Rescuing knowledge of indigenous agriculture in the Ecuadorian Amazon
The Rescuing knowledge of indigenous agriculture in the Ecuadorian Amazon initiative is promoted by the local chapter of the international CARE organization, funded by the Skyscrape Foundation and in collaboration with the Coordinator of Women of the Pastaza Nationality (Span. COMNAP), Ministries of Agriculture and Environmental Communities and indigenous organizations in the decentralized autonomous governments zone (parishes and municipalities). The general objective of this project that took place between 2012 and 2013 was to protect and conserve the natural and cultural wealth of the southern region of the Ecuadorian Amazon, supporting sustainable agricultural agroforestry practices that incorporate ancestral indigenous knowledge regarding the environment. In particular, it was sought to increase the use of certain practices in three indigenous communities in the Province of Morona Santiago and Pastaza and increase the income of 35 families through the sale of products that originate from the agricultural practices of the Aja Shuar. The project involved 245 people from the three communities mentioned.
Institutional design
Formalization: is the innovation embedded in the constitution or legislation, in an administrative act, or not formalized at all?
Frequency: how often does the innovation take place: only once, sporadically, or is it permanent or regular?
Mode of Selection of Participants: is the innovation open to all participants, access is restricted to some kind of condition, or both methods apply?
Type of participants: those who participate are individual citizens, civil society organizations, private stakeholders or a combination of those?
Decisiveness: does the innovation takes binding, non-binding or no decision at all?
Co-governance: is there involvement of the government in the process or not?
- Formalization
- only backed by a governmental program or policy
- Frequency
- single
- Mode of selection of participants
- restricted
- Type of participants
- citizens civil society
- Decisiveness
- democratic innovation yields a non-binding decision
- Co-Governance
- yes
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