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Peru – Biodiversity and Agroecology for Food Security

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Peru - Biodiversity and Agroecology for Food Security

Thank you, donors, for helping to fully fund this important project. Heifer and the Community thank you for your support!

Fund a Project - End Hunger and Poverty in Peru
Families in the Puno region of Peru will receive alpacas, llamas and sheep, as well as improved stoves, seeds, spinning equipment and leadership training.
The Puno region of southern Peru has the highest poverty rates in the country as well as high rates of child malnutrition. Given the area’s harsh climate, farming is difficult and practiced mainly on a subsistence level, though for many it is only income-generating activity.

For this project, Heifer will work with families in 14 communities in the Puno area to improve their nutrition and income. These small farmers will learn proper agroecology techniques to improve the genetic conditions of their alpaca herds, increasing income from local markets. They will grow traditional crops to increase food security while preserving the environment. With Heifer’s participatory training, small farmer organizations will be empowered to create better living conditions for generations to come.

Through Heifer’s assistance, the families will receive alpacas, llamas and sheep, as well as improved stoves, seeds, spinning equipment and leadership training. An additional 320 families will benefit through Heifer’s Passing on the Gift.

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