NARRATIVE REPORT ON COMMUNAL AGRICULTURE RISK

Communal Agriculture Risk Management Project, No. 09-169

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NARRATIVE REPORT ON COMMUNAL AGRICULTURE RISK MANAGEMENT PROJECT (GRAC) IN THE DISTRICT CHALLA - Tapacari

TOWNSHIP

ANNUAL REPORT

September 2010 - August 2011

Principal Investigator: Tania Ricaldi Arevalo (CESU-UMSS)

Project Team: Luis Carlos Aguilar, Alexander Canaviri (AGRECOL-Andes)


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1. OVERVIEW

The narrative report for the second year of the GRAC project, attempts to present a summary of the activities and actions, both in research and development, the dynamics and interrelationships generated, learning and challenges as well as the results according to the products offered in the Theory of Change of the project.

The Communal Agricultural Risk Management Project (GRAC), began operations in September 2009, to date it has two years of implementation, and it has been developed in the framework of the institutional partnership between the AGRECOL Andes Foundation and the Universidad Mayor de San Simón Center for Advanced Studies (CESU-UMSS); the project has an area of influence of three “ayllus” (communities): Majasaya Mujlli, Aransaya and Urinsaya that make up the Township District of Challa Tapacarí in the Department of Cochabamba, Bolivia. The district, located in the Andean highlands, has high levels of vulnerability of agricultural production due to climate risks. Therefore, there is the need to strengthen community capacity to respond to agricultural risks in terms of production, socio-cultural and local organizations. To this end, the project has defined three areas: research, training and documentation / dissemination, which complement each other, to generate greater incidence and impact processes. These areas of action are translated into inter-related activities of the Yapuchiris, as local leaders with productive vocation, and of the technical team, with local authorities and producers communities, as well as relationships with other state and institutions in the area.

All actions taken have as a central axis strengthening local capacities, both in production processes and innovation, as well as organizational and management level, where the central bet revolves around developing, in a participatory manner, instruments that help in the process of risk management, both at household and community levels. Part of this process is continuous and sustained reflection that feeds both the project activities such as empowerment and ownership of these instruments by local actors. In the first instance are the Yapuchiris leaders who are the engine of the process, to which is gradually added local authorities and leaders in the same way that we are attempting to involve the municipality and other institutions.

The development of activities has achieved the objectives set for this second year, based on the results and effects for the project, although adjustments and prioritization that were necessary to perform, on the basis of the achievements and constraints encountered in some cases in the first year's activities, both of which left us a series of lessons that were taken up to redefine and clarify certain elements of the Theory of Change.

In the second year of implementation, the major changes made are regarding:


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In the area of production, improving crop yields in relation to previous crop cycles, mainly from the strengthening of the capacities of decision-making, based on identification and management of climate hazards, observation of bioindicators and climate prediction, as inputs for planting and harvesting decisions, which is complemented by local practices and crop resource management, strengthening innovation activities and the development of research processes that contribute to understand and systematize the logic and farming strategies.

In the organizational and socio-cultural area, emphasis was placed on traditional knowledge and practices of resource management and risk, aspects of which were generated for reflection to foster greater interest in risk and production aspects, although, as recognized by the authorities, communities are still very passive when defining projects and district priorities. These issues are revisited in the research and result in the systematization of experiences through books and radio spots. Regarding the organizational-institutional research we developed a local and risk response capabilities, also worked in training and scenario generation information and discussion with local stakeholders (authorities, Yapuchiris and members of different communities).

Locally, this area is also complemented by the beginning of the process of building plans for agricultural risk management, both at household and community level, this second year the methodology was defined and adjusted for the construction of plans and we began the process of making plans GRAF (family farm risk management) and GRAC plans in the Ayllu Majasaya, a process which will continue until the end of the year.

Another important change, relates to the incorporation of new strategies for dissemination of the role of Yapuchiris and the importance of risk reduction. In that sense, , the Yapuchiris tent, which is presented at local fairs has been implemented as a tool for dissemination. This space serves to disseminate the results of production, knowledge about bioindicators, cultivated biodiversity, management of local resources, innovations, and so on. Furthermore, we have begun to strengthen this space as an arena for the socialization of project information to communities, in the sense that people know and learn community strategies and practices to improve production from the risk management, on innovations that Yapuchiris are developing, but also as a mechanism to collect information requests, a place to embody their doubts and problems in relation to risk management of their crops and local resources, both of which serve as information for the project and for the Yapuchiris.

While there has been progress regarding the production and incorporation of issues of risk management at the local level, this is a job that must be deepened. In this regard, in 2010-2011we maintained our participation in meetings and at the district councils to generate reflection and disseminate the results achieved by the Yapuchiris in ayllu Mujlli and Urinsaya Majasaya.


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Additionally, we have been working in other instances of planning at the departmental level as in the case of participation in the Regional Council's integral Product Development in the Andean Region (CORDEPIRA), the Commonwealth of the Andean region and in the departmental strategy proposal Climate Change with the Government of Cochabamba. These scenarios are also allowing the introduction of risk approach in the planning process on a larger scale, although they are still proposals and scenarios for discussion, they are instances that may help to improve the expansion of risk management in spatial planning At the same time, they constitute a recognition of the project and issues being addressed, instances that go beyond the scope of the District Challa.

The methodology used in the project is participatory action research, which is used for the 6 investigations that are being developed, some still in progress, to collectively manage the process of agricultural risks to the definition of GRAF and GRAC plans and the monitoring and recovery of local knowledge and capacities for prediction and forecasting, strengthening local organizations and promoting the incorporation of risk management planning processes and local development. The purpose of this initiative is to achieve that agricultural risk management is a factor in decision-making (family and community) and the subsequent definition of actions and production strategies, and the development of local research seeks to reduce losses and improve levels of productivity and profitability of agricultural production, thereby reducing the high levels of vulnerability, and improving long-term opportunities and quality of life of the population based on the strengthening and and generation of local capacities.

