Abstract

ARIAS GUTIERREZ, Ruth I; CARPIO ARIAS, Tannia V; HERRERA SORZANO, Angelina  and  GONZALEZ SOUSA, Roberto. Diversified crop indigenous system and local development in Ecuadorian Amazonia. cultrop [online]. 2016, vol.37, n.2, pp. 7-14. ISSN 1819-4087.

Amazon Kichwa agrobiodiverse system is analyzed, focusing on the main promising species capable of added value, which are associated to diversified crops, income and economic quantification of agrobiodiversity profitable forms, as elements to establish sustainable local development strategies for rural communities in the colonized sub Andean central sector. Qualitative methods were used by means of registering in nine research events with communities and its regional organizations as well as quantitative methods through 64 surveys applied to six rural communities down, mid and upstream of Anzu river. Up to 482 flora species were recorded but not their uses; a list of cultivated species is established based on its usage, consumer acceptance, relative abundance and possibility of added value; undervaluing of system contribution is analyzed, since its quantification does not exceed 15 % of total family incomes, although communities establish 67 % dependence on forest and agricultural resources for food livelihood. Joint and permanent processes, projects and plans are suggested, known at community meetings, based on a participatory dialogue, a legal agreement and respectful ethics to collective rights, which enable to keep partnerships between universities, communities and other entities, in order to investigate, argue and share benefits, information, technology and knowledge transfer

Keywords : agrobiodiversity; local communities; rural development; sustainability.

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