Rediseñando la vinculación con ganaderos vulnerables bajo la Pandemia (COVID-19)

Abstract

The isolation and social distancing measures adopted due to the COVID-19 pandemic affected an outreach project implemented by means of technical training workshops with participatory exchange that was designed in order to promote rural development in the northwest of the province of Córdoba. The beneficiaries of the program are socially vulnerable livestock producers that practice subsistence livestock due to limited or nonexistent technological methods and training, both required to carry out sustainable practices. In this unexpected context, we redesigned the activities in order to maintain the connection with the group and the assistance provided to it and to avoid the worsening of the fragile socioeconomic conditions of the 37 family producers. Each month, "technical cards" addressing diagnosed emerging problems were designed. These cards included practical recommendations for general productive management to be implemented in the herds of the producer depending on the season of the year. This methodology or assisting tool used in rural extension as techniques of operative groups allowed the continuation of the connection with the group and the training until the face-to-face workshops could be held again. Currently, a set of actions are being formulated to reinforce the objectives of the project under the established safety protocols. The activity was carried out because of the support provided by producers of the rural establishment (in Tulumba, Córdoba) where the face-to-face field workshops were developed.