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San Martín: New districts will join PERU-Hub Field Schools by 2025

Published Jan 14, 2025

Tridge summary

The third edition of PERU-Hub's Field Schools (ECA) has been launched in the San Martín region of Peru, aiming to train over 100 farmers and ranchers across districts such as Bellavista, Pinto Recodo, Shatoja and Shanao, until 2025. This initiative, a collaboration between Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina (UNALM), USAID, Bioversity-CIAT, and universities of Oklahoma, Purdue, and Utah, is designed to enhance technical capacities in agriculture and livestock farming. The eight-month program will focus on key areas like passion fruit, cocoa, and livestock, providing both theoretical and practical training to combat challenges such as deforestation, climate change, and crop diseases. Since its inception in 2022, the project has already benefited nearly 300 producers, empowering them to improve their practices and increase income.
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Continuing with the training of farmers and producers, PERU-Hub has started the third edition of its Field Schools (ECA), which this time will reach the districts of Bellavista, Pinto Recodo, Shatoja and Shanao. More than 100 farmers and ranchers from the San Martín region will be trained during 2025, with the aim of improving livestock and agricultural practices in their localities. Through these spaces, the exchange of knowledge and experiences will be encouraged to strengthen the technical capacities of producers, in order to improve their crops, increase the quality of their products and increase their income. In addition, through these classes, it is sought to address challenges such as deforestation, climate change, pests and crop diseases, as well as the lack of technical advice. During this year, field schools focused on the cultivation of passion fruit, cocoa and livestock will be developed. The training will last eight months and will be developed through theoretical and ...
Source: AgroPeru
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