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Written and photographed by Mariluz Mejía, distributed by agrored Norte.   Girls and teenagers of Provinces Ayabaca and Huancabamba, highlands of Piura Departmen t , participate in the ethnical-botanical investigation made by Agrored Norte & Mountain Institute , funded by Peru’s National Council of Science & Technology, Ministry of environment, and Ministry of Agrarian Development & Irrigation, about the potential of wild fruit species of páramos and cloud forests .   They are high-school students of Totora school, Pacaipampa District ( Ayabaca Province ) and Cajas-Shapaya’s Virgen del Carmen School, El Carmen de la Frontera District ( Huancabamba Province ).   Those girls and teenagers mean a potential in scientific knowledge generation to value the riches of Piura Andes biodiversity, that belongs to the families living around the páramos and cloud forest ecosystems   The contribution of the girls’ knowledge  about  the fruit species, which they fee

Texto y fotografías por Mariluz Mejía, distribuido por agrored Norte.   Niñas y adolescentes de las provincias de Ayabaca y Huancabamba, en la sierra del departamento de Piura , participan de las investigaciones etnobotánicas realizadas por Agrored Norte e Instituto de Montaña , financiadas por el Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología , Ministerio del Ambiente y Ministerio de Desarrollo Agrario y Riego, sobre el potencial de las especies frutales silvestres de los páramos y bosques de neblina .   Son estudiantes de secundaria de la institución educativa Totora, distrito de Pacaipampa (provincia de Ayabaca), y Virgen de las Mercedes, de Cajas Shapaya, distrito de El Carmen de la Frontera (provincia de Huancabamba).   Estas niñas y adolescentes representan un potencial en la generación de conocimiento científico para valorar la riqueza de la biodiversidad de los Andes de Piura , que poseen las familias viviendo en el entorno de los ecosistemas de páramos y bosques d

The centennial building, in the edge of Sullana Province, seems to be counting its last hours.       The following photographs show the structural damages as found on February 9 th , 2024, distributed by FACTORTIERRA.   SOJO, Peru – The house that was the headquarters of the estate managed by Miguel Checa Checa (tambograndé, Jul. 5, 1861 – Piura City, Oct. 19, 1935), that extended across 111,192 acres (like 10 Jersey Cities) along actual Piura Department , is bringing down in pieces.   It has left vulnerable because of three extraordinary El Niño events (1983, 1997, 2017), two strong and nearby earthquakes (2021, 2022), and the lack of maintenance.   According to Carlos Checa Leigh, grand-grandson of Miguel Checa Checa and actual manager of the house, one of the major threats is the indifference of authorities and citizens. Maybe not at all. As much as FACTTORTIERRA learned, , there are cultural collectives interested in participating to recover the estate, but