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Database research record2021·Peru

Trabajo conjunto de mujeres convierte un basurero en un huerto ecológico en Perú

Mariela Jara

IPS Agencia de Noticias (Inter Press Service)

Urban Farm DB summary

IPS News reported on 12 October 2021 on the 1,400 square-meter "Biohuerto Ayllu 21" garden in Sector II Group 21, Villa El Salvador, 25km south of Lima. Started in 2018, the garden has 40 plots of 6 meters each and separate production, training, seedling, harvest, post-harvest and sales zones. It is run by 12 families, all elderly women migrants, who work an average of two days a week growing chard, radishes, broccoli, celery, tomatoes, beets, basil, spinach and lettuce, mainly for household consumption.

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  • 1,400 m2

    garden area(urban garden ayllu21)

    Design
    region
    Villa El Salvador, Lima, Peru
    year
    2021
  • 12 count

    participating families(urban garden ayllu21)

    Social
    region
    Villa El Salvador, Lima, Peru
    year
    2021
  • 40 count

    plot count(urban garden ayllu21)

    Design
    region
    Villa El Salvador, Lima, Peru
    year
    2021

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