www.campesinoacampesino.info

Comparative analysis of the national experiences

Kamayoq Peru

Promoter Nicaragua

Yapuchiris Bolivia

The

defin

ition A Kamayoq is an adult farmer who has

received training and is recognized by his peers as a peasant supplier of technical services.

A promoter is a person that has been educated by an institution and acts as intermediary between this institution and the community, transferring knowledge

A Yapuchiri is an outstanding producer who has been strengthened and who leads the process of innovation and technology promotion or appropriate alternatives and the generation of creative solutions to local problems, in a participative way.

the aggregate value

Producers have better accessibility to services

Training and assistance contents are more adequate.

Peasant suppliers have more cultural acceptation

Increased capability to imitate or adapt technology and innovations.

During 2006, ASOCAM promoted the articulation of an Inter-Learning Group in the region, recognizing the importance of peasant leaders in the consolidation of endogenous development processes, known as Kamayoq, Yapuchiris or Peasant Promoters. The group’s purpose was to analyze two main topics: local services offer and demand and perspectives and

potentialities of the local suppliers, by means of the systematization of national

experiences and throughout a regional comparative analysis.

Peasant suppliers of local technical assistance services

Acknowledgements:

A special recogni-tion to Artemio Perez for his contri-bution to the pro-posal, as well as to the contributions of William Cifuentes, Silvana Vallejo and Patricia Camacho.

“Alternative proposal for developing and improving the supply of technical services in the rural area, based in the valorization of the local knowledge and the horizontal transmission of knowledge. Endogenous devel-opment mechanism that increases the possibility of accessing technical assistance services and implementing inno-vations, at lower costs.”

About the mechanism

• The method of technical assistance and training is from peasant to peasant

• The contents of the supply come from peasant experimenting and innovation

• The suppliers of peasant technical services are entrepreneur leaders who have innovation and experimenting capabilities.

• These leaders are recognized and valorized by their communities.

(AGOSTO 2008)

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www.campesinoacampesino.info

Available documents on the topic

National systematizationsYapuchiris Experience Systematization in Bolivia (PROSUKO, UNAPA)Document www.asocam.org/biblioteca/Portal_OL_Sistematizacion_Yapuchiris.pdfvideo http://www.asocam.org/index.shtml?x=15933 Kamayoq Experience Systematization in PeruDocument www.asocam.org/biblioteca/Portal_OL_Sistematizacion_Kamayoq.pdfvideo http://www.asocam.org/index.shtml?x=15934 Peasant Promoters Experience Systematization in Central America Document www.asocam.org/biblioteca/Portal_OL_Sistematizacion_Promotores.pdfvideo http://www.asocam.org/index.shtml?x=18284

Regional Video

http://www.asocam.org/index.shtml?x=18282

Publications Catalogue for Peasant Suppliers

Document http://www.asocam.org/biblioteca/Catalogo_OL_Final.pdfCD http://www.asocam.org/CD/CD_Ofertantes_Campesinos/Bienvenida.htm

Peasant Suppliers of Technical Assistance Services Thematic CD

CD www.asocam.org/CD/CD_Emp_tematico/index.html

Coming soon : Orientations Guide

Acknowledgements:

A special recognition to the members of the Inter-learning Group for their active participation and contributions to generate orientations in topic of regional importance, Suppliers Associations: Kamayoq from Peru, Yapuchiris from Bolivia and the Peasant University from Nicaragua. Projects: MASAL, PROMIPAC and PROSUKO. Thematic Leader of the Group: Robert Berlin (Intercooperation)

Kamayoq Peru

Promoter Nicaragua

Yapuchiris Bolivia

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… • Successful knowledge gained by Kamayoq constitutes the contents of the training. It is about learning from the best, the technique can be re-invented and adapted to local conditions.

• Innovation processes are developed by the peasants themselves.

• Peasants can efficiently train other peasants.

• The field is the first source of knowledge• Experience is the base for learning• Decision making leads the learning process• Training comprehends the whole cultivation cycle.• The training curriculum is based in the local conditions of

the Field School.

• The contents of the training are the own knowledge and innova-tions

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• Cattle weight gain• Beekeeping• Dairy products transformation• Improved kitchens installation• Installation, advice and training for the management of

greenhouses, vegetables cultivation, guinea pigs raise, fruit cultivation and management of sheep and cows and bulls.

• Plan and lead the conservation of the micro-basin• Promote the community’s productive and social develop-

ment• Introduce profitable crops with irrigation systems • Manage small communitarian projects• Promote alimentary safety• Conduct experimentation processes• Carry out communitarian and family diagnoses.

• Management of the suka kollus• Potato weevil control • Disinfectant usage and prepara-

tion• Organic broths preparation• Organic fertilizers management• Good management of crops• Bio-indicators usage

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with a public or private development institution• Local governments• Institutions and projects

• Producers• Institutions• Projects

• Producers• Institutions• Projects

Comparative analysis of the national experiences