Consolidating the protection of livelihoods and citizen participation in indigenous and smallholder communities in the Bolivian lowlands

About this project

Smallholder farmers and indigenous communities live in the partner organisations intervention area. The smallholder farming population has already largely geared its production towards the market and mainly grows annual crops, which are increasingly threatened by the effects of climate change and are forcing them to resort to ever more deforestation due to declining soil fertility. The indigenous population still largely practises subsistence farming, supplemented by hunting and gathering. However, the destruction of their livelihoods has led to a steady decline in food supplies in recent decades. At the same time, their territories are threatened by illegal deforestation and, due to their geographical isolation and lack of knowledge about their rights, they have little opportunity to assert their needs to the state. The project aims to strengthen smallholder and indigenous communities and organisations in their ability to make collective decisions and assert their needs vis-à-vis the state, as well as to promote sustainable agricultural production with a focus on climate resilience and food security, alongside the production of medicinal plants and healthcare with smallholder and indigenous families. Key measures of the project include workshops and training events on topics related to organisational strengthening, community-level planning and environmental protection, as well as agroecological production, nutrition and health care, support for the implementation of communi…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 1No Poverty
• 2Zero Hunger
• 10Reduced Inequalities
• 13Climate Action
• 15Life on Land

Published by

Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ) · Government

Countries

Bolivia

Sectors

Agricultural development

Focus

Environment · Also contributesGood governance · Also contributesBiodiversity · Also contributesClimate adaptation · Main focus

Places

Sucre

Published by Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ) to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 30 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: DE-1-202532331.

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