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Description The Bolivia project
is
part of
the “Using market to promote the
sustainable utilization of CGR” project (site under construction)
and thus its main objective is to understand what is the role
markets can play, depending on the level of access and availability
of CGR they offer, to achieve a sustainable utilization of CGR
as well as poverty reduction. In addition, the project seeks also
to understand how farmers choose their market outlets both input
(buying potato seeds) as well as to sell their potato produce.
The government of Bolivia has a clear policy
direction through its National Strategy for Agriculture and Rural
Development (ENDAR) and a policy framework through the comprehensive
Bolivian Agricultural Innovation System (SIBTA). Among other items,
the strategy includes elements for improving market access to
both internal and external markets, improving productivity, developing
infrastructure for commercialization, protecting and improving
the utilization of biodiversity, and environmental sustainability.
These specific objectives are to be met while reaching the overarching
goal of the inclusion and participation of the rural poor in the
process of rural development (Ministerio de Desarollo Rural, Agropecuario
y de Medio Ambiente, 2005). Bolivia has also undergone a significant
process of decentralization allowing for local level intervention
a good prerequisite for project activities.
Nevertheless, Bolivia still presents only limited
formal industrial potato processing. Consequently the potato market
is quite scattered and fragmented. In particular three are the
main potato systems that can be clearly identified:
Papa Holandesa system –
largely concentrated in the Central and South Valleys and lowlands
of the country (Centre Chuquisaca, South Tarija, the Llanos in
Santa Cruz, and a bit in Araca (La Paz).
Papa Imilla system –
largely concentrated in the Central Valleys and in the Altiplano.
The main varieties are the Sanis, Imilla Negra (mainly produced
in La Paz) and Waycha (mainly produced in Cochabamba).
Papa Nativa system –
to be found in valleys, on the Altiplano. The papa nativa system
contains wide genetic diversity and a range of initiatives of
marketing fresh potatoes and processing (chuño, french
fries, chips). Within this system exists a large number of sub-systems.
This is partly due to high cultural and geographical differentiation
of the country. Native potatoes are grown by small scale farmers
who may also grow other types of potato, but have their major
importance in the production systems of small scale farmers on
the Altiplano (in the departments of La Paz, Potosi and Oruro).
As a consequence of the industrialization process
and of the fragmentation of the potato system in Bolivia it was
decided to study some identified market-sheds, and analyze whether
farmers are linked to the market per se and under what conditions.
The project, thus, studies the role played by selected market-sheds
– Colomi and Tiraque – as well as the impacts of interventions
on small farmers carried out by PROINPA.
Methodology
and Instruments
. Project Methodology
. Value Chain
. Focus Groups Discussions
(1)
(2)
. Sample Strategy
. Household Survey (spanish)
(1)
(2)
. Community Survey (spanish)
Outputs
. Value Chain Analysis
. Sample Selected
. Reports
. Presentations
(1) (spanish)
(2)
(3)
(4)
. Results
Meetings and Workshop
. Initial workshops (spanish)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
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