The Chacras Integrales project seeks to scale up a sustainable production model in isolated communities in the Gran Chaco region of Salta, combining agriculture, forestry, beekeeping and small animal husbandry to improve food security, strengthen family economies and regenerate degraded ecosystems. It arose after an assessment revealed malnutrition, poor dietary diversity, problems with access to water, low levels of technology and limited marketing.
The intervention established 31 farms, impacting 64 hectares and directly benefiting 243 producers, with 145 people trained in diversified production techniques, water management, animal health, beekeeping and digital skills. In addition, 10 young people were trained as local technicians.
The agroforestry model—based on syntropic agriculture and knowledge of the Chaco forest—allows for crop diversification, improved yields, soil regeneration, and coping with the effects of climate change. The project strengthened self-consumption, initiated processes for commercial insertion into local markets, and improved the availability of fresh food for some 12,000 people, contributing to their food security.
It also generated training materials, workshops and a systematisation of lessons learned, laying the foundations for scaling up the model to other areas and provinces.
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