Andean Practice Exchange October 2017

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Andean – Amazonian knowledge and ancestral practices in agricultural systems: potential and challenges. In 2017, IACD partnered with REDAR Perú and CONDESAN and the Pueblo Likanantay de San Pedro de Atacama de Chile, to offer a Practice Exchange programme to South America.

The aims of the 2017 Practice Exchange were to provide a space for exchange, discussion, and analysis about the Sumaq Kawsay or ‘Good Living”; Analyse the problem of water depletion and management in the territory, through the exchange of experiences as a critical element for the sustainable Socio-Economic Development of countries and to generate and promote synergies between the institutions committed to the Research and Development of the Andean region through shared activities.

Participants from both International and Local backgrounds in Community Development shared and exchanged their experiences. Led by experts in their fields, The Practice Exchange included working groups which facilitated in the sharing of journies to recover Indigenous memories.