Mountain Partnership
Languages menu:
Mountain Partnership
« Mountain Partnership Web site
Focus on the Andes
Promising mountain products
Between October 2004 and March 2005, the FAO Mountain Products Programme funded a study for the Prioritization and Preliminary analysis of Strategic Sub-sectors in Peru and Boliva, which was carried out by the Consortium for Sustainable Development in the Andes Ecoregion (CONDESAN). Using a methodology for the Promotion of Commercially Viable Solutions to Sub-sector and Business Constraints, developed by Action for Enterprise, the specialty coffee, cheese and native potatoes sub-sectors were selected, an analysis of constraints or bottlenecks along the supply chains carried out and suggestions for intervention made.
This preliminary study served as a basis to carry out subsequent more in-depth studies of the specialty coffee and cheese sub-sectors in the Cajamarca region of Peru, including an analysis of leaves and soil of selected coffee plantations, a participatory value chain analysis of the quality coffee value chain and a participatory analysis of the “swiss type” cheese value chain. These studies were funded by the Programme and carried out by Soluciones Practicas (ITDG – Peru).
Field projects
Between 2006 and 2007, the Mountain Products Programme funded and coordinated a small project “Improved Natural Resource Management and Post-Harvest Technology for Production of High Quality Coffee in Northern Peru”, which was implemented by Soluciones Practicas (ITDG-Peru). The aim of the project was to enhance the quality of coffee through improved technology and better management of natural resources. As a result of the project, 120 small holder coffee farmers of Jaén and San Ignacio Provinces improved pre-harvest management of natural resources, gained capacity to manage technological upgrades at pre-harvest level and acquired the capacity to manage post-harvest technological upgrades, including coffee sampling and evaluating cup quality.
