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    Ecological and socioeconomic intensification of smallholder agriculture in the Andes : final technical report (March 2014 - August 2014)
    (2014-08) Ugás, Roberto; Eeckhout, Hannes Van den; Ruiz, Manuel; Jovel, Eduardo
    Results show the power of agroecological practices to improve livelihoods and food security, limited by situations where most agroecological respondents are participating in projects that are funded by donors, within conditions of government weakness, corruption and/or social turmoil. Through this research and collaboration, we have provided Cusco’s university with the whole germplasm collection of native potato diversity for further research and provided five peasant communities with a full collection of morphologically distinctive varieties. This is a first step in the democratization of access to genetic resources where peasant communities gain in terms of additional tools to increase resilience in farming systems.
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    Improving the Nutrition and Health of CARICOM Populations : final technical report (March 2011 - August 2014)
    (The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning, McGill University, Montreal, QC, CA, 2014-11) Phillip, Leroy E.; Francis-Granderson, Isabella
    Farmers were equipped with technologies to enhance agricultural productivity and diversity to meet the produce needs for healthy lunch meals towards reducing childhood obesity. Technologies introduced and strengthened by the project in St. Kitts and Trinidad, and replicated and validated with additional studies in Guyana and St. Lucia, included drip irrigation, protected agriculture (green house), post-harvest-technology, and forage silage conservation. The school lunch programmes in St. Kitts and Trinidad were used as vehicles for improving the nutritional quality of lunch meals for over 1000 children who were offered enhanced portions of vegetables and fruits produced locally.