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Healthcare for native communities in the Peruvian Amazon
Guido COUCK | 08-07-2015
Peru has an indigenous population of four million people, the most vulnerable of which are the indigenous communities of the Peruvian Amazon, with poverty rates exceeding 80%. The district of Rio Tambo (department of Junín, 300 km east of Lima) is primarily populated by the native Ashaninka. 46% of ...
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Community irrigation increases agricultural production in Bolivia
Guido COUCK | 23-09-2014
Bolivia has a population of 10 million and covers more than 1 million km² (1), i.e. 30 times the size of Belgium. Only 3% of the land is cultivated and 11% of this acreage, or 300,000 hectares, is irrigated (2). While irrigation in Bolivia dates back to pre-Columbian times and lingers in several...