landslides and landslips are also great threats in the region the local farmers led the process themselves with support from ciatcirad at first which was then continued by cipres researchers and farmers work together to develop stronger and better food plants that are better suited and resistant to droughts pests and diseases with good plant size greater yield better quality of final product in term of taste nutritional qualities and forage for animals the work has been done with local varieties of maize beans sorghum and millet that were gathered and introduced into different agroecological conditions at different elevations