Reports of the project “Recovering the agrobiodiversity of the coast to improve peasant production and nutrition”, Heifer – Vision Integral

Abstract

In Ecuador there are peasant organizations dedicated to agricultural production activities, whose work over the years has made them true references in rural community associativity and cooperativism. One of the organizations present on the Ecuadorian coast is the Association of Small Agricultural Producers INTEGRAL VISION, “APAVI. The umbrella project was under the responsibility of the Heifer Ecuador Foundation and the execution was carried out by the 5 organizations located in three provinces of the Coast, which began its work in Ecuador since 1954. The community development projects proposed by NGOs such as Heifer They cause farmers to move towards better soil management through basic but very important cultural practices such as avoiding burning and encouraging crop rotation, which can achieve improvements in production conditions, generating income through the commercialization of Healthy products allow us to rescue ancestral traditions by exchanging products. The participation of women and young people in agricultural activities increases thanks to the execution of this type of projects since they are involved in livestock production, it can be indicated that awareness about water conservation should start from the youngest, involving no only to peasants and farmers in the countryside, but from the same educational units that allow raising awareness at an early age to take care of nature and water sources.