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AGRICULTURE PROJECT
Summary of Goals and Objectives

Project Purpose Male and female rural Bolivian small-scale agricultural producers will raise their standard of living by improving and/or implementing various techniques that will increase their family’s health and income.
Goal 1
PLANTS

Community members will learn and adopt techniques to improve household nutrition and family income generation potential by increasing agricultural production. Volunteers and their work partners will:

  • train 1000 community members in integrated agricultural techniques and integrated pest management practices
  • train 1000 community members in commercially viable alternative rotational crops
  • train 500 small-scale agricultural producers on transformation of plant products
Goal 2
ANIMALS

Community members will receive training and apply beekeeping, fisheries, and animal husbandry techniques that increase household nutrition and family income generation.  Volunteers and their work partners will:

  • train 1000 community members in beekeeping, honey production and marketing, and elaboration of hive byproducts
  • train 500 community members in fish farming and marketing
  • train 500 community members in large and small animal husbandry techniques
  • train 500 small-scale agricultural producers on transformation of animal products (beef jerky, cheese, yogurt, ham, etc.)
Goal 3
MARKETS

Small-scale agricultural producers will increase family income through implementing improved agribusiness and marketing practices.  Volunteers and their work partners will:

  • train 500 agricultural producers in basic agribusiness and marketing practices
  • train 250 community members in basic mathematical procedures used to calculate costs of production, bookkeeping, analyze price cycles, trends, inflation 

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