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Descripción 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 – 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.
Metodología Y Instrumentos
. Metodología
de Encuesta (in Inglés)
. Cadena
de Valor
. Grupos Focal (in Inglés)
(1) (2)
. Seleccion
de Muestreo (in Inglés)
. Encuesta de Hogares
(1)
(2)
. Encuesta
de Comunidad
Outputs
. Análisis de la Cadena de Valor
. Informes
. Presentaciones
(1) (2)
in Inglés (3) in Inglés
(4) in Inglés
. Publicaciones
Reuniones y talleres
. Taller inicial
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
. Taller final |
