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Foundation for the Research and Promotion of Andean Products (PROINPA) /
Bolivia
Address
Instalaciones ex-SENARB
Quillacollo
Town/City
Cochabamba
POST/ZIP code
Casilla 4285
Telephone No.
(+591 4-360800~1
Fax Number
(+591) 4-360802
Email Address
proinpa@proinpa.org
Organisational Structure
The Constitutional Minute of PROINPA Foundation was signed on April 16, 1998. With the following members of the Board of Directors: Ministry of Agriculture (MAGDR), National Farming Confederation (CONFEAGRO), Public University of Cochabamba (UMSS), Bolivian Private University (UPB), Swiss Development Cooperation (COSUDE), and International Potato Center (CIP). The Foundation is part of the new government strategy to strengthen the Bolivian System of Agricultural Technology (SIBTA) through the establishment of foundations.
Research Programs
PROINPA Foundation will strengthen actions of generation, validation and technology transfer, responding to technological demands of the food chain. Priority will be given to potatoes. Progressively, others crops will be incorporated, for example quinoa. The headquarter of the Foundation is located in Cochabamba. Activities cover the departments of Cochabamba, La Paz, Chuquisaca, Potosi, Tarija and Santa Cruz. The Toralapa Experimental Station has been handed over by the Bolivian government to the Foundation under a lease arrangement; in the Patacamaya, Chinoli and Iscayachi Experimental Stations, agreements will be made with the prefectures and the Ministry of Agriculture. The PROINPA Foundation will reinforce the existing synergies for research and development and will create new ones in coordination with the Ministry of Agriculture, International Cooperation, International centers, Networks and Universities, NGO's, prefectures, Town Halls, Private Sector and other development institutions.
Institutes / Stations:
Experimental Station of Toralapa (main station)
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