Sustainable Organic Agriculture in Ecuador

Location

Project Information

Basic Info

Organization: ConQuito
Website: www.conquito.org.ec
Theme: Sustainable Organic Agriculture
   
Country: Ecuador
City: Quito
Estimated Budget: $5,000
Target Project Size: 7 students
Chapters Involved: Stanford
  UC Davis
Project Blog: click here

Contact Info

Name: Marie Casabonne
  Project Advisor
Email: Mccasabonn@ucdavis.edu

More Information

  • Project Overview
  • Student Role

The purpose of the project was to build greenhouses and set up garden projects used to engage children and inspire them to eat right, take care of their bodies and take care of their land. In addition, students educated the local community about sustainable agriculture techniques such as drip systems, composting, planting native plants, and worm farming. With these techniques, gardens will be a productive source of organic produce for the community. In addition, after the students built the greenhouses, ConQuito agro-engineers continue to visit twice weekly to check on progress and solve any problems that may have arisen, offer marketing and expansion assistance to help people build more greenhouses with their profits and hold free courses on business management to help people turn their greenhouse into a business.

  • Bought lumber for greenhouses
  • Built greenhouses, plant and begin cultivating gardens
  • Taught locals sustainable agriculture techniques
  • Educated local children about healthy food choices
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