Andes BFP Team

Two Basins Volta Andes

Volta

Andes

FOOD SECURITY

DIFICULTIES MEETING FOOD NEEDS VS LOCATION

DIFICULTIES MEETING FOOD NEEDS VS LOCATION AND OTHER BIOPHYSCIAL CHARACTERISTICS

POVERTY IN DRYER AND LOW PRODUCTIVE PROVINCES

The Andes

Noel Trejos Chief Scientist in Integral Management Meagan Keefe Agricultural Economist Mario Aquirre Senior Officer Water Program Silvia Benitez Water Conservation Programme Co-ordinator Carmen Candelo Reina Governance and Livelihoods Program Director Jairo Valderrama Biologist Alonso Moreno Natural Resource Sustainable Management Programme Edwin Pajares Director of Natural Resource Sharing Program John Pender Economist Cauca University, Valle University, CAN, Proyecto GEF Paramo, CIAT, UNAL, CONDESAN, Kings College London, Universidad Autonoma,de Occidente,

La pobreza en Fuquene, Ambato y Jetequepeque (Chapalbay et al., 2007; Johnson et al., 2008; Gomez et al., 2005) Subasin Key Factor Fuquene Alternative employment to agriculture, health, inheritances, savings, no water related, no animal belongins related Ambato Alternative employment to agriculture, no water related, animals stocks Jeteque-peque Alternative employment to agriculture, land property, education, health, subsistance crops, irrigation, animal stocks

Agriculture in the Economy

Migration in the Region

Urbanization of poverty

How Different are Regional Social Conditions? Ecuador: Consumption based poverty

Several indicators of poverty match Poverty intensity according to the unsatisfied basic need method Human development index (literacy, life expectancy and per capita GDP) Household consumption from small area estimation

Several indicators of poverty match

Poverty intensity according to the unsatisfied basic need method

Human development index (literacy, life expectancy and per capita GDP)

Household consumption from small area estimation

Lessons Poverty is context dependent Related factors operate differently at different scales of observation (e.g. education) There are external factors not directly visible from the basin (e.g. migration, regional economy) Links between water and poverty are influenced by intermediate factors (management, institutional arrangements, access to knowledge and technology)

Poverty is context dependent

Related factors operate differently at different scales of observation (e.g. education)

There are external factors not directly visible from the basin (e.g. migration, regional economy)

Links between water and poverty are influenced by intermediate factors (management, institutional arrangements, access to knowledge and technology)

Equity, inclusivness, trust, etc.. Which interventions enable poverty reduction and increases in WUE

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