Stop World Poverty, Cooperation and Solidarity. “The sustainable cultivation of amazon products for the self-development of Ecuador”

The project was devoted to support the production, processing and marketing of medicinal plants products, cosmetics and herbal involving 20 indigenous communities of ethnogroup Shuar and Achuar, in the province of Morona-Santiago. The initiative has made possible the inclusion of products in the commercial lines of Coop, thanks to the actions already consolidated by the VIS and the local partner (the Fundación Chankuap, specializing in the production, processing and marketing of agroforestry products of indigenous origin). The project has therefore allowed to develop the commercial channels at national and international networks (trade fair), increasing incomes and purchasing power of indigenous peoples and ensuring revenue is likely to produce the improvement of their living conditions