2. NARRATIVE

Rural communities have historically been exposed to risk, something that has affected the development of a range of skills to adapt to the harsh natural and climatic phenomena. However, in recent decades, increased risk, and particularly agricultural risk, both by climate variability as well as by the human action that affects it, accelerates the processes of transformation with negative impacts in most cases in the productive sector (agriculture and livestock), expressed in terms of changes in resource availability and quality, changes in environmental and climatic conditions of the various micro-regions, but it has also led to a series of socio-cultural transformations, which have led to a weakening of local capacities, such as the deterioration and loss of ancestral knowledge and traditions, the weakening of local organizations, migration, commercial logic, and so on., deepening the vulnerability of indigenous / peasant communities, subjecting these to increased agricultural risk situations, this is the lack of mechanisms for state bodies to respond to climatic events and the inaccessibility and often lack of weather and climate information that allows for the definition of actions and decisions, thus posing a series of challenges in managing local production.

In this framework, the GRAC project raises the following objective:


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General Objective

Implement the Communal Agriculture Risk Management approach(GRAC), combining local knowledge and practices with technological innovation as a strategy to improve the stability and profitability of agricultural production for home consumption and surplus generation in the context of indigenous land management of the Challa District Municipality of Tapacarí.

To achieve this goal, collecting input from the baseline and the progress of the project's first year, in the second year we bet on the continuity of the training of Yapuchiri leaders, reflection and training of local actors on experimentation topics, damage assessment, nutrition, organization and exchange of experiences on farming strategies and management of bioindicators. We continued with farmer experimentation, based on low-cost innovations and prioritizing local inputs. This process was further complemented by the research process that focused on obtaining knowledge and evidence about farmers' strategies, both in the management of natural resources (soil and flora), the local organization and its relation to climate risk management.

The impacts of climate variability and the impact of climate risks on the quality of life for the people of District Challa, creates the need to increase opportunities and levels of intervention to create greater advocacy processes. In this respect, we reaffirm our position on the need to work on micro-regional and communal areas, reassessing knowledge, promoting technological innovation, strengthening agroforestry practices and organizational structures, but simultaneously work on more far-reaching initiatives from the incorporation of a territorial approach to managing risk, planning on a larger scale, both district and municipal levels, to enhance local capacity and strengthen the political structures to achieve the internalization of risk approach in planning.

A. ACTIVITIES

The specific objectives are powered by the products defined in the theory of change. The objectives and changes generated are shown below:

Specific Objective 1: Improve risk management based on the use of local knowledge and innovation by farming families.

The main change being sought with the specific aim 1 is to reduce vulnerability to climate risks and losses in production through the application of the GRAC at the family and community level, increasing food security is valued locally traditional knowledge and promotes the ability to generate innovative solutions and supplies low-cost local, so to improve the resilience of production systems. They bet initially on Yapuchiri leading role of the leader for both


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socialization and appreciation of ancestral knowledge in resource management, monitoring of bioindicators and the results of innovation. With regard to research, the process was accompanied by systematic monitoring and strategies and production practices, resource management and innovation, through case studies and Urinsaya and Majasaya.

The products of the theory of change that are related to the achievement of this objective are:

x Local knowledge documented and rescued x New knowledge on risk reduction (strategies, practices) generated and disseminated x Yapuchiris capable of making land management innovations and technological

improvements

Specific Objective 2: Incorporate the focus of communal agricultural risk management at different levels of territorial planning in the territory of the sub-area of the Challa District.

The main changes sought with the specific objective 2 are: (i) the implementation of spatial planning with a focus on risk management in the communities and district ayllus (ii) to orient policies and productive investment towards a sustainable local development. In that sense we have begun the process of building the risk management plans at family and community levels, and the risk management approach is being promoted at different levels: district, municipal and departmental. As part of these efforts, we participated for example in developing a final design project in the Ayllu Urinsaya, which was submitted as the ayllu’s proposal to the Indigenous Fund, this project is currently being managed by local authorities.


x Territorial planning methodology (GRAC) for risk response, tested and enriched x Local organizations include in their agendas territorial planning with a risk management

approach

Specific Objective 3: To systematize, document and disseminate results of research and planning processes and implementation of GRAC.

The change we want to achieve with objective 3 is to generate public goods that can be used by local and regional stakeholders with a view to promoting public policies and development projects that incorporate GRAC, and create local content for the school curriculum.

In the first year of project implementation progress was made regarding the initial stage of systematization and documentation, the second year we continued the process of systematization and documentation, and began dissemination through workshops, exchanges of experiences, radio programs and the implementation of the Yapuchiris Tents at fairs and local events (Pongo, Confital).


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x Inclusion of risk management approach in the educational curriculem

However, it should be clear that the diffusion process involves not only the educational area, but other areas of propagation that enables reaching both local grassroots actors, authorities and institutions. This process also feeds the other products in the theory of change.

In that sense, the activities planned and implemented in the second year, in pursuance of products according to the Theory of Change project, and are as follows:

Product Planned Activities Activities Comments

Local knowledge documented rescued

Registration of bioindicators and generation of forecasts from the observation of bioindicators

x Registration and monitoring of bioindicators in the three ayllus, 9 and 6 Urinsaya Majasaya

x We performed the evaluation of prognostic bioindicators in relation to local workshops in Majasaya and Urinsaya ayllus which involved 29 people (5 women and 24 men)

x Case 6 Majasaya reliable (phatis, fox, moon, earth bubbles, flower chives and laqho) and 3 unreliable (capurita, warakas and sunchu)

x Urinsaya case, 3 of these were rated as reliable (Ulala, and laqho warakas) and 3 unreliable (muña, sirapallo and qhota) for their prognosis and their enforcement in the agricultural season.

qualitative register of behavior of climate

x 7 Yapuchiris track the weather x Qualitative data was systematized

and developed in graphics for better understanding

x They share the results of weather recordsin workshop on Crop cycle evaluation

x Because of little practice most yapuchiris did not fill out their weather behavior climate records

Record rainfall data in three communities Majasaya Ayllu

x Data were recorded in the community of Pasto Grande, accumulating 460 mm of precipitation in August 2010 to May 2011

x This record is in charge of yapuchiris, in Chullpani Collpaña the registration was neglected

x Rainfall exceeded the 2010-2011 season to 2009-2010 season was 297 mm

Socialization of results in meetings and exchanges of experience

x This registration process of bio-indicators, forecasts and weather patterns are socialized in regular meetings at ayllu, substation, communities, exchanges of

x The Yapuchiris were responsible for the socialization of these results as a testimony of observation, generation of forecasts and climate record of


