Increasing Agricultural Productivity in the Bolivian Altiplano

In order to raise the low agricultural production of the Bolivian Altiplano - a densely populated region of valleys and ridges between the eastern and western Cordilleras - the Government has requested assistance from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). A grass-roots agricultural improvement programme, centred around a selected group of farmers in a priority area, is being implemented, involving the dissemination of improved seeds and more suitable livestock breeds; the development of irrigation; and the establishment of producer, marketing and credit organizations.
Artisans near Huarina knit up Angora wool. They are receiving help from the programme in breeding rabbits for the wool and in marketing the finished foods. Mr. G. Limpias (Bolivia), the local administrative secretary of the programme, is seen at right. [Exact date unknown]