Bolivia - Giving village communities the means to face the food shortage

Frères des Hommes supports two programmes of activities for peasant communities, organised into groups at the CIOEC Cochabamba.

As part of a project by Kampesino, business partner of the CIOEC, peasant farmers process and sell their produce. They improve their families’ standard of living and provide the community with high-quality products.

With Frères des Hommes, communities in Bolivia are improving families’ standard of living, and participating actively in their country’s socio-economic, cultural and ecological development.

Update: Thursday 18 March 2010

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Bolivia - Giving village communities the means to deal with food shortages

Food insecurity in the Bolivian Altiplano Despite its huge natural resources, Bolivia is a country which is marked by social and economic inequality. It is the poorest country in Latin America, with two thirds of the population, mostly country people, living in situations of extreme poverty. Food-producing farming has long been abandoned, due to policies of structural adjustment which favour an agriculture based on products for export. In the east of the country, where commercial (...)
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