More income for producers

Farmers in the area of intervention of Project Conga have notably improved production of improved native potato with technical help from the Sustainable Development Association (ADERS Perú).

Farmer’s Field Schools (ECA in Spanish) have been implemented to attain the objectives. Over one hundred small farmers take part in the program striving to enhance potato production and preserve ancestral native potato varieties.

The alliance between Project Conga, ADERS Peru and the peasants enables the opportunity of harvesting potato twice a year, thus increasing family income and providing better opportunities to place their products in the local market.

The project includes business management training to rural families so they can offer more competitive products, using new market opportunities and preserving the genetic diversity of native potato.