Use of Sustainable Livelihoods Approaches

This multi disciplinary research project contributed to the formulation of policy guidelines for improving development interventions in the Andes Region. The formulation was based on research data on survival strategies of farm-households in the northern parts of Chuquisaca and Potosi in Bolivia. Research was focused on livelihood strategies of farm households in different agro-ecological conditions, and assessed the farmers' views on the development potential of the areas and on interventions by NGOs and governmental organizations over the past decade. The province of Chuquisaca outside the city Sucre is one of the poorest region of Bolivia, which itself is the second poorest country in Latin America.