With this project the Chaikuni Institute is working to revitalize ancestral practices in rural Amazonian areas combining permaculture design and traditional knowledge to train committed local farmers in the implementation of diverse and regenerative Amazonian agroforestry systems, 'chacras integrales', which bolster food sovereignty, generate income, enhance biodiversity, avoid deforestation, and mitigate climate change.
Today the Peruvian Amazon takes on more devastating environmental and social impact than ever before, degraded by illegal and unsustainable mining, logging and petroleum-extraction activities. Therefore, it is crucial to implement community-led conservation and management techniques with communities that have moved away from traditional agricultural practices towards industrial methods of slash-and-burn and/or monocultures, meaning devastating social and environmental impacts for the Amazon.
We build and strengthen capacities of Amazonian families by providing specialized training, personalized technical assistance and monitoring visits. Families learn practical techniques to recover scarce, high-value forest species and enhance agricultural diversity. We train one indigenous promoter - primarily women - in each community to assist families, empowering them to lead the project and ensure sustainability and local leadership.
The philosophy of Ayni - a South American indigenous concept translating as reciprocity and communal support - inspires this program. Together, communities will engage in an intercultural learning environment while revitalizing ancient practices. By promoting local, regenerative permaculture projects through the development of 'chacras integrales' we can transform lives and inspire a new approach to small-scale farming and sustainable economic alternatives for Amazonian communities.
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