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IPON Research Network

Peru

Peruvian partners collaborate with the Shawi and the Ashaninka peoples in the Peruvian Amazon, specifically in 2 indigenous communities.

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Country Context

Food Systems Characteristics

Food is produced in small farms and backyards, and also getting from the forest, rivers and small creeks. There are governmental food support programs targeting children at schools and vulnerable households

Climate & Environmental Stress

Increases in droughts and flooding, with extreme El Niño episodes affecting the time of planting crops

Social Stress

High prevalence of anemia and stunting among Shawi children <5yrs and impactson mental health via loss of hunter identities

Key Collaborators

Shawi Indigenous Autonomous Government (GTA) at Loreto region

OMIAASEC (Women indigenous organization) at Junín region

National and Regional Minister of health representatives

ONAMIAP National Organization of Indigenous Women

Gallery

Ashaninka community observer in her farm. By Elida de la Cruz
Ashaninka community observer in her farm. By Elida de la Cruz
Shawi woman in a benefit workshop. By Valeria Morales
Shawi woman in a benefit workshop. By Valeria Morales
Shawi participants and COVID Observatories facilitators in the benefit workshop. By Valeria Morales
Shawi participants and COVID Observatories facilitators in the benefit workshop. By Valeria Morales
Ashaninka women in a food sovereignty benefit workshop. By Ingrid Arotoma
Ashaninka women in a food sovereignty benefit workshop. By Ingrid Arotoma
Ashaninka participants reflecting on their their food system in a benefit workshop. By Ingrid Arotoma
Ashaninka participants reflecting on their their food system in a benefit workshop. By Ingrid Arotoma
OMIAASEC in the Covid-Observatories dissemination workshop. By Ingrid Arotoma.
OMIAASEC in the Covid-Observatories dissemination workshop. By Ingrid Arotoma.