University of Kassel
Centre for International Rural Development
Institute for Crop Science &
Institute for Socio-Cultural Studies
Thesis
Forage Seed Production in Context of Regional Agricultural Development.
A Case Study from Eastern Bolivia (Yapacaní)
Andreas Jenet
Córdoba/Argentina
January, 21. 1999
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Samuel Jutzi
Department: Field Crops of the Tropics and Subtropics
Examiner: Prof. Dr. Eckard Baum
Department: Farm Management and Production Economics
of the Tropics and Subtropics
Thesis
Forage Seed Production in Context of Regional Agricultural Development.
A Case Study from Eastern Bolivia (Yapacaní)
Andreas Jenet
Córdoba/Argentina
Abbrevations & Acronyms
Agricola ganadero dairy farming system
Agricola intensivo intensive farming system
Agricola migratorio shifting cultivation system
Arachis pintoi forage legume
ASOPLE association of dairy farmers from Yapacaní
COTESU Swiss Technical Cooperation Aid
Kudzú forage legume
LU Cattle Life Unit
PIL Dairy Company from Santa Cruz
SEFO Forage-Seed-Company/Cochabamba
Acknowledgments
For supervising during this study I would like to thank very much Prof Dr S Jutzi, Prof Dr E Baum and Dr HP Piepho. I would like to give special thanks to Dr G Sauma and E Ramirez from SEFO in Bolivia for the possibility to come to Bolivia and to carry out the survey. Further I would like to express my thanks to the farmers of the survey region: Alvarizin, Arque, Puña, Correa, Huarachi, Machaca, Heredia, Romero, Cuenca A., Mariscal, Medina, Torres, Jucra, Seña, Trujillo, Camacho, Cuenca S., Sandobal, Jucra J, CRI, Basquez. In respect to the linguisticly matter I would like to thank very much I. Mueller-Arnke, JC. Engelken and Ms Pohlner for the self-sacrificing work.