First Regional Encounter of Andean Women Yanahuaca - Pasco

This first encounter of Andean women was held in the town of Yanahuanca, in the Daniel Alcides Carrión Province of the Pasco Region, as part of the Pasco Umbrella Project, in coordination with the Regional Federation of Native and Small Farm Communities of Pasco. The participants were from various small farm communities in the Daniel A. Carrión province and the provinces of Oxapampa and Pasco. Women leaders from the regions of Huancavelica and Junín... (more)

First Macro-Regional Encounter of Small Farm Communities

As part of the Pasco Umbrella Project and in coordination with the Regional Federation of Native and Small Farm Communities of Pasco, the District Government of Yanacancha, the Regional Agriculture Office, Daniel Alcides Carrión National University and the regional government of Pasco, the First Macro-Regional Encounter of Original Peoples and Communities for Food Sovereignty and Defense of Our Rights was... (more)

Second Encounter of Small Farm Communities in the Dry Forest of the Piura Region
“Small farm communities as stakeholders in regional development”

The Second Encounter of Small Farm Communities was held April 18, 2008, providing a forum for highlighting the role played by these communities in regional development and for understanding, analyzing and debating the implications of draft legislation (bills 1770, 1900 and 1992) being debated in Congress, and Legislative Decree Nº 994... (more)

First Regional Forum on Food Sovereignty: “A viable alternative”

The First Regional Forum on Food Sovereignty was held June 20, 2008, in the Piura region, organized by the Food Sovereignty Working Group. Heifer Peru played a key role before, during and after the forum. There were 200 participants, including 92 women who participated in the morning. Various farm organizations, public agencies, private organizations, media, and local and regional authorities from Piura and Lambayeque also participated... (more)

First Peru-Ecuador Encounter of Small Farmers
“Positioning Small Farm Communities”

The purpose of this event, organized by Heifer Peru and Heifer Ecuador, was to integrate farm organizations in Peru and Ecuador through shared reflection on contributions, lessons learned and challenges within the framework of the Bi-National Project and processes of social economic and productive development. It also served as a forum for discussing the involvement of small farm communities and their commitment to... (more)

First Encounter of Youth Leaders of Piura and Lambayeque

This event was held June 6, 2008, to provide a forum for reflection and discussion among youth leaders to enrich their understanding of factors that affect the quality of life of their families and communities, and in which they play a role as agents of change. Participatory techniques were used to raise their awareness about... (more)

Second Encounter of Women Leaders
“Women and Food Sovereignty”

The Second Encounter of Women Leaders was held June 20 and 21, 2008, to provide a forum for reflection on and analysis of food sovereignty and share experiences related to organization and women’s leadership in the conservation of biodiversity for the development of rural families in the regional context, and to design strategies for food sovereignty with a gender approach. The event drew 92 women leaders from... (more)

First International Encounter of Community Leaders and Authorities
“Biodiversity, ethnicity, strengthening and food sovereignty for peoples and communities”
Cusco, December 4-7, 2007

The First International Encounter of Community Leaders and Authorities arose from an analysis of the problems of small farm communities that began in 2005, as a result of five regional encounters held as part of the proposal for development of high-mountain... (more)

Regional Encounter of Women Farm Leaders for Food Sovereignty
Puno, March 10-11, 2008

Valuing local culture, maintaining identity, safeguarding native and local seeds, producing and consuming native and local products, promoting local farmers’ markets (Qatus) and practicing food sovereignty to improve the diet of small farm families were collective proposals presented by women from Puno, Cusco and Apurímac at the First Inter-Regional Encounter of Women Leaders for Food Sovereignty, a macro-regional event organized... (more)

FIRST REGIONAL FORUM ON SUSTAINABILITY
Evaluation of Public Policies on Biodiversity and Food Sovereignty for Local and Regional Development.
Puno, April 29-30, 2008

To address food issues in the Puno region, Heifer Peru, the National University of the Altiplano, the regional government of Puno, local governments, farm organizations and NGOs working in the Altiplano organized a forum for dialogue, reflection and sharing of... (more)

INTER-REGIONAL ENCOUNTER OF FARM YOUTH
Action for sovereignty and sustainable development
Cusco, June 13-15, 2008

More than 40 percent of Peru’s population is young. For that reason, the District Federation of Youth of Pitumarca (Federación Distrital de Jóvenes de Pitumarca, FEDIJP) the Wayna Pitumarca Association and the Interquorum Network (Red Interquorum) of Cusco, which are leaders in various socio-cultural events... (more)