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Establishment of development and extension
center in the Peruvian Amazon

• Project in the Program of Czech International
  Development Aid

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Basic information about the project

• Donor Ministry of Agriculture CR
• Execution ITS, CUA in Prague
• Duration 2003 2006
• Overall budget 4 950 000,- Kc
• Budget for the year 2003 1 683 000,- Kc
• Project site Peru, Ucayali, Pucallpa

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Project staff

• Ing. Bohdan Lojka (agroforestry)
• Ing. Jana Lojková (socio-ekonomy, marketing)
• Ing. Jan Banout (engineering)
• Ing. Zbynek Polesný (etnobotany, agricultural
  systems)
• Ing. Martin Kocárek (pedology)

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Basic information about project site

• Region Ucayali population 430 000
• Pucallpa population 250000
• Amazon Basin
• 150-200 m.a.s.l.
• precipitation 1500 mm
• Climate tropical humid
• Tropical Rainforest

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Current situation in the project area

• One of the least developed region in
• Since 1960s colonization by the new settlers
• Extensive deforestation
• Slash-and-Burn farming
• A lot of large development project failed
• Low interest of the government for development
  (low investment, bad infrastructure)

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Objectives of the project

• Improvement of the agricultural systems
• Generation and extension of the improved
  agroforestry practices
• Economic evaluation of agroforestry systems
• Improved marketing of local agriculture products
• Including ITS students into the project

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Major activities in year 2003

• Selection of 6 participating communities
• Monitoring of current agricultural systems RRA,
  PRA, semi-structured interview
• Pedological survey
• Beginning of PTD process
• Cooperation with local governmental as well as
  non-governmental organization
• Extension of improved agroforestry practices
• Cooperation with UNU (agroforestry nursery,
  student thesis)
• Other activities

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Selection of communities

• Participating communities were selected from 2
  distinct agro-ecological zones
• Seasonally flooded areas along Ucayali river
• - Santa Teresa
• - Santa Isabel de Bahuanisho
• - Monte de los Olivos
• B) Upland areas along the Pucallpa-Lima road
• - Nueva Belén
• - Antonio Raymondi
• - Pimental

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Santa Teresa
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Bahuanisho
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Monte de los Olivos
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Antonio Raymondi
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Nueva Belén
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Pimental
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Participation monitoring

• key informants
• Semi-structured interviews
• 3-4 farmers in each community
• Participation diagnostic workshops
• 2 in each community
• Starting of PTD process

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Data collection
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Growing calendar and map of the farm
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Participation diagnostic workshops
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Results of the workshops
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Results of the diagnosis

• Main problems in the floodplain areas
• - pest and diseases
• - market prices of the agricultural products
• - transport of the products to the market
• - lack processing
• - small diversification of production
• Main problems in the upland areas
• - deforestation
• - loss of soil fertility
• - weeds
• - fires

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Methodology of PTD process

• Global community diagnosis
• Defining priority problems and their diagnosis
  (What and why)
• Looking for things to try and designing the
  experiments
• Trying things out - measuring
• Evaluation and sharing the results

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Cooperation organization

• UNU Universidad Nacional de Ucayali
• FUSEVI Fuerza por la Selva Viva
• UNAS Universidad Nacional Agraria de la Selva,
  Tingo María
• Ministry of Agriculture - Pucallpa
• SENASA Servicio Nacional de la Sanidad Agraria
• ICRAF World Agroforestry Centre
• INIA Instituto Nacional de Investigación
  Agraria

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Generation of improved technologies

• Biological control against pest and diseases
  (Cosmopolites sordidus, Fusarium sp.)
• Support of vegetable growing providing improved
  and certified seeds
• Fruit processing
• Weed control providing small mechanization for
  3 communities
• Improved agroforestry system with Inga edulis
• Support of pepper (Piper nigrum) growing with the
  use of agroforestry methods

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Biological control of Cosmopolites sordidus
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Weed control
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Improved AF systems with Inga edulis
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Pepper growing with the use of agroforestry
methods
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Distribution of tree seedlings (live posts for
pepper) in Pimental
- Bolaina (Guazuma crinita)- Tahuari (Tabebuia
serratifolia)
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Cooperation with the National University of
Pucallpa UNU

• Establishment of Agroforestry nursery for native
  fruit trees
• Part of production for germaplasm conservation in
  the botanic garden
• Part of production for promotion among farmers
• Part of production for market
• Student thesis Feasibility study of citrus
  processing in the Mashangay region

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Establishment of agroforestry nursery initial
condition
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First work
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Present
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Other activities

• Organization of PTD workshop
• Publishing of the picture brochure and workshops
  about fire prevention and
• Material support of local agricultural
  college (Colegio Agropecuario de Santa Rosa)

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PTD Workshop
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Work of groups
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Establishment of agroforestry trials at Colegio
agropecuario de Santa Rosa
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Solar drying of papaya
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Plans for the next year

• Continuation of PTD process (Participatory
  Technology Development)
• Establishment of agroforestry plots in pepper
  growing
• Establishment of germaplasm orchard of native
  fruit trees with UNU
• Possibilities of fruit processing (jam, dry
  fruits)
• Pedological survey (continuation)
• Composting
• Marketing of local products
• Support of organic farming in the area

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Thanks for your attention

• www.itsz.czu.cz/projects/peru/projektperu.htm
• Ing. Bohdan Lojka (lojka_at_itsz.czu.cz)
• Ing. Jana Lojková (areaviva_at_quick.cz)
• Ing. Jan Banout (banout_at_itsz.czu.cz)
• Ing. Zbynek Polesný (polesny_at_itsz.czu.cz)