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experiences and events in which they participated

the weather

New insights GRAC (strategies, practices) generated and disseminated

Accompanying farmer experimentation (innovation) and the use of resources for innovation in 3 ayllus

7 innovations were initially identified with the 3 ayllus Yapuchiris in different subjects;

x Soil Fertility x Mineral broths x Improvement and forage seed

treatment x Refreshing potato seed x Water harvesting x Biodigesters x The solar tent and its sustainability

Innovations concluded:

x Seed potato greening x Seed treatment with mineral broths x Water harvesting in 1st hilling x Treatment of potato foliage with

biofertilizer x Preventive treatment of pest mineral

broths x Refresh native potato seeds x Improvement of burning or

decomposition of manure from different animals camel, sheep, and cattle with ash, mixed with guano Sach'a.

x Quince extract for control of potato wart Jank'ao

x Natural fertilizer in the production of fodder barley .-

x Case biodigester and solar tent is in the process, for lack of time is rescheduled for next year.

x Results of the innovations are translated into booklets for distribution among farmers.

Support materials for Yapuchiri experimentation

x We helped with materials based upon request from Yapuchiris for their innovations, bio-products (sulfur powder, copper sulphate, lime, brown sugar, rolls, plastic, cans, hoses, polytube, seed networks, gangochos)

x Some materials were provided as backpacks sprayers and drums counterpart, the interested person covered 50% of cost

4 undergraduate thesis;

- Risk management

x Partial monitoring strategies for risk management of Don Paulino Apaza and Marcelino Choque, systematization of the information

x Thesis research process abandonment for health reasons


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strategies in the Ayllu Majasaya.

recorded in the logbooks of both Yapuchiris.

x It has partial progress reports.

Soil management, family and community level as a factor in adaptation to climate variability. Case Chullpani Japo and Karuco communties, Ayllu Majasaya Mujlli

x Characterization of soil management at the community and family level from a local perception and technical-scientific.

x Risk maps for Chullpani Japo ,and Karuco communities Majasaya Ayllu, prepared in a participatory manner with Yapuchiri Leaders.

x Characterization of soil fertility in the 3 communities, disseminated in every community.

x Dissemination at the level of peasant families, classification and management strategies and soil use at the household and community levels.

x We have the draft document, reviewed by the consultants of the Technical University of Oruro

Management of local flora as a strategy to reduce climate risks Urinsaya Ayllu, Case Challuma Community

x Follow-up management practices and strategies of the local flora

x Description from the local knowledge perception and management of plant resources, from changes in the landscape.

x Identification of useful species of local flora

x Identification and analysis of management strategies of the local flora to reduce risks

x Native plant guide according to uses and applications.

x Draft document of the thesis under review

Organizational structures and their ability to respond to climate risks. Case Ayllu Urinsaya

x Analysis of local organizations, internal and external relationships

x Description and analysis of regulations related to risk management.

x The role of local organizations, from the viewpoint of the producers.

x Analysis and description of state


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mechanisms for attention to climate events

x Analysis of local capacities for risk management

x Final document reviewed by the consultants of the Universidad Mayor de San Simón

1 Post-graduate thesis;

- Strategies of women in management endogenous climate vulnerability in the Ayllu Urinsaya

x Accompanying case studies in everyday practices and strategies to address climate vulnerability

x Description and systematization of the information collected through ethnographic methods and participant observation

x Presentation at the Ayllu Urinsaya the results of fieldwork.

x Draft document under review

Monitoring, review of research reports

x Monitoring, review and support the processes of research postgraduate students and the project.

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A doctoral thesis;

Peasant strategies for adapting to climate variability. The local knowledge base of strategies for climate risk management. Case Ayllu Urinsaya

x It has the draft protocol, under review.

x Advances on the theoretical construct related to farmers' strategies.

x Field work and information gathering.

Workshop on Research Methods, in conjunction with Fundación Valles

x Participation in the Workshop Research Methods in Social Sciences, Cochabamba (April 2011)

x Participants Yapuchiris, technical and project Thesis GRAC

x Workshop developed by Jere Gilles

Definition of x We defined the research agenda for the 3rd year, plans to conduct research in various topics, such as Pre-degree: water management, bio-indicators and weather forecasting, climate risk food and nutrition, education and risk reduction strategies for rural risks.For Postgraduate: advocacy processes in risk management

year research agenda. -Develop training for Undergraduate Program

x In October, the call will be launched in different departments of the University


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vulnerabilities. x A program aimed at training new

researchers, mainly to strengthen the methodological and the relationship with rural communities

Workshops Thesis research progress

x 3 workshops advance research involving Thesis, tutors, advisers and technical staff of CESU and Agrecol

x Comments and suggestions were received for research, the most outstanding related to the breadth of research topics and the need for adjustments to the proposed methodology.

Sharing of experiences in different events, workshops, seminars, forums

x 2 yapuchiris socialized experiences Caracollo Water Forum-Oruro (Oct. 2010)

x Participation in the 2nd Yapuchiris productive decade Cochabamba Summit (Oct. 2010).

x Early Natural disasters workshop, sponsored by the Governor of Cochabamba (Oct. 2010)

x Visit SDC yapuchiris dialogue with the community of Pasto Grande (Oct.2010)

x Andean Change Forum in La Paz, sponsored by INIAF, Ministry of Agriculture

x Fair mankha Ñawpa mikhuna (Sep. 2010)

x Risk Management Workshop sponsored by the INIAF, La Paz (Sep. 2010)

x Conversation "food sovereignty", sponsored by the IIED, PASA (Feb.2011)

x Risk Management Workshop, sponsored by FAO, La Paz (Feb.2011)

x Valles-Regional Workshop Socialization Platform GRAC (Mar.2011)

x National Platform Workshop, Risk Management and Adaptation to Climate Change, Tarija (Abr.2011)

x Platform Cochabamba Regional Workshop on Sustainable Agricultural Development, the Andean Zone (Abr.2011)

x The institution and the yapuchiris receive invitations to participate in various events, most events involved yapuchiris.

x They are places to learn from the experience GRAC, view the work of Yapuchiris.

x The proposal heard from local actors have better reception and generates greater expectations for replication.


