Soberanía Alimentaria y Acceso a Semillas Hortícolas en el Ecuador

Translated title of the contribution: Food Sovereignty and Access to Horticultural Seeds in Ecuador

Tatiana Faviola Alvarez Cabrera, Maria Elizabeth Bravo Velasquez, Jose Elias Armendaris Jarque

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Abstract

Despite the importance of horticultural production in Ecuador for the economic recovery of campesino communities, for the tomato industry and brocoli exports, the national horticultural production depends almost entirely on imports of seeds. The main supplier of horticultural seeds is the United States. For some crops, the imports of seeds represent more than 90% of the total. This great dependence on the imports of seeds is detrimental to the country’s food sovereignty.
Translated title of the contributionFood Sovereignty and Access to Horticultural Seeds in Ecuador
Original languageSpanish (Ecuador)
Pages (from-to)45-57
Number of pages13
JournalLa Granja
Volume20
Issue number20
StatePublished - 1 Dec 2014

Keywords

  • Agro-export
  • Agro-industry
  • Food sovereignty
  • Import of horticultural seeds

CACES Knowledge Areas

  • 118A Agricultural and livestock production

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