Consortium for the SustainabIe Development of the Andean
Ecorregion
“INSITU CONSERVATION OF
NATIVE CROPS
AND ITS WILD RELATIVES
PROJECT – CUSCO”
(5 november to 17 december)
Andres
Castelo
(INIA–CUSCO, Peru)
1.
Area of
work:
-
District of Limatambo and
Mollepata, Province of Anta, Cusco: granadilla, tumbo, tintin, tomato of tree,
awaymanto. No. families: 12
-
District of Pisac, Province
of Calca, Cusco: corn, kiwicha, quinoa. No. families: 7
-
District of Ocongate,
Province of Quispicanchis, Cusco: potato, oca, ullucu, mashua. No. families: 12
2.
Methodology
of intervention:
a.
Identification of centers of
germoplasm
b.
Intervention in the
communities
c.
Identification and selection
of families that have greater diversity (Conservationists)
d.
Inventory of the Variability
3.
Current
socioeconomic situation of the areas of work
Diagnosis of the areas where the work is being
done. The current situation of the
places in which the In situ conservation is being strengthened, the Economic
and Social Aspects and mainly the situation of the Agrobiodiversity. (Inventory
of the Diversity)
4.
Variability
of the research areas
a.
Crops and its varieties
b.
Production system
c.
Routes of the seeds
d.
Activities carried out and
activities that will carry out
5.
Principal
threats of the Andean crops and their variability. How to mitigate them?
a.
Agroindustry
b.
Tourism
6.
In situ
Conservation
a.
The in situ conservation is
more a rural task.