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x Participatory Action Research Workshop World Neighbors (Abr.2011)

x LIDEMA workshop, field trip to Lacolaconi, dialogue with Yapuchiris (Apr. 2011)

x Latin American Meeting of Biodynamics, Vinto, Cochabamba (May.2011)

x Agroforestry Workshop with SARA.Aug, 2011.

Yapuchiris capable of making land management innovations and technological improvements

1st training course aimed at Canton Challa Yapuchiris

x 3 workshops on " peasant Experiments and documentation of experiences, generating evidence of our work" in the three ayllus

x 7 workshops on, "Generation and prioritization of project ideas, we must learn to draft a" 1 yapuchiris involving the ayllus Aransaya and Majasaya, 5 Urinsaya Ayllu communities and 1 community Ayllu Above Challa Aransaya

x 2 workshops on, "Damage assessment and mechanisms to reduce risks" and Urinsaya Aransaya.

x 3 workshops on, "Evaluation of crops" in the three ayllus Aransaya, and Urinsaya Majasaya

x The training course concluded with the participation of 30 yapuchiris (3 females 27 males) from 14 communities

x The next step is not performed the training cycle, it will track the yapuchiris who completed the process, its support for innovation and dissemination of results, for it was developed content for family farm plans.

Thematic course on production Urinsaya Ayllu-nutrition-health healthy women Yapuchiri, in coordination with the Health and Medical Center Mundi

x 1st Workshop on "Health, Food Production and Climate vulnerability reduction" in Chuñuchuñuni community. In coordination with World Neighbors 2 institutions and Physicians Consortium Mundi (56 participants, 31 women, 25 men) in November 2010.

x 2nd Workshop "Value of native plants in our health, nutrition and production," the community of Chuñuchuñuni (28 participants, 8 women, 20 men) in January 2011.

x Workshop on strengthening the organization of artisans Chuñuchuñuni from the issue of reproductive health, February 2011 (20 participants, 13 women and 7

x Participants motivated, eating habits are appreciated, we evaluated the usefulness of native plants.

x Actions motivated to create an organization of women in the Ayllu Urinsaya.


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Workshop "Local Risk Perception" with the Women's ayllu Majasaya

men) x Focus group, with women

Organizational Strengthening community Chuñuchuñuni, February 2011.

x Suspended activity.

x Although the Women dates back several years in the Ayllu Majasaya, now going through a crisis of its leaders, are very passive, on the other side does not receive the guidance and support from similar males.

Workshops socialization experience of communities in the District GRAC Challa (theoretical and practical)

x Workshop on Good Practices in the community agroecological Ayllu Antacagua Aransaya (18 participants, 3 females and 15 males) Sep.2010.

x Workshop demonstrating good practice in Challuma, Ayllu Urinsaya (18 participants, 3 females and 15 males) Sep.2010.

x Demonstration of agroecological practices in the community of Uyuni Ayllu Majasaya (19 participants, 4 women and 15 men) Sep.2010.

x Workshop agroecological practices to reduce risks in the community of Challa (12 participants, 2 women and 10 men) Oct.2010.

x Workshop on good agroecological practices to reduce risks in the community of Challa Grande, ayllu Aransaya (19 participants, 4 women and 15 men)

x Sustainable agricultura workshop in the community of Challuma, Ayllu Aransaya, Oct. 2010.

x Workshop on strengthening the peasant organization in Chuñuchuñuni, Feb 2011 (23 participants, 3 women, 20 men)

x Workshop uses and aplication of flora, community of Challuma, Urinsaya. Feb 2011 (37 participants, 7 women, 30 men).

x These were at the request of leaders, with aim of deepening, learn to reduce

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Furthermore was noted that not isolated part of the , an opportunity to the process.

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Workshops the the work of students


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x Diffuse the results achieved, seed biodiversity, bio-products (syrups, mineral broths), banners GRAC plan showing processes in local shows weekly (Tuesday and Saturday in Confital Pongo) in Yapuchiri tent.

Knowledge fairs / year at the county level showing results Yapuchiris innovations

x Annual Agricultural Fair in Chuñuhcuñuni, Diffusion experiences Yapuchiri tent, July 2011.

x Participation in annual fairs x The outreach work is in charge of

Yapuchiris x We chose this method to

generate more curiosity in people, why was defined broadcast in weekly markets.

x The idea of the tent was born of the need for farmers who do not have a space for "consultation" on their agricultural problems, the tent is a scenario that resembles an office, but in agricultural issues, where the Yapuchiri provides information from the forecast, local alternatives to reduce risks, pest control and other topics of interest.

Exchange of experiences /

year to other areas

x 3 Exchange of experiences with Yapuchiris of La Paz and the UMSA.

* In September 2010 in La Paz (part 10 Yapuchiris (1 female, 9 male)

* In December 2010 Chuñuchuñuni-Urinsaya (involving 63 people between visitors and hosts; 14 women, 49 men)

* In March 2011, in La Paz, Umala (involving 12 yapuchiris, 1 female 11 male)

x Exchange of experiences with Andean School Cliza Water-Cochabamba (YAKU Association), part 4 yapuchiris

x 2 yapuchiris participated in the exchange of experiences CETHA Socamani "meeting of pastors and bioindicators" in Oruro

x Generated greater confidence and self-esteem in Yapuchiris are encouraged to share their experiences in their communities and ayllus

x With the relationship between yapuchiris of La Paz and Cochabamba ADOC a committee was formed to promote and disseminate national experiences

New insights

GRAC (strategies,

x 3 Yapuchiris from 3 ayllus were equipped with digital cameras for the documentation of experiences.

Supporting documentation processes Yapuchiris

x Yapuchiris developed skills to generate their documents, some manually, others using


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practices)

generated and disseminated

experiences x Photographic material was generated, inputs for cards, calendar planner and other documents.

x Part of the training cycle included the "documentation of experiences."

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the computer.

Development and dissemination of local and regional radio spots

x Agreement signed with Radio 1 to broadcast experiences CEPRA Radio Andina, located in the village of Pongo.

x We prepared a series of radio spots that reflect the content of the Plan GRAC in 8 chapters, each lasting between 3 to 5 minutes. The content is reflective of motivation and information GRAC Plan

x The first two are already in the air and a third is in the editing process.

