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Quechua CommunitiesParticipants:

PampallactaSaccacca

AmaruParu ParuChawaytire

Total population:5.600 inhabitants

approximately

Total area:9.280 ha

Number of potatoes varieties:1345 varieties

Local Assessment in Cusco, Per:Native Potato, Indigenous Resilience andSumaq Kausay in the Potato Park

Economic Collectives on

the Potato Park:

Medicinal Plants

Gastronomy

Local tourist guidance

Handicraft

Sampi Workshop

September 2011 -Presented by

Mar Soler Masgrau ANDES

Asociacin de Comunidades

del Parque de la Papa.

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Based on the local governancesystem

Representants of the

Communities Association of the

Potato Park,

that are each one of thecommunal authorities

Support by other focus and

working groups

Gender group

Elder group and traditional

authorities

Local technicians

Potato Guardians

Phase 1. Steering Committee

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Phase 2. Line base informationMethods:

-GIS workshops

- Participatory mapping

-Meteorological station

-Focus groups

-Interviews

Outcomes:

-Scientific data-Local perceptions

-Indigenous names and meanings-Local and participatory maps

-Potato Park Calendar

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Example 1. Climatic Characterization

Local perceptions on the

Temperature variation

Scientific data on the

Temperature variation frommeteorological station

Building epistemological

bridges

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Example 2. Participatory maps of wild native potatoes

varieties

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Phase 3. Conceptual FrameworkLocal conceptual

framework based on the

conceptual graph

Indigenous Altar of the

Temple of Sun, anancient document of the

Quechua worldview.

Adaptation of the IPCCA

conceptual frameworkby doing workshops in

the communities guided

by the local technicians

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SUMAQ KAUSAY

Balance Reciprocity to and among

all ayllus that meet together in the

Biocultural territory of the Potato

Park.

- Auki Ayllu

-Salka Ayllu

-Runa Ayllu

INDIRECT DRIVERS

-International treaties DD PI

ONU, CBD, OIT

-Free Trade Treaties

-Greenhouse gases emissions to the

atmosphere

-Economic processes (low product

prices)

-Agricultural and territory policies-Religious Sects

KALLPANCHAKKAUY (Resilience)

-Good and traditional Governance

(Principles: Ayni, Minka, Mita,

Qonakuy) Customary Laws

-Culture and Identity

-Traditional Knowledge andpractices

-Earth, Water, and Energy

-Wild animals and plants

-Native crops

-Respect to Pachamama and local

rights

-Ecological floors

-Long collective memory

DIRECT DRIVERS

-Extreme Climatic Events

-Soil erosion

-Transgenic

-Agricultural production decrease

-Knowledge erosion

-New pests and diseases

-Land parceling

-Potatoes repatriation

-Agro ecotourism project

-Intercommunal agreement

-Municipal works

-Earth pollution

Local Conceptual Framework

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mixed methods table for each stage

Phase 4. Define Biocultural System andmethodologiesProposal of adaptation of methodological tools

IPCCA

Method

ological

Steps

ANDES/

PDP

Adapted

Methodological

Steps

PdP Enquiry's Combined Methodology's Tools and Strategy Commu

nication

strategyEmanci-

patorytools

Partici-

patorytools

Indige-

noustools

Actors,

socioecologi-

cal

network

Process/

Format

Indicator

s

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Phase 5. Conditions and trends assessment

Strengthen work groups and institutional articulations,involve other communities stakeholders (schools)

Plan and develop the conditions and trends assessment

work based on the line base information and outcomes:

Traditional Calendar shifts Changes in growth potatoes altitudes

Temperature increases

Changes in rainfall patterns

Biocultural indicators

Where are we now?Actions planned