Bean Production with Organic Composting in Rural Anocaya

Location: 
Anocaya, Bolivia
Alum Project Leader: 
Fernando Siles Sainz
Grant Amount: 
$500(USD)
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Fernando’s project served a small community of 47 families in the Andean highlands near Cochabamaba, Bolivia. Working with 23 families he helped the community incorporate bean cultivation into their agricultural systems so that they would have higher income, improved soil quality, and better nutrition. His project also taught farmers how to prepare organic compost. The families involved were all very grateful and the success of the project has caused more families to become interested in growing beans and using the systems that Fernando introduced.

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In June, program manager Leah Atwood attended MESA’s second Ecuadorian Alumni Reunion. Over 25 Steward alumni from eight different provinces were there, traveling up to 12 hours to reach the highlands of Riobamba.

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Kevin Cody, a graduate student at UCSC has been awarded a grant to study MESA! To “assess the potential to ‘scale-up’ innovations in sustainable agriculture (SA) through a case study of the organization, ..."