by manoamano | Sep 9, 2021 | Blog
The high tropical village of Corani Pampa, Bolivia, home to 28 families (130 people), is partnering with Mano a Mano to build greenhouses to plant fruits and vegetables. About Corani Pampa Corani Pampa lies at about 6,000 feet above sea level, a modest elevation by...
by manoamano | Feb 4, 2021 | Blog
“Water is life. We cannot live without water.” Dona Martina, a subsistence farmer in Ucuchi, Bolivia, approached Mano a Mano with this grim problem and a request: “A large reservoir would hold enough rain water to irrigate our fields once the dry season begins. You...
by manoamano | Dec 16, 2020 | Blog
With limited ability to have in-person visitors this year, Mano a Mano staff at our Center for Ecological Agriculture (CEA) in Cochabamba have been experimenting with new demonstration projects. Their goal: to grow more food, in less space and at lower cost, using...
by manoamano | Aug 7, 2020 | Blog
Last week we shared some of the current experiments underway at Mano a Mano’s Center for Ecological Agriculture. This week we are seeing the results of the fodder production experiments, where we can turn 2 pounds of grain into about 10 pounds of animal feed in...
by manoamano | Jul 29, 2020 | Blog
In 2010, our counterpart organization Mano a Mano Nuevo Mundo constructed 153 farm ponds on the mountainsides of Omereque, one of the Cochabamba Valley’s largest municipalities. These ponds, designed to retain water from seasonal rains for use during the increasingly...