The IAA (“Instituto de Apoyo Agraria”, later called “Instituto para una Alternativa Agraria”) was the first organization to adopt Unu Kamachiq Raymi, after the first years of trials in PRODERM.

People always play a great role in any history, so it is interesting to note that the IAA experimented with this new methodology under the leadership of Hugo Wiener Fresco, who also proposed this methodology to the NGO CEDAP in Ayacucho.

Subsequently, Hugo Wiener assessed the first two years of Pachamama Raymi in the PAC-II in Bolivia, contributed to the design of MARENASS and was co-founder of DEXCEL.

Over the years, the IAA developed its own version of Pachamama Raymi, and recently attracted much media attention, under the leadership of Carlos Paredes, recognizing that their methodology has the potential to eradicate poverty in the Peruvian Andes.