Environmental research

Tico climate change appreciably affect food availability result of direct effects on physiol Zone crop conditions globally, with different impacts in different regions , greatly reducing food availability , similarly to livestock activity important pillar and support the provision of and access to prote na other processed foods ( Arana , I., et al. , 2007 ) . Due to its latitude, and varying conformation n fisiogr fica , Bolivia , is to sit among Countries with high levels of food insecurity; where the meteorol conditions Zone observed , play a major role and tico climate increases this high degree of vulnerability , since much of the population n rural has as one of the main sources of income in agriculture and has a din mica No production for home consumption : thus , variations or reductions in production n strongly affect food security ( Arana , I., et al 2007 . ) . Agricultural systems in the project area is mainly based on the n production n potato and bean per share agr cola ( Pope 3601 and has had 1106 ha. / Year ) and the raising of cattle and sheep mainly in the animal part . In both cases s its importance is not commercial, but also n there is a strong security component in feed production strategy in area n . Insufficient production vol volumes of n due to low yields ( 1950 kg / ha avg . ) , Do not allow entry to more attractive markets with better prices , limited knowledge and application of n as appropriate technology for production management ny post harvest crop bean ( 83.2 % of the seed bean used is proper , 12.7% is bought and 4.1 % is changed, the 96.88 % do not perform treatment to stored seed, 2.32 % apply rodenticides 0.80 fungicides ) ( PDM Tinguipaya ) , low capacity n the administration , management of producers; and marketing of grain n bean for entering the emerging departmental and international markets by offering low vol regimes of grain had increased the vulnerability of communities to the impacts of climate change tico . Unfortunately , both the levels of production n as the availability of land for production n is n being affected by the demographic growth trafficking in the area and a change in weather patterns , especially related to the delay in the rainy season that n also causes delayed plantings and increased risk from the effects of frost . Agricultural activity , has always faced these adverse factors : Weather cal . However, a consequence of the drought of 1982-1983 , one of the worst of the century , there were devastating to the native germplasm (particularly potatoes and beans ) , with p loss of much of the seed and the herd . To counteract this adverse scenario implementation- n of areas for crop production n consumption and bean bean seed, which provides an alternative econ mica for project communities , strengthening food security arises . As same processes were developed to achieve production n resistant to prolonged periods of drought , which can escape to changing weather conditions, the production includes a guaranteed Ndose n seeds. Frost and hail are serious limiting factors of traditional agricultural practices pr queues in the region n . The two fen least gives you produce very serious in n agr cola production mainly in the year 2009 , the hailstorm p caus the loss of almost all production n Bean in eight communities in the area ( Daily 2009). Tambi n were affected by hailstorms and floods with loss p potato , bean and ma z , but also gives you n brings animals. When the crops are at vegetative development or about to go into full flowering flowering ny not a frost occurs , farmers not completely lose their sta production is very low while the animals j young and infants are affected dr sticamente and even die . The Municipality of Tinguipaya the past to you is suffering the effects of climate change as RUSHING n tico rain too variable in amount and period , hailstorms and floods by the intensity of rainfall. Poor knowledge of local people about these effects in production systems has prevented the adoption of measures of adaptation to adequate and timely n tico to reduce climate change impacts. N whereas the population of the project area mostly to have a production line of auto n agr keep the risk is higher because of their vulnerability to food insecurity increases therefore required to learn new strategies to address these issues . Under this framework, the project aims to improve agricultural productivity tail area, trav s to increase food availability , generation of surpluses for marketing of n n , n recovery of local seed and community organization n .

Bolivia