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Status: Closed
ATICA (Agua Tierra Campesina)
Description
The Program Agua Tierra Campesina (ATICA), funded by SDC and implemented by IC, began activities in 1999 with a horizon of 10 to 12 years. ATICA facilitates the generation and implementation of local projects (at municipal level) aimed at increasing agricultural production and the sustainable management of natural resources. The project works directly with the municipal governments and farming communities in the inter-Andean valleys of Bolivia (mainly the departments of Cochabamba and Chuquisaca). It has developed a methodology called "qualified demand" (demanda calificada) which aims to strengthen the formally established process of generation and implementation of projects at municipal level by the various key stakeholders, notably the local (municipal) government, farming communities, and service providers. The methodology provides a set of tools to farming communities, enabling them to express their ideas and wishes and anticipate the impact of their local project; a service provider then translates this into a formal project design. During project design and implementation, the farmers use the tool of “client satisfaction" to communicate with the service provider and project supervisor. During and after project completion, farmers evaluate the effects through a local impact monitoring system.
Local partner: Ministry of Agriculture, Prefectura, Municipal Governments, National Funds, Farmer communities, Service Providers, NGO´s, SIBTA
International partner: Collaboration with other projects and institutions (SWISSCONTACT, PADEM, PADER, PROBONA, PROMIC, MASAL)
Fact sheet
Type: Trust fund project
Start: 1999
End: 2007
Status: Closed
Region: South America
Country: Bolivia
Working domain: Natural Resource Management | Local Governance and Civil Society
Key topic: Municipal development and decentralization | Local governance | Sustainable agricultural and livestock production | Agricultural advisory/extension methods and strategies | Management of land, water and soil in marginal environments | Soil and water conservation | (Micro-) irrigation | Soil fertility management | Common property resources: water | Knowledge management and innovation
Funding source: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation | British Government
Staff
Project responsible: Percy Bacarreza
Responsible at Delegation/Representation:
Responsible at Head Office: Eric Chevallier
Advisors, programme officers: Chris Morger | Eric Chevallier | Hilmar Stetter | Martin Fischler | Pierre-André Cordey | | Percy Bacarreza
Associated staff: | Suzanne Schoch Känzig
Contact
Address:
Calle Algarrobos No. 1924 Av. América Oeste
Cajón Postal 975
Cochabamba
Bolivia
Latin America
Phone: ++591 4 4286770 Fax: ++591 4 4286770
E-Mail: percyb@entelnet.bo
Resp. for this entry: percyb
