As it does in Brazil, Embrapa has been working alongside different institutions in Bolivia to contribute to the development of fisheries and aquaculture in that country. In 2016, there were training eventis in which professionals from the corporation worked as instructors. The project Peces para La Vida (Fish for Life), according to the researcher Luiz Eduardo Lima de Freitas, "is the first platform dedicated to the fishery and aquacultural sector in Bolivia and has brought forth social, economic and technical information that has supported the strengthening of the fishery and fish farming production complexes, especially those on a small scale or in family farming". Luiz Eduardo, who works at Embrapa Fishery and Aquaculture (Palmas, TO, Brazil), explains that, "due to lack of professionals in the country to give the course modules, the project coordination has sought external partners, which includes Embrapa". He himself was an instructor for the modules on nutrition and feed and on production monitoring, held last November in Yapacani with about 40 participants, including technicians and farmers. The Peces para la Vida project is coordinated by the non-governmental organization Center for the Promotion of Peasant Farming (Centro de Promoción Agropecuaria Campesina - Cepac), Bolivia, and has the support of the Canadian government through their International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and of the non-governmental organization World Fisheries Trust (WFT). A diagnosis of fish farming in the country found four factors that limit production in the tropical region: low water quality and contamination; fry scarcity and low genetic quality; low safety of fish tanks, as they are constructed without planning; low quality of the feed available in the market. Health – Patrícia Maciel, another researcher from Embrapa Fishery and Aquaculture, taught a training module on fish health in March in Yapacani. It included the topics, "factors that cause diseases in fish farming, identification of disease-causing agents in fish, how to treat and prevent fish diseases, as well as crosscutting subjects such as methods to mitigate the effects of low temperatures, possible causes for fish gasping in nurseries, fish predator control and other topics of interest that appeared throughout the course", she says. By transmitting fish farming knowledge that is well-established in the scientific literature, Embrapa contributes to better background training for technicians and farmers. But it goes beyond that; for Patrícia, "there is a joint knowledge building, that is, we take the most updated information of each area to them, but we are open to discussing possibilities of improvements to fish farming according to the local reality, so that the knowledge generated can in fact be applied in the rural properties". Meanwhile, Marcela Mataveli, who works with technology transfer at Embrapa Fishery and Aquaculture, gave three modules: water, hatcheries and health management. They took place both in Yapacani and in Chimoré - in the latter location, Luiz Eduardo also taught content that was similar to the one given in Yapacani. Marcela also visited the country in October and gave a lecture addressing water, hatcheries and tambaqui reproduction, this time in Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Such activity involved representatives of the Bolivian fish farming production chain. Translation: Mariana de Lima Medeiros