Consortium for the SustainabIe Development of the Andean Ecorregion

 

 

“INSITU CONSERVATION OF NATIVE CROPS

AND ITS WILD RELATIVES PROJECT – CUSCO”

 

In Situ 2001 E-Conference

(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.