Peasant Research and Promotion Center
{{Short description|Bolivian organization (1970-)}}
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|native_name=Centro de Investigación y Promoción del Campesinado
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| abbreviation = CIPCA
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| established = {{Start date and age|1970 }}
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| location = 2706 Vincenti, Sopocachi
La Paz, Bolivia
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| main_organ = Mundos Rurales
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| affiliations = Jesuit, Catholic
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Peasant Research and Promotion Center (Spanish: Centro de Investigación y Promoción del Campesinado; CIPCA) was founded in Bolivia by three Jesuits in 1970 to seek the most effective ways for farmers to pursue structural development and to integrate into the social fabric in the country.{{Cite news|url=http://www.paginasiete.bo/economia/2018/2/11/agro-implementa-modelos-resistentes-cambio-climtico-169549.html|title=El agro implementa modelos resistentes al cambio climático |work= Diario Pagina Siete|date= 2018-02-11|access-date=2018-07-17|language=es}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.la-razon.com/financiero/Indigenas-mejoran-calidad-vida-rayos_0_2954104619.html|title=Indígenas mejoran su calidad de vida con los rayos del sol |date= 2018-06-27|work= La Razón|language=es|access-date=2018-07-17}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.paginasiete.bo/economia/2018/3/23/seis-organizaciones-de-bolivia-reciben-apoyo-de-la-ue-173989.html|title=SEIS ORGANIZACIONES DE BOLIVIA RECIBEN APOYO DE LA UE|work= Diario Pagina Siete|date=23 March 2018 |access-date=2018-07-17|language=es}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.paginasiete.bo/sociedad/2018/3/12/ante-alerta-chagas-pando-garantiza-produccin-asa-172753.html|title=Ante alerta de Chagas, Pando garantiza producción del asaí |date= 12 March 2018 |work= Diario Pagina Siete|access-date=2018-07-17|language=es}}
History
CIPCA worked extensively with indigenous peasant organizations to facilitate their contribution to governmental and social change and to influence public policy.{{Cite web|url=http://e-agriculture.org/es/content/portal-cipca-centro-de-investigaci%C3%B3n-y-promoci%C3%B3n-del-campesino-en-bolivia|title=CIPCA: Centro de investigación y promoción del campesino en Bolivia {{!}} E-Agriculture|website=e-agriculture.org|language=es|access-date=2017-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171020135252/http://e-agriculture.org/es/content/portal-cipca-centro-de-investigaci%C3%B3n-y-promoci%C3%B3n-del-campesino-en-bolivia|archive-date=2017-10-20|url-status=dead}} CIPCA has helped obtain land titles for indigenous communities for over 400,000 hectares in the Beni Department.{{Cite web|url=http://www.christianaid.org.uk/scotland/latest-news/reporting-back-from-bolivia.aspx|title=Reporting Back from Bolivia|publisher=Christian Aid Scotland|language=en|access-date=2017-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130020212/http://www.christianaid.org.uk/scotland/latest-news/reporting-back-from-bolivia.aspx|archive-date=2016-11-30|url-status=dead}}
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