Huertos en Línea (Villa María del Triunfo, Lima)
Lima, Peru · Operator: Red de Energía del Perú (ISA REP) con comunidades de Villa María del Triunfo
Overview
An urban agriculture project running since 2004 in Villa María del Triunfo, southern Lima, using vacant land under high-voltage power lines for women-led ecological gardens that build food security and community resilience.
Citizen participation
On vacant land beneath high-voltage transmission lines, mostly women practise ecological urban farming, supplying food to many families through a communal pot and underpinning local food security.
Operating model
Run as a transmission company's social program that converts hard-to-use land under power lines into gardens; through technical support and organising, residents combine self-supply with community meals.
Impact
Starting with 10 families, it now has about 150 direct participants and feeds roughly 150 families (about 800 people) through a communal pot, sustaining community food resilience over two decades.
Land tenure
Restricted land under transmission lines is used as gardens on an interim basis with the transmission company's permission.
Crops
- vegetables
- herbs
Scale
Gardens under high-voltage transmission lines; grew from 10 families to ~150 direct participants feeding ~800 people via a communal pot
Sources（2）
This entry is compiled from the public sources, official sites and research below.
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