Presented at: GSEF2016 Montreal

Organisation: Red de Economía Solidaria (SSE organization)

Date: September 8, 2016

Presenter: Mr. Patricio Bravo Vera (Coordinator)

Contacts: patobravov@yahoo.com

Summary: 

In the city of Cuenca, province of Azuay, interesting experiences for the commercialization of agroecological products have been developed in the last ten years. They encompass products of agricultural, livestock and small-scale agricultural origin, regardless of the considerations of the Ministry of Agriculture (MAGAP) and the GAD Municipal de Cuenca (Decentralized Municipal Government). The different Producers’ Associations supported by non-governmental organizations that make up the Red Agroecológica del Austro (Austro Agroecological Network), the Colectivo Agroecológico (Agroecological Group) and the Red de Economía Solidaria (Solidarity Economy Network) created a GSP system, that defines the technical and social features of agroecological production as a guarantee of consumer rights. Work will be done in cooperation with the MAGAP and the Municipality of Cuenca regarding promotion policies for the production and commercialization of healthy products. Conversations will be held for the territorial planning taking into consideration the stakeholders of the SSE in order to achieve urban-rural interaction. The goal is to obtain a local ordinance that converts the expectations of the producers into public policy.