La Libertad: Promoting the cultivation of loche pumpkin in Chepén to strengthen family agriculture **Note:** The translation provided is a direct and accurate reflection of the original text, maintaining all key details and the journalistic tone.

The Technology Transfer Team from the Agricultural Development Sub-Management of the Special Project Chavimochic arrived in the Pueblo Nuevo sector, Guadalupe district, Chepén province, La Libertad region, to promote the alternative cultivation of Lambayecano loche squash, within the actions of the Regional Agrarian Model for the benefit of family farming. This intervention consolidates the expansion of an ancestral crop that the Special Project Chavimochic (PECH) initiated in the Virú province, specifically in the Huancaquito Bajo sector, where the first successful experiences of adaptation, yield, and productive management were developed. Today, these innovations are being transferred to the north of the region, where a group of farmers from Chepén are cultivating nearly 3 hectares of loche, with a projection to expand to 10 hectares due to the good acceptance in the national market and the growing commercial interest. Farmers Luis Torres and Heriberto Díaz, owners of the plots ...