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Sunday, 15 de December de 2024Movilidad y dinámicas socioeconómicas en la provincia de Yauyos: evidencia sobre impactos de la pandemia covid 19 y sus secuelas en la población rural
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Thursday, 5 de December de 2024
Eduardo Zegarra shares his opinion on the implications of the Chlimper Law. Via the Regional Communication Network
“Between 4000-5000 companies, for example, are under the agrarian regime, but only 150 receive more than 92% of the tax benefits of this rule. There is no benefit for family agriculture, which is often at the subsistence level, because it basically does not pay income tax”. Eduardo Zegarra, senior researcher at GRADE, comments on the […]
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Thursday, 5 de December de 2024
Eduardo Zegarra shares his opinion on the new agrarian law. Via Caretas
Eduardo Zegarra, Senior Researcher at GRADE, warns that “the new agrarian law approved by the Agrarian Commission of Congress could cost the State close to S/20,000 million in a period of ten years, from 2025 to 2035”. Read the complete article in Caretas here.
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Monday, 14 de October de 2024
Evaluation: Impact of DEG/OeEB investments on its clients, their employees and local communities
This study seeks to explore the impact of the investments of the German Investment Corporation (Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft – DEG) and the Austrian Development Bank (Oesterreichische Entwicklungsbank AG – OeEB) on their clients, their employees and local communities. Specifically, the evaluation seeks to i) analyze the effects at the level of the client, beneficiaries, […]
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Monday, 30 de September de 2024
Sustainability of artisanal mining in Madre de Dios
The objective of the project is to design and implement a joint research program for Madre de Dios that includes collaborative research activities, as well as the development of research projects in the region. The project seeks to contribute to research on artisanal alluvial gold mining in Madre de Dios and to promote a responsible […]
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Wednesday, 3 de July de 2024
Evaluating the efficacy of social innovation programming at advancing rural development in the context of exogenous shocks
In this paper, we design and deploy an experimental approach to evaluate the efficacy of a social innovation initiative implemented in rural communities situated in the highlands of Peru, which confronted the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic in the midst of its implementation. Using three rounds of information collected before, during, and after participation, […]
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Friday, 28 de June de 2024
Eduardo Zegarra in the regional newspaper El Búho: the Peruvian agriculture situation
“We have a technological challenge to develop better food. Peru produces high quality food. Our family farming has the capacity to produce quite nutritious food, but its productivity is low. In many cases, producers have to take refuge in low value-added products and low income generation. We have to break this trap of low productivity […]
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Wednesday, 19 de June de 2024
Final evaluation of the cooperative development program “Strengthening the competitiveness of farmers’ cooperatives”.
The Cooperative Development Programme of the United States Agency for International Development is a global initiative that supports activities aimed at strenghtening cooperatives. In Peru, since 2010, two implementing partners, Equal Exchange y GENEX Cooperative, have been in charge of these activities. GENEX Cooperative has deeloped the project “Strengthening the Competitiveness of Agrarian Cooperatives”, implemented in Peru […]
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Sunday, 16 de June de 2024
Eduardo Zegarra to speak in a National Agrarian Confederation conference on family farming
On the sidelines of the Peasant’s Day, our Senior Researcher Eduardo Zegarra will present the crisis and current reality of the Peruvian agrarian sector in a National Agrarian Confederation conference on the challenges and opportunities for family farming. The event will be live streamed on CNA’s Facebook.
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Thursday, 30 de May de 2024
Shocked into side-selling? Production shocks and organic coffee farmers’ marketing decisions
Peru is the world’s leading exporter of organic coffee. Peruvian organic coffee is largely marketed through farmers’ cooperatives which have helped small farmers transition to organic production, earn price premiums over conventional coffee, and access extension services and finance. However, rising temperatures, increasingly volatile rainfall patterns, and the proliferation of pests and diseases make organic […]
