Case Study: The Huaral Valley Agrarian Information System, Peru
The Huaral Valley project has been
included in this toolkit to
illustrate a type of community ownership model in which farmers are
directly involved in the decision making and implementation of an
agrarian information system. Although originally planned as an ICT
installation to manage a network of irrigation canals for local
farmers, the infrastructure enables telecoms and internet access for
poor farming communities that would otherwise have been excluded from
such resources. The project also illustrates the importance of
leadership and vision to ensure that lobbying and advocacy are
undertaken, both within communities and also with the government. In
this case, the community, through its irrigation board, was able to
lobby for changes in the existing restrictive ICT policy and regulatory
frameworks. The result has been more affordable and widespread ICT
access for local communities.
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