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x The radio programs are in Castilian and Quechua, Aymara translation is missing

Development of 6 Pocket cards

x Traditional medicine in cold season and sudden changes in climate "syrups and ointments"

Initially identified the following experiences:

x Afforestation with native plants on terraces and communal reserve areas

x Biofoliares Experimentation and pesticides based on the local flora to improve potato production

x The bioindicators in potato production

x Strategies of women in livestock management against adverse weather events

x Fasting as a sociocultural practice community against climate vulnerability

x Roles shared and unique roles of gender and its counterpart in the new generations

x The community work x The role of native authorities x Roof water harvesting for housing

x In the process Yapuchiris, Thesis and project technicians were involved


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x Association of potato and lupine x Fertilization change in planting

potatoes x Preparation of biofoliar with jiriguano

9 booklets were completed with different themes:

x Fasting: Community Strategy against Climate Risk

x Development of natural ointment for lungs and rheumatism based on 15 medicinal plants.

x Development of cough syrup to natural base of 10 medicinal plants.

x The importance of Guano to Improve Soil Fertility

x Knowing the behavior of the climate, agricultural practices do my

x Good practices for reducing soil fertility and pests in potato production

x Quince extract for control of potato wart Jank'ao

x Seed Potato greening x Natural fertilizer in the production of

fodder barley.

x Development of a wall calendar 2011, with content GRAC Plan

Development of calendar 2011 (actions to reduce risks in agricultural production)

x Socialization Workshops Calendar Planner 2011 with the contents of the Plan GRAC spread at the level of District 26 communities Challa (3 ayllus) in order that people know of the plan.

x The events calendar is distributed in workshops, seminars, regional and national level, reaching farmers, technicians of various institutions.

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x Material containing easy to understand (according to ayllu authorities)

x 5 items were developed, which were sent to different institutions for publication

Publication of at least 2 articles in national / international

x "The local knowledge base for the community strategy in managing climate risk," published by the

x We have lots of information generated from research and field activities, there are other draft documents and to systematize and present in


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Association Yaku and FAO (document successful experiences on risk management), May 2011

x "Strengthening local capacities for climate risk management," published in AGRECOL Magazine, June 2011

x "Local knowledge for climate risk management. The signs of time to predict the weather," Bulletin of theWorking Group on Climate Change and Justice (GTCC-J). August, 2011 (in edition)

x "Local organizations and their capacity to respond to climate risk. Case Ayllu Urinsaya, Tapacarí Province ", July 2011

x "Local knowledge and observation of bioindicators as peasant strategy of adaptation to climate variability," prepared for presentation at the International Conference on Sustainable Agriculture in Rural Colombia Bogota, (sent in August 2011)

article format.

x Publication of Ecological Agriculture Magazine with the theme of Risk Management

x Items moved to the Editorial Committee and published in October of this year.

4 items are collected on experiences in risk management in projects CCRP (UMSA, INNOMIP and Agrecol-CESU) x items are expected from

PROSUCO, Proinpa and Mountain Institute

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Develop video of the innovation process by Yapuchiris

Script-Writing and editing

x Observations are recorded in the innovation process by Yapuchiris.

x Video editing process.

x This video will diffuse into the Yapuchiri tent in local weekly markets.

Participation in local instances of coordination and planning.

Organizations include in their agendas territorial planning with risk

x Participation in regular meetings of the ayllus Majasaya, mostly Urinsaya and in a few meetings in the ayllu Aransaya

x Councils participated in 2 District

x There are scenarios where reportedly planning activities under the project.

x Yapuchiris progress report on their actions.


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management approach -Meetings with ayllus

Challa Canton-CPP

People's Participation Challa x Participation in 2 meetings of the

Board of the District Development Council Challa-CDDCh

x Approaching sub-mayorship authorities and municipalities for the construction of the roundtables

x Preparation of final design project with a focus on risk management, participatory development since diagnosis in Urinsaya Ayllu communities, support the Municipality of Tapacarí.

x Coordination meeting with Oxford University Medical VIDEICO health and water

x Organization was formed at the Cantonal Yapuchiris

x Inter-Agency Meeting on Majasaya Ayllu Mujlli with AGRUCO, Oxford University VIDEICO Medical, health, education and local authorities to agree and schedule actions in the ayllu

x Changed organizational structure formerly Council District People's Participation Challa, adding thereto 4 commissions (Economic production, Natural Resources, Health and Education) project as an institution and the commission are responsible for economic production, driving theme from their risk management.

x Good relationship with Medicos Mundi, coordinate activities related to nutrition, healthy eating and health.

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Participation in departmental and national bodies

-Commonwealth of the Andean region of Cochabamba

-PNCC and Cochabamba departmental government

x Participation in meetings in the Commonwealth of the Andean region of Cochabamba as an institution competing in the draft PRRD / SDC in its third phase, we hope to support and participate in the education component of the project next year.

x Participation in meetings convened by the Government on the issue of climate change.

x It has a draft Strategy document departmental climate change, the socialization process

x It is an opportunity to expand the proposed Plan GRAC level of the five municipalities of the Commonwealth (Tapacarí, Sicaya Arque, Bolivar and Tacopaya).

Inclusion of Risk Management approach in educational curricula

x Workshop with high school teachers Tapacarí Township where socialized subject of climate change and risk management

GRAC socialization meetings with core principals, teachers and education authorities

x It is proposed to work in the District Challa with nuclei of the three Ayllus

x We helped with the installation of a

x There was acceptance address, deepen and internalize the subject in the educational curricula

x Due to the time could not be accomplished training workshops on the subject, it is rescheduled


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telecentre in the Core Education School Urinsaya ayllu Chuñuchuñuni

for the 3rd year of the project x The proposal is to document

experiences from school with old and new use of ICT

Territorial planning methodology proven risk response, enriched and documente

Accompanying yapuchiris organizational performance / ayllu organization in coordination with Social

-Meetings of assessment and planning activities Yapuchiris

x Meeting with the management committee is made up of the board of the Organization of Yapuchiris

x Yapuchiris Organization meetings, rotating in each ayllu.

x 2 Workshops on Evaluation Majasaya and Urinsaya Yapuchiris (24 participants, 5 women, 19 men)

x Planning Workshop Semester (July-December 2011) with Yapuchiris Organization (21 participants, 6 women, 15 men)

x Strengthened Yapuchiris organization to influence the organizations.

x One of the planned actions until the end of the year, is the development of at least two in each ayllu community plans to complete the 3rd year, each community should have its community plan and risk management at the level of consensus substation and ayllus.

x There is increasing interest in the work of Yapuchiris, by the parent organizations of the ayllu.

x The 3rd year will be consolidated at the District level and Challa ayllus planning tool to reduce risks.

