Project News

The Project is assisting group members to apply, on their own individual farms, the environmentally friendly farming techniques that they learned on the group farms. The first step is to create their Farmland Use Plan (FUP) and to discuss with the farmer the sustainable use of the soil and the techniques, investments and work-plan necessary to achieve this.

A farmer guides us through his farmland that was created by cutting down the forest. (In the Quebrada Fea community, March 16, 2011)

On many individual farms they do not practice any type of soil conservation techniques. (In the Chilibrillo community, April 15, 2011)

Later, the farmer and the Project each contribute half of the materials needed, within a pre-established limit, for carrying out the activities. The farmer then implements the activities on his/her farm according to the FUP, and any technical problems are resolved by cooperation from within the group. The Project's extension worker's role is basically to monitor the situation.

A farmer improves his vegetable plot by stabilizing the soil with bamboo poles. (In the Boqueron Abajo community, September 28, 2010)

Building terraces on sloped land. (In the Santa Librada community, September 8, 2010)

In this case, the farmer reduced the area for field rice and increased the size of his rice paddies. (In the Tranquilla community, April 14, 2011)

There is not much time left until the Project terminates, but we will continue working with the farmers so that they can achieve concrete results on their individual farms, as we also continue to strengthen our collaboration with the related institutions.

(Mr. Taku MORI, Farmland Use Plan / Extension)