Help Rural Communities in their access to food

We are Filippo, Alice, Camilo and Giovanni, young professionals who carry out peace actions in areas of conflict and environmental emergency. We work together with the large family of ACDI Argentina, a non-profit organization that works in the Gran Chaco Region (among Argentina, Paraguay and Bolivia) with development projects that aim to reverse poverty and environmental degradation. Specifically, we are part of the ICT team, which implements technological solutions with the aim of increasing the ability to adapt to change and climate variability by vulnerable and isolated groups and native peoples.

Our project is called “ICT4resilience to climate change in the Gran Chaco Region” and proposes the implementation of a mobile application and a board game to promote the installation of orchards following the principles of agroecology.

The project promotes sustainable agriculture, and in particular the use of agroecological techniques through the diversification of agroecosystems in the form of polycultures and agroforestry systems accompanied by organic soil management, water conservation, and the general improvement of agrobiodiversity for increase the productivity, sustainability and resilience of agricultural productions. In particular, the proposal focuses on the right of smallholder farmers and their families to adequate food, promoting food sovereignty and overcoming the lack of knowledge transmission through the use of ICTs.