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Evaluación de la Adaptabilidad de dos Cultivares de Brassica Oleracea L., Brócoli y Coliflor, Enfocado a la Producción en Campo y en Raciones Para Personas en dos Estratos de Chocolá, San Pablo Jocopilas, Suchitepéquez.
La vulnerabilidad de las familias guatemaltecas a la inseguridad alimentaria y nutricional, es un problema que se ha agravado ante la crisis de la pandemia del coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19); ante esta circunstancia adversa, la Aldea Chocolá no es la excepción. Bajo este contexto, se ha evaluado la adaptabilidad de dos cultivares de Brassica oleracea L., brócoli y coliflor, enfocado a la producción en campo y en raciones para personas en dos estratos de Chocolá, San Pablo Jocopilas, Suchitepéquez. Con esta investigación, se han generado resultados positivos hacia el fortalecimiento del sistema productivo de dicha aldea, ampliando la diversidad de especies en los huertos familiares, lo cual permite a sus habitantes cultivar, cosechar y consumir hortalizas locales y del altiplano, fortaleciendo así, la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional.
Vivir Mejor - An Integrated Approach to Chronic Malnutrition and ‘Living Better’ in Rural Guatemala
Daillen Nordell Culver, Originally submitted August 2020, MSc International Development, University of Edinburgh, School of Social and Political Science
Chronic malnutrition’s disproportionate impact on indigenous Guatemalans remains an obstacle to rural development. Emerging research suggests the effectiveness of ‘integrated’ home garden interventions in the reduction of malnutrition, though little research has explored situated definitions of integration and modern constraints to such approaches. Drawing upon nutritional anthropology and post-development theory, this case study examines a home garden initiative known as the Casa Granja project, administered by the community-based organization Semillas para el Futuro. Based on evidence of the Casa Granja framework’s positive, long-term impact on the nutritional status of women and infant children, present research explores the framework’s theoretical underpinnings to determine if and how such an approach might be replicated. Thematic deconstruction of interviews and secondary documents reveals four core principles and corresponding practices which constitute the organizational ideology of Vivir Mejor, ‘living better.’ Vivir Mejor resonates with post-development plurality and gestures toward values of interrelatedness and self-direction. Analysis concludes that while Casa Granja represents a shift towards new development paradigms, its viability is constrained by funding structures created to service those paradigms.
The INCAP Research Study of SfF Programs
During 2014 – 2017, the Institute for Nutrition of Central America and Panama (INCAP) scientifically documented Seeds for a Future’s Integrated Program, and its positive health impacts for the Program’s participants.
The Program In Detail
This PDF goes into greater detail about the Seeds for a Future Program, and what we’ve learned and incorporated along the way.