B. RESULTS

From the activities described, we generated a database to track and monitor the project, information on inputs provided by the baseline, follow-up protocols were developed for the various indicators. As part of the evaluation process, workshops were held with project Yapuchiris and postgraduate students. 1

The results for the second year are summarized below:

From the activities described, the results for Objective 1 in the first year are:

Proposed outcome Results achieved Sources of

Verification Indicators

1.1 In the 3 ayllus information is

x The reading of the bioindicators by the yapuchiris, said a weather forecasting for crop

Monitoring Form to the

Number of natural indicators yapuchiris handle for climate


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systematized climate prediction and natural indicators of meteorological data

year 2010-2011 as follows: x Sank'ayo first blooms, waycha, cactus and

Muna, burned, indicated the presence of frost in the agricultural cycle (early oct.2010)

x Flowering medium (15-26 oct.2010) and late (15-28 nov.2010) of sank'allo, waycha, cactus Ulala, muna, indicated that the rains are delayed, so the crops in the potato crop also be delayed (planting medium and backward)

x Corroborate this prediction the days of Saints (San Juan, Rosario, Subject, early August) there was the presence of a few clouds (phatis) or cleared in August. (Behavior erratic rainfall)

x Year with frost, because in the days of saints at the end of the day was completely clear skies

x On May 3 stones with frost, frost presence x Meteorological data confirm the forecast,

rainfall recorded was 460 mm with a concentration in the month of February (185 mm) in 2011.

x Comparing qualitative Yapuchiris registration is not far from the quantitative data, is similar.

x The prognosis for this crop year 2011-2012 states that are recommended early and delayed plantings (1st and 3rd seed).

x Were followed to 9 bioindicators in the ayllu Majasaya and 6 in the ayllu Urinsaya, on the other side assessed the degree of confidence in the forecast.

x For the 3rd year we have planned an investigation to make additional monitoring bioindicators as the first and second year, emphasized the value and to raise awareness of the bioindicators.

bioindicators forecasting and production planning

Aransaya: On average 5 indicators used in 2009 in 4 of 6 communities, the 2010 use 3 in 2 of 6 communities (it is worth clarifying that because of internal problems in the ayllu we could not continue follow up).

Majasaya: On average 6 Indicators used in 2009 in 8 of 10 communities, the 2010 uses 5 indicators in 9 of 10 communities in the ayllu.

Urinsaya: On average 4 Indicators used in 2009 in 3 of 4 communities, the 2010 used in the 4 7 ayllu communities.

While there is a reduction in the ayllu Majasaya, isolated uses of the indicators were made now are more focused on indicators that have been validated based on results in the prediction and production decisions.

Importantly, the case of Ayllu Urinsaya, that 3 indicators used has increased to 7 the number of indicators used.

1.2 Farm families in the three Ayllus stabilize and improve their agricultural production practices using GRAC.

x Results of monitoring 22 yapuchiris in the crop year 2010-2011, show an average of 22 tons / ha, 100% apply decomposed manure applied, 95% biofertilizer to reduce risk mainly on the issue of frost and hail, 43% I use syrup and 29% mineral broths for pest control and management, something that is interesting is that 14% participated in rituals and fasts, 10% smoke from straw to prevent the hail and 5% ash and applied broth quince extract.

Harvest evaluation form

Yapuchiri Notebook

x Number of farmers Challa District strategies and practices that apply GRAC

Aransaya: 5 (2010) - 2 (2009)

Frost:


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x Another group of 17 control yapuchiris, had an average yield of production of 14 t / ha, using other practices in agriculture which are not necessarily sustainable. 94% used manure from habit, and 71% used chemical fertilizer, 18% applied karate (chemical insecticide).

x These best practices were socialized in workshops at the request of their leaders in 8 communities in the three ayllus.

x On the other hand testimonies yapuchiris diffuse radio local station.

x We still have to track peasant families who hear and know yapuchiris results and might possibly replicate such experiences.

x There is a document to track at the level of the family farm on plans to reduce risk, the same shall apply to all control and random yapuchiris.

Majasaya 15 (2010) - 7 (2009)

Urinsaya 10 (2010) - 0 (2009)

Aransaya: 5 (2010) - 3 (2009)

Hailstone:

Majasaya 21 (2010) - 8 (2009)

Urinsaya 10 (2010) - 1 (2009)

Aransaya: 5 (2010) - 0 (2009)

Drought:

Majasaya 18 (2010) - 1 (2009)

Urinsaya 6 (2010) - 0 (2009)

Aransaya: 5 (2010) - 2 (2009)

Excess rain:

Majasaya 4 (2010) - 0 (2009)

Urinsaya 4 (2010) - 0 (2009)

Aransaya: 3 (2010) - 0 (2009)

Pests:

Majasaya 8 (2010) - 0 (2009)

Urinsaya 6 (2010) - 0 (2009)

x No. of farmers applying GRAC that have reduced production losses.

Of 65 farmers who are being monitored, 37 apply GRAC, of which 23 have reduced their production losses.

1.3. The three Ayllus x A committee was formed for the monitoring of Information x No. of local grassroots


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have a local technical body for GRAC composed of the Yapuchiris and recognized and incorporated into the existing organization.

the project of the Yapuchiris directory that has a representation of the three ayllus addition to the Central Regional.

x In Yapuchiris meetings discussed the project's objectives and actions to be developed for compliance.

x At the request of the Central Regional Ayllus an evaluation to Yapuchiris became known in the changes made in production processes, the more space yapuchiris gain recognition of their organizations.

x Organization was consolidated at District level Yapuchiris Challa who meet every two months to plan and report on their activities.

x Only Majasaya Mujlli ayllu has its Yapuchiris directory, form organizations lack the other two ayllus.

x Participation in exchange of experience with Yapuchiris of La Paz, motivated and increased confidence Yapuchiris Challa District.

from the tracking card

organizations that have functional units of risk management in their organizational structure.

