is Coordinator of the German Technical Cooperation Sustainable Agricultural Development Programme (Proagro). Since April 2008, and this year started with positive results Proagro the second phase, with a methodology with an emphasis on efficient water use to climate change. The partnership is extended and joined Sweden, making a total of six million euros a year to implement projects in the Chaco, northern Potosí and mesothermal valleys. - Is moving in this vision of sustainable development and climate change? - It could go much further. For example, on the issue of climate risk management in Peru there are good experiences, such as risks include climate change in public investment. You have to work much more on adaptation to climate change. - How to advance the objectives of Proagro in Bolivia? - I think the issue of autonomy has great potential. The challenges to the problems in rural areas should be resolved in this area. An autonomous system would be good to address climate change issues since each region is very different. Agricultural productivity can not push 100% from the national level, we must make room for this local level has the potential to do this. I that autonomy may be a good way to achieve rural development. - How many municipalities are working Proagro? - Those who call local strategic partners are about 30 municipalities. We are entering a second phase and selecting the municipalities (which work). We work in three regions: Chaco, northern Potosí and mesothermal valleys. The topics are water for agricultural production, watershed management and improving agricultural production and marketing, thinking about climate change adaptation. - What conditions? - Work in dry regions is the key factor. Our focus in the first phase was how to work in irrigation, infrastructure reached irrigation, watershed management and make good use of water for agricultural production development. The funding was 3.5 million per year. (Bilateral support from Germany). - What major achievements in the first phase? - Met additional 15,000 hectares under irrigation. 42,000 families have access to irrigation and a direct impact on earning 50% more than before. This strikes me as most impressive. - What is the challenge for the second phase that began this year? - We have had good results. We need to link national institutions to work together and that local successes are known nationally. Continue working under the motto and continue to learn and work more thoroughly on the issue of climate change adaptation. In this second phase is trilateral cooperation with Sweden is intervening with the same amount as Germany. We're almost doubling the budget (6 million per year) is very good but the challenge is bigger. - What kind of response given the local actor (peasant farmers) and the authorities? - No need to search for a claim, the municipalities want to cooperate with us. We are proud but we can not meet all demands and we emphasize on specific projects. I think we have a good relationship with local actors. Say sounds very passive beneficiaries. - What changes are introduced in this second phase? - Are changes in the thematic and methodological work under the logic of rural development in times of climate change. We no longer support expansion of irrigation infrastructure but in the most efficient use of water, with that in the future there will be so much water. Work on watershed management in protecting water sources. No one thinks about the increased profitability of production but the greatest strength of the production. Have greater diversity climate change challenge is organizarce (...) for receiving water. - Adapting to climate change becomes a pillar ... - What did these years, instinctively, was the right thing if we think about climate change. I think their approach to try now is a good response to face the challenges of the phenomenon. And we must start from the local government transmitting the success of these experiences. Link: http://www.la-razon.com/version_fi.php?ArticleId=611&EditionId=2480&ids=67
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