La Libertad: Province of Julcán will have qochas to improve family agriculture **Note:** "qochas" is a term that may require specific cultural context or clarification, but it is translated directly as provided.

Moving forward with steady progress. The Regional Government of La Libertad, through the Regional Program for Sowing and Harvesting Water, has been doubling efforts to complete the construction of qochas and forest areas in the high Andean parts of our region. As a result of this effort, two qochas are about to be completed for use by farmers, who are mostly dedicated to potato cultivation. In the ecosystem project of the watershed of the Virú-Huamanzaña river in the province of Julcán, two qochas have been executed, named Alto Pajas and Chichinvara. The latter has a sustained progress exceeding 90% for the benefit of more than 80 farmers from the peasant community of Parasive Alto and Bajo in the district of Huaso. The qocha, which has completed the filling of geocells and the formation of the dam, will allow the storage of nearly 35 thousand cubic meters of water and the irrigation of 82 hectares of crops. The farmers in this part of Julcán have said they are very pleased to ...