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Development objective The objective of this project is to contribute to improved
livelihoods in Bolivia, nutritionally as well as economically,
through increased use of Andean agrodiversity, and improved
sustainability of the production systems.
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Specific objectives
- Enhance research capacity of Bolivian
scientists through targeted BSc and MSc programmes in applied
and basic sciences associated with conservation, adaptation,
production and utilisation of selected Andean crops and
wild relatives
- Establishment of courses for established
Bolivian scientists
- Increase production and productivity of
the selected crops through rescue of crop diversity, local
knowledge and technological innovations
- Encourage the development of new markets
for the selected crops
- Improve nutritional status of the rural
and urban population through the stimulation for consumption
of food products based on Andean crops
- Increase political and public awareness
on the value of Andean crops
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