups facilitated entirely by community technicians with ANDES providing technical support. The Potato Park is being set up as an ‘Indigenous Biocultural heritage area’ – which seeks to protect indigenous knowledge, genetic resources, land, cultural values and customary institutions. It entails development of various economic activities – eg. low impact agroecotourism, an agreement for access to lost potato varieties from the International Potato Centre, setting up a traditional restaurant, marketing traditional potatoes as nutraceuticals, packaging herbal medicines etc and using the Potato Park collective trademark. Local database registers of TK/GRs are being set up to strengthen TK/NRM, protect rights and identify economic opportunities.
Impact de conservation
Landscape/ecosystem conservation has been achieved through collective land rights. The park protects an important mountain watershed, wild fauna and flora (including threatened mammals such as the Andean fox and puma), endemic plants, and 400 native potato varieties.
Impact de réduction de pauvreté
Communal/Potato park fund has been set up into which a % of all Park revenues are paid, e.g. from Medicinal plant sales, ecotourism, and the agreement with CIP. Traditional agro-economies, food security, health and culture are being strengthened by the return of 540 germ-free traditional potato varieties.
Stratégie pour les interactions entre conservation et pauvreté
Dévolution ou restauration des droits locaux/de l’accès aux ressources
Écoagriculture
Facilitation de l’accès aux marchés
Recrutement local/création d’emploi
Renaissance des pratiques traditionnelles
Référence numéro 1
Traditional Resource Rights and Indigenous People in the Andes (A Argumedo and M Pimbert 2006); www.iied.org/sabl
Plus d'information
Alejandro Argumedo
Email: ipbn@web.net
Enregistrements associés au-dessus de celui-ci:
- International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) (Organisation O0040)
- Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DGIS) (Organisation O0173)