Programme of Institutional University Cooperation (IUC) of the Flemish Interuniversity Council with the Universidad Nacional Agraria La

Developmental Overall Objective : Improving the food security, the local income, the stability and competitiveness of the agro-ecosystems and thus the overall livelihood situation of the local population through identification and remediation of key agronomic, socio-economic and environmental constraints of small scale family based agriculture in Peru. Academic Overall Objective : Develop, increase, consolidate and internationalize UNALM's academic capacity in research, education, knowledge-transfer and technological innovation in sustainable management of agro-ecosystems to generate leadership in the Peruvian rural sector by maximizing the institutional impact.

UNALM is strengthened in research, education and service to society thanks to the results of 7 multidisciplinary research and institutional projects P1 : Farming Systems P2 : Devlopment of Value Chains for biodiversity conservation and improvement of rural livelihoods P3 : Agrarian Innovation and Management of Participatory Knowledge Systems in the Peruvian Coast and Andes P4 : Educational innovation in undergraduate and graduate progrmas with emphasis on sustainable management of agro-ecosystems and rural development P5 : Capacity building and infrastructure development of ICT, Library and Language Center P3 :