Relevant end-users / stakeholder groups
A fundamental and key user institution of the information generated by the project would be the Institute of Agricultural Development (INDAP, http://www.indap.gob.cl). INDAP has for mission to attend technically and to lend credit to the small farmers of Chile. In particular in the Mediterranean region INDAP develop programs for recovery degraded soils, fomenting tools for soil conservation like the construction of simple structures for erosion control at farm level, cover crops and sown pastures, and the plantation of trees with agro-forestry purposes.
The Centre of Education and Technology (CET, http://www.corporacioncet.cl) has the mission of help small farmers to increase their life quality improving their technology, agriculture productivity and sustainability of natural resources. The CET has an active role on the articulation of rural organizations with county authorities, research centres and state institutions, in order to have influence on the design of new polices related with rural life.
A number of NGOs are available in the secano interior working with small farmers, like Agraria (http://www.agraria.cl), Grupo de Investigaciones Agrarias (GIA, http://www.gia.cl) among others.
The large majority of the land in the "secano interior" is private therefore farmers and forest companies will the final users. An active divulgation program will be necessary for the diffusion of new technologies to small, medium and large farmers, as well as forest managements.
