GANA

Improving nutrition and health of indigenous populations through agroforestry practices

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KNOW OUR OBJECTIVES

To understand how local environments, economic activities, farming, health services and diets have changed over time.

To share an improved understanding of the links between agroforestry, women, nutrition and health with communities, local leaders, agriculture and health workers, and government agencies.

To document he species and uses of plants and animals in agroforestry systems, with a focus on the ways that they support household food security and nutrition.

To understand different roles of men and women in agroforestry systems, including the particular challenges and opportunities faced by women.

To provide recommendations using local foods to make diets more nutritious, and evaluate feedback on these recommendations.

To document the diets and nutritional status of indigenous women and children, including weight, height and levels of anaemia.

Nutritional Research Institute

Sabine Mercier

IIN

PhD en Nutrición Humana Coordinadora / Investigadora Principal del Circulo de investigación peruano.

Miluska Carrasco

IIN

MSc Nutrición, experta en nutrición, larga experiencia en la zona.

Salud sin límites

Mariella Bazán Maccera

SSL

Experta en temas de educación, salud y desarrollo social, con enfoque de derechos e inclusión social.

María Amalia Pesantes

SSL

Antropología médica, experta en temas de salud pública.

Jobita Esperanza Ludeña Mora

SSL

Arquitecta, especialista en salud maternal, salud pública y saneamiento rural

Dennis Torres

IIAP

PhD en Agronomia, 25 años de experiencia en investigación participativa con comunidades amazónicas implementando proyectos de desarrollo rural.

Elsa Rengifo

IIAP

Bióloga, especialista en etnobotánica y medicina amazónica tradicional.

Ariel Kedy Chichipe Puscan

IIAP

Agrónomo con amplia experiencia en proyectos de desarrollo agrícola.

Marcial Trigoso

IIAP

Ingeniero Forestal. más de 30 años de experiencia realizando labores en la región amazónica del Perú con comunidades ribereñas y pueblos indígenas de la Amazonía peruana.

Centro de Cooperación Internacional en Investigación Agrícola para el Desarrollo

Olivier Deheuvels

CIRAD

PhD en Agroecología, Consultor internacional, experto en agroforestería, con amplia experiencia en Sudamérica.

WHAT ARE THE PROGRAM ACTIVITIES?

Group meetings and conversations
Conversations with community members of different ages will help create an understanding of local environments, food and socio-cultural norms, as well as how these have changed over time.

Visits to farms
A team with experience in identifying species of local plants, fungi and animals will visit some families to develop a list of all the species present. Some photographs will be taken, but samples will not be collected.

Questionnaires and interviews with families
Trained community members will interview men and women to gather information on agricultural practices. A separate questionnaire will collect information on their agroforestry activities, housework and food preparation, and time use.

Technologies to measure the use of time
A small number of women will be able to choose, if they want and are interested, to participate in their own measurement of the use of their time during a day, through the use of proven methods

Body measurements

Trained nutrition personnel will measure the height and weight of women and children under 5 years of age in two study moments.
momentos del estudio. In addition to performing an anemia test,with prior permission from the parents.

OUR BENEFITS

Personal interviews on infant feeding, delivery of results, in map formats and manuals of the information collected, training in survey techniques and data collection, among others.