Like the 2009, in the case of ayllu has maintained Majasaya 5 9 communities and local organizations including DRM, in which there is only one operating arm, which is the Organization of Yapuchiris.

In the case of Aransaya ayllu, there is no organization with functional instances

In the ayllu Urinsaya, compared to 2009, there was no local organization, in 2010 there are 3 and 4 local organizations including GdR communities in which there is only one operational arm, the participation of Urinsaya Yapuchiris in Yapuchiris Organization of the district.

The results achieved in relation to objective 2 are:

Proposed outcome Results achieved Sources of verification

Indicators

2.1. x No progress was planned based on this result.

Participatory Construction of Risk Management indicators with local actors.

Approached with greater emphasis the 3rd year of the project.

2.2. x Have completed a methodological document for the development of community plans for Risk Reduction.

Development and validation of a participatory planning methodology for indigenous land management GRAC.

x They prepared three plans, Japo community, Marka and Jipiñuma Tola Majasaya Mujlli ayllu.

x In the process of developing plans involving promoters, yapuchiris and the project team.

Information from the tracking card in process of elaboration

Number and quality of community plans generated from the training of local actors in GRAC. There are 3 GRAC plans and 3 plans GRAF for the ayllu Majasaya, still under


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x The plans generally show a community diagnosis, action planning and those responsible for enforcement.

x Defined actions can be taken mostly by the families of the community in an organized, on the other hand there are needs that require greater investment and these ideas become projects.

review. These experiences have served to make adjustments to the methodology.

It is worth noting that in this process are being trained in the methodology Yapuchiris, which have participated in the construction of plans.

2.3. x Participation in meetings with the Board of the

District Development Council Challa-CDDCh allowed to meet the new authorities of the District, Deputy Mayor, Central Regional originating authorities GRAC project objectives.

Incorporation and institutionalization of the approach in planning GRAC territorial sub mayorship Canton of Challa.

x This is a process that progresses slowly, greatly harms real decentralization Challa district follows the dependence on the City of Tapacarí.

There is willingness to support the initiative.

x Central Regional leaders know the importance of developing community plans, sub-central level and ayllus plans to reduce risks, is planning a strategic plan in coordination with ayllu Medical Urinsaya Mundi.

x The municipal budget variations had no relation to the management 2010. There remained an allocation of 230,000 Bs for risk and disaster prevention, and 60,000 Bs to develop final design productive projects, projects that have not yet started, are still under management.

x Township officials and technicians show a certain apathy towards the subject and no participatory planning processes to define projects and investments.

Has spent a total of 100,000 Bs for a project on organic farming in the community of Challa Top surprisingly beneficiaries and the project leaders did not know.

Agenda of the meeting minutes

Approved budgets of municipal projects and community projects and township

Annual reports of budgetary execution of the Municipal Government of Tapacarí

Number of organizations that agenda the issue of GRAC at its regular meetings. Of 10 organizations, 8 put int heir agenda issues related aspects of risk and 6 put in their agenda GRAF and the GRAC.

% Allocation and budget execution for risk management at the community and district level.

1.07% is the percentage of budget execution for risk management at the municipal level,


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x Created a Production Department in the Municipality of Tapacarí, technicians are in process of installation and recognition of their actions, rather depended on Public Works, this change is an opportunity to internalize the proposal and consolidated at the district and municipality.

prevention of risks linked to natural disasters.

From the development of the activities described, the results achieved in the first year with Objective 3 are:

Proposed outcome Results achieved Sources of Verification

Indicators

3.1. x This management documented new Yapuchiris experiences of traditional medicine, improvement of soil fertility, application of products to reduce pest problems and communal activities such as fasting.

Documentation and systematization of the innovation process.

x Yapuchiris have instruments for their evidence, Yapuchiri notebook, cameras.

Primers x

3.2. x Articles that were produced were sent for distribution at the request of institutions such as FAO.

Dissemination of research results and systematization of the process.

x Items were developed formal investigations which will be disseminated in the journal Ecological Agriculture with the issue of risk management and web pages and the CESU Agrecol.

Articles

Miscellaneous documents

3.3. x It has the proposal to work with the educational units of the three District ayllus Challa.

Development and incorporation of local content in curriculum GRAC at schools of the Canton Challa.

x Teachers, principals motivated to start core process of documenting risk management experiences from school.

x Is managed by the Commonwealth of the Andean region of Cochabamba to

x Number of teachers trained in risk management.

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leverage resources with schools action on the issue.

arrangements for the 3rd year.

x Number of students (as) know the risk management on the basis of educational curricula.

Has not yet begun this process, for lack of funds, but they are making adjustments and arrangements for the 3rd year.

C. CHALLENGES The challenges identified in the project are: 1 .- The GRAC project continues to drive the generation of greater awareness of a healthy agriculture, to provide food security that is sustainable and chemical free and in that sense it still remains the challenge in the ayllus of Urinsaya and Aransaya and where most farmers apply chemical fertilizers and pesticides. To deal with this challenge the project creates opportunities for reflection on workshops, training, exchanges and knowledge fairs and through the Yapuchiris’ tent at local fairs, where they disseminate the experiments, the practices of improving soil fertility , cultivating biodiversity, and so on. However, it is necessary to clarify that progress has been made since the Yapuchiris have empowered the concept of healthy agriculture, this is manifested in the fairs, workshops and exchanges. This theme emerged strongly in the exchange with farmers from Umala, held in La Paz and the knowledge fair that occurred in the framework of the Platform of Soils in Pongo. 2 .- Another challenge arises with respect to strengthening capacities at the organizational level, because many of the actions and decisions relating to production activities and risk management are made locally, by the type of weather events and the kind of impacts they generate. Yet the actions of state and institutional instances are isolated, but the needs of communities are pressing everyday and therefore the more strengthened local organizations are able to improve local capacities. In this regard, the project will address research on local organizations and responsiveness to climate risk. This is a central challenge to provide sustainability to the process. 3 .- To promote the incorporation of production issues and risk management in the areas of discussion, meetings, and conferences. It is a challenge where we have been making some progress concerning eg Yapuchiris reports scheduled points in meetings of the ayllu, but is still a backlog that has generated the need to strengthen further the issue of risk management at the grassroots level and spread the work and experimentation of the Yapuchiris. Another strategy, relates to the Yapuchiris’ tent, a space to talk about agriculture, livestock, etc. risks. The


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overcoming of this challenge is essential as a first step towards the mainstreaming of risk management at different levels of planning. 4 .- To encourage the greater participation of women in the training process, providing information and opportunities for reflection on issues of interest. Although their participation is still very passive, so the strategy was defined as work on issues of nutrition, food safety and health practices related to women and strategies for risk management. In this last case, we encouraged postgraduate research on "Strategies of women in management endogenous climate vulnerability in the Ayllu Urinsaya", however further work is needed on this issue, the role of women in the reproduction of the family unit and production. 5 .- Aransaya Ayllu, despite all efforts, the Yapuchiris and authorities have not been actively involved, making the project activities difficult, although in recent months there have been expressions of interest from some leaders. The challenge lies in the ability to integrate and maintain their interest in the planned activities in the preparation of GRAC and GRAF plans and subsequent follow-up . 6 .- In the various spaces of reflection and workshops, constantly claims arise regarding communities that are used by institutions, as they claim, “They take information, do research, but they never return that information and it does not improve the community," this is a major challenge to deal with this perception of communities about the institutional work and particularly for research. For this reason, the intent of the project is to try to generate different areas of return and presentation of results, including workshops, presentation and sharing of the baseline, discussion of local issues such as Production Revolution Law, additionally we incorperted events of presentation of research results and the generation of products with research findings (booklets, plant guide, workshops for schools). 7 .- Another important challenge is the context that is arising in relation to new regulations and legal systems, as the Production Revolution Law and the development of charters, which opens opportunities but also threatens local processes and capabilities, it is necessary to incorporate these issues of context analysis of the project and the communities involved to program activities and strategies. It should be remarked, however, that these aspects have been taken up in discussion workshops, which also enable local stakeholders to locate and analyze their situation against these new standards and the national and local context . 8. The research process has raised two fundamental challenges, to confront the methodological and thematic weaknesses of the thesis students, since in some cases they underestimate the importance of field work and the support of farmers, but on the other hand, also the fact that this issue is addressed in a still marginal way in the different department, to the extent that it requires discussion with advisors and thesis students about the approach and research methodology. Aspect that led to several discussion sessions, and adjustments of thesis announcementes, although they were interesting spaces for reflection, in some cases led to confusion in some thesis students by the vision of the project for the position of the advisors. The


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result of these limitations and an evaluation process and team meetings and exchange of views with Carlos Barahona, we developed a training program for researchers in the project, which will be incorporated with the new group of thesis students. 9. At the end of the 2nd year of the project, one of the challenges is to develop learning process documents for the project, articles, in simple language to return to the beneficiaries and for the scientific field that show explicitly the reduction of risks in the production by applying best practices. 10 .- Strengthen yapuchiris organization, formed in the technical arm of the communities and the ayllu. 11 .- Give strength to the advocacy process, disseminate the results through mass media, create scenarios such as roundtables to discuss the issue with local and municipal authorities and representatives of health institutions, education and private institutions. 12 .- Consolidate the process of training new researchers, achieve better results aimed at reducing the risks in producing the effect of climate variability, comprehensive studies that articulate issues related to food, nutrition, local vulnerabilities, changes in systems production. 13.-Consolidate risk reduction plans at the community level and expanding the territory of the District Challa. 14 .- Internalizing the subject of risk management in the educational curricula, a process that will begin this new management applying the methodology of documenting experiences with old and new use of ICT. These challenges are critical to achieving the objectives and planned activities therefore we are incorporating mechanisms and strategies to achieve them, as part of the planned activities. D. REVELATIONS AND LESSONS LEARNED After two years of project implementation there are a number of insights and lessons that allow us to evaluate the capabilities and conditions for the next year, some of these revelations and learnings are: 1 .- The interagency agreements do not guarantee compliance by institutions, such as the SENAMHI, who did not perform the installation of meteorological instruments of the agreement, which obliges us to the need for the acquisition and installation of these teams in the month of October to allow two weather stations have information from two of the ayllu where the project works (Urinsaya and Majasaya), so that might be useful to making decisions against local


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information gaps, and second comparisons regarding the information generated by Yapuchiris, so that we may have evidence regarding the records and forecasts based on local knowledge. 2 .- Again, the times were short, the lesson that emerges from this revelation is that we should not overload the annual planning, see real time to implement proposed activities, as this will overload the project team activities and farmers time . Measure time with respect to the products obtained, specifying tasks for the technical team (coordination, technicians, thesis students) to improve results planning gain agreements. 3 .- Despite the efforts to involve the municipality in the activities and processes carried out by the project, it has too passive of an attitude of the municipal authorities on the matter. It is necessary to develop more convincing, getting closer with District officials Challa, feedback with project information. Although the project is evaluating the change in strategy towards greater involvement of community and district authorities to be the ones that require the need to respond to the issue and risk production. An instrument in this regard is the GRAC plan. 4 .- Based on the lessons and findings of the project, adjustments were made regarding the level of impact on organizations and authorities, possession for the risk management approach, where the GRAC is a tool. In that sense, Yapuchiris can be drivers of this process since they are getting involved in the construction of GRAC and GRAF plans and, practical training in the methodology of planning. 5 .- Researchers must go through a rigorous selection process, the training program is vital to research. III. ANNUAL WORK PLAN Attached is the plan of work for year 3 additional pages, this plan has prioritization and adjustments necessary to achieve the products arising in the theory of change and the objectives of the project. IV. BUDGET The budget has been defined and adjusted based on the planning of next year (occurs on additional sheets) V. APPENDICES

Documents

NARRATIVE REPORT ON COMMUNAL AGRICULTURE RISK