Welcome to the Llama Council!

The main objective of the Llama Council is to promote the llama.  Please stop by the forum and leave us your opinion!  We want to hear from you!

Activities

Project activities include:

• support for and strengthening of small producers’ organizations to promote technology transfer and adoption, and to facilitate access to needed financial resources;
• encouraging the adoption of proven technologies;
• developing financial mechanisms to improve and capitalize on existing production systems;
• strengthening internal and external marketing systems;
• creating links among small herders and microentrepreneurs (urban and rural) and providing technical and financial support for action aimed at improving the marketing of meat, pelts, furs and other subproducts;
• promoting more rational use of the agro-ecological and productive resource base, thereby contributing to improved environmental conditions; and
• supporting the participation of rural women in production, marketing and handicrafts activities

The Llama Council has succeeded in promoting llama meat consumption especially in higher social groups. Dried meat markets have been developed and micro-enterprises created for dried meat production. Hides consumption and use has been increased and hide markets have been created. The Llama Council  has supported the development of llama fiber use throughout the process until the final product. A comprehensive database about camelids and camelid producers has been created by the Llama Council .