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Swift action when disaster strikes
Landslides are unfortunately a common phenomenon in Peru. On the eastern slope of the Andes, they cause serious damage to people, but when they occur on the western slope of the Pacific Ocean, where...
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Coffee farmers adapt to climate change
Los productores de café a adaptarse al cambio climático (English translation below) La novena Conferencia de Adaptación Basada en la Comunidad (CBA9) se llevará a cabo del 26 al 30 de abril de 2015. En...
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International Coffee Day and Agroecology
In honour of world coffee day I wanted to take a quick peek at what Practical Action is doing to help support the worlds coffee farmers. Its estimated that smallholder farmers produce up to 70% of the...
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‘Where the need was there, energy made it possible’
At this year’s Small is Festival held at the Centre for Alternative Technology in West Wales, I met Rod Edwards, who worked at Practical Action (then ITDG) from 1986 to 1992. As we’re celebrating 50...
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Contributing to the elaboration of the National Plan of Action on Gender and...
One of the most important outcomes of the COP20 in Peru last year was the development of the Lima Work Program on Gender and Climate Change which establishes a plan of activities to promote gender...
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The Emolienteros: organised labour as the driving force of technology...
The ‘Emolienteros’ are vendors of Emoliente, a beverage made with medicinal plants sold on the streets of Lima. With the availability of different flavours, mixtures and consistencies of the herbal...
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Waste and recycling: health concerns herald technology change
Waste recyclers in Lima, the capital of Peru, have overcome tremendous adversities to function as a recognised and legitimate sector. When they had started to pick waste around the city, they were...
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5 Simple solutions that llama farmers love
Earlier this year, I was fortunate enough to visit a number of Practical Action’s projects across Latin America. Not only was I overwhelmed by the colours, culture and pure grit of people living in...
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Meet a real ‘Wonder Woman’
The new ‘Wonder Woman’ film premiered across the world this month. At its Latin American red carpet event in Mexico, the star, Gal Gadot, was presented with a unique set of embroidered Wonder Woman...
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Reaching the Last Mile: Challenges and Lessons from Early Warning Systems
Understanding Risk is a global community of researchers and practitioners working to identify, assess and communicate disaster risk. This year, the fifth Understanding Risk Forum was held in Mexico...
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