Voices from the field

IFAD in Peru: voices from the field

Boosting knowledge and financial security in Peru

Increasing the knowledge and assets of poor families is an effective way to fight poverty. An innovative IFAD-supported project in the southern highlands of Peru provides grants directly to small producers and to farmers’ organizations so they can develop new income opportunities. Project activities are helping participants better manage natural resources and gain access to Internet services, financial services and insurance.

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Patabamba pallay

A Peruvian community uses traditional Inca patterns to produce articrafts and sell them to tourists visiting the region.

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`Learning routes': sharing knowledge about market access in Ecuador and Peru

Sharing, discussing and learning from successful and less successful experiences is the ultimate goal of all learning organizations. Since 2001, with the support of IFAD, a Latin American training organization specialized in rural development has promoted an innovative learning approach known as ‘learning routes’. Participants of a learning route on market access in poor rural territories visited the business enterprises of five associations in Ecuador and Peru and took valuable lessons back to their own activities and communities.

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Speeches by Peru Governor at IFAD Governing Council

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