The lowlands of eastern Bolivia are under great pressure from deforestation in various parts of the Chiquitano, Cerrado, Chaco and Amazon ecosystems. The objective of this project led by the Chiquitano Vegetation Conservation Foundation (FCBC) in partnership with the Regional Consortium for Experimental Agriculture (CREA) in Bolivia and the Conservation Strategy Fund (CSF) is to promote regenerative agriculture practices through pilot experiments with groups of farmers in a variety of soil conditions and with the possibility of scaling up the results to include other farms in the region. The project's strategy is to increase yields in agricultural areas by using and disseminating technical knowledge about sustainable practices, such as the recovery of degraded soils and reducing the use of chemical pesticides, in order to avoid the conversion of new areas. Thirty to 40 farms are expected to participate in the project, for a total area of more than 81 thousand hectares – approximately 53 thousand of which are cultivated farmland.

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