Local innovators from Jesús de Machaca and Caquiaviri were trained in the Management and Control of the Cañahua Moth.

At the facilities of the Kiphakiphani Research Center, on November 25, 2020, starting at 10:00 a.m., the training workshop for Local Innovators on the management and control of the Cañahua moth was held, where each of the the Good Resilient Agricultural Practices (BPARs) which will be implemented and replicated in their communities. The event was organized by the PROINPA Foundation, Promotion and Research of Andean Products, within the framework of the project "Resilient Production, Commercialization and Consumption of Cañahua and Tarwi" financed by Euroclima+ of the European Union, which was attended by 17 Local Innovators (5 women and 12 men) from the municipalities: Jesús de Machaca, Ingavi province and Caquiaviri, Pacajes province, both located in the department of La Paz.

The Local Innovators were received by Dr. Alejandro Bonifacio, Head of the Kiphakiphani Center (PROINPA), who stated the following: “Welcome, may what you have programmed be useful, talk, exchange and may the course on Cañuahua be a success”. During the training, the following topics were addressed: climate change and resilience, moth life cycle, use of pheromones to control moths, moth control alternatives, and making pet bottle traps. Likewise, the work strategy was shared, in addition to delivering materials and spreadsheets to each of the participants.

The training workshop for Local Innovators was developed and facilitated by Engineers Franz Callizaya and Reinaldo Quispe, specialists in Entomology from PROINPA.

Testimonials

Adrián Aspi Local Innovator of Jesús de Machaca, “We are meeting the Local Innovators, who we have to assume and transmit, it is a quite strong challenge, because we are also going to transfer this knowledge and technologies to the community; many will accept us and others will not, but we have to start working”.

Juan Peñasco Tito Local Innovator of San Pedro de Tana, “Today we have come to broaden our knowledge, a very interesting course that will help us control the Cañahua moth and it is very attractive because we must use control naturally. I represent three Ayllu communities… I would also like to thank the institutions that have supported us with venting machines and that will help us improve the production of Cañahua”.