Fundación Promocion e Investigacion de Productos Andinos

Fundación Promocion e Investigacion de Productos Andinos (Fundación PROINPA, or the Foundation for the Promotion and Research of Andean Products) is "an organization working in the generation and dissemination of technology to promote agricultural innovation, achieving in this way meet the demands of farmers with limited resources."

Contact Info

 * Web: http://www.proinpa.org/

Related Sourcewatch Articles

 * Quinoa

Projects

 * Strengthening technical innovation systems in potato-based agriculture in Bolivia: Bolivia Initiative, DFID.
 * Integrated management of bacterial wilt and soil-borne diseases of potato in farmer communities of the inter-Andean valleys of Peru and Bolivia, DFID.
 * Crop resistance to Andean weevil in Bolivian hillside potato production, DFID.
 * Improvement of quinoa for durable resistance to mildew disease, Global Facilitation Unit for Underutilized Species, 1998-2004.
 * Contribution of neglected and underutilized species for food security and for resource poor rural populations, Global Facilitation Unit for Underutilized Species, 2001-2004.
 * Improvement of quinoa a neglected food crop in the Andean Region, Global Facilitation Unit for Underutilized Species, 2002-2004.
 * Main activities for management, conservation and use of germplasm banks in Bolivia. Component: Germplasm bank of andean high grains (SIBTA), Global Facilitation Unit for Underutilized Species, 2001-2007.
 * Enhancing the contribution of Nutritious but Neglected crops to Food Security and to Incomes of Rural Poor: Bolivia Component Quinoa, Global Facilitation Unit for Underutilized Species, 2005-2007.
 * Empowering the rural poor by strengthening their identity, income opportunities and nutritional security through the improved use and marketing of neglected and underutilized species, Global Facilitation Unit for Underutilized Species, 2007-2010.