Asociacion para la Naturaleza y el Desarrollo Sostenible Andes - Asociacion Andes

Activities FFS training on participatory plant breeding to develop varieties of potatoes and maize resistant to climate change, training in agro ecological practices, integrated pest management, and microenterprise development; community research such as a baseline study on NUS and nutrition, ethnobotanical data collection and GIS mapping PGR conservation and sustainable use in the context of climate change, reintroduction of 400 varieties of native potatoes from the Potato Park, and promotion of household gardens for nutritionally rich vegetables. Training on biocultural products development and gastronomy, and the construction of a Restaurant to generate income for women Strengthening the advocacy capacity of indigenous women and facilitating their participation in international policy fora to reframe the debate about women’s role in biodiversity conservation The project promotes indigenous peoples’ values related to living in harmony with nature, such as Sumaq Causay/Buen Vivir, and it promotes women as key agents for behavioral change, who are critical to the future of agriculture and the maintenance of nutritionally rich foods Enabling conditions Support from authorities at the local, sub-national and national levels, universities, and research institutions Strong participation and ownership of communities Collaboration between local traditional knowledge experts and ANDES university trained staff Practices of Prior Informed Consent and rights-based approaches to project implementation Key success factors Dynamic articulation of local and the global issues and concerns, with analysis, reflection and creation of evidence, Fostering biocultural relationships that combine local and global realities. Political-ecology approach that explicitly connects issues of power and inequality with human–environment interactions, Methodology that links local human and crop adaptability, food security to broader political